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STATEMENT OF WORK
Gitte uses a range of different mediums and painterly devices to explore the symbolic and numinous possibilities of picture-making. Drawing from dream symbology, early video games and the natural and urban landscape, Gitte’s work holds a complex array of signs, symbols, and archetypes in suspension. Through her work Gitte strives to form a union between her inner and outer reality, creating a personalized arena for devotion in her pictures. In this intricate visual space, she offers a distracted meditation on a world interpolated by empathy and apathy, freedom and vulnerability, and the struggle between g00d and 3vil.
On her most recent show at Project Gallery, "These paintings and drawings were made over the last 5 years moving between Cape Town and New York City. I spend a lot of time alone so I inevitably end up thinking about attachments when I make my work; to objects, people and places. My internal monologue can be very tyrannical, and I need to consciously pour a lot of softness, flexibility and patience into my work and life. My art teaches me how to do this by creating peaceful moments in my day and helping me enjoy my solitude. My paintings and drawings are my children and my friends".