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Janneke Viegers

"Schiphol (Schiphol Airport)"
1996, 200 x 200 cm., oil on canvas

Amsterdam Historical Museum / Annual report Summary 1997

Presenting them from a bird's-eye-view, Janneke Viegers has over the past few years painted several world cities including New York, Moscow and Paris. She generally makes use of aerial photographs and has also painted this picture of the Amsterdam airport Schiphol using an aerial photo from KLM Aerocarto, dating from 1986. Wearing thin latex gloves, Viegers applies the paint to the canvas with her fingers. Jokingly she says : 'I've got ten paintbrushes instead of just one.' She continues : 'I kind of knead the colors together on the canvas. When I made Schiphol I applied the undercoat using lots of turps. That gives a good ground. You get a shiny undercoat that's almost a watercolor. Most appropriate, because it's pretty wet at Schiphol. As you see.' And why does she paint a bird's-eye-view of the cities? 'It gives you a sense of context. You are in control of the situation and the city belongs to you.'



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