Round & round & up & down

From Artist-In-Residence to Exhibition

Round & round & up & down is based on Charlott Markus' experience as Artist-In-Residence at the Zon & Schild psychiatric hospital. The themes that recur in this exhibition are confinement, feeling safe and being seen. Markus' work is always about our perceptions of the world and ourselves, the layers we don't always want to see or reveal.

Portraits and stories

Markus began by making anonymous portraits, not of clients' heads but of their hands, and ended up making real connections and sharing stories. This resulted in genuine connections where the artist and the portrayed shared stories. Together they practiced looking at the world from a slightly different angle.