Marinka Reuten

After The Rush Has Gone
2025
acrylic on canvas
120 x 100 cm
Forever
2022
photograph
If You Have A Minute #4
2025
acrylic on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Stretching time with art. With my work, I explore time. Why does it sometimes seem to fly by, while at other moments it moves unbearably slow?

I want to draw attention to what is often overlooked: the moment that isn’t happening elsewhere, but right here, right in front of you. It’s a call to forget the rush, to look, to simply be.

The monochrome, diffuse areas in my paintings invite the viewer to pause. If you only glance quickly, you’ll see just a block of colour. To truly perceive them, you have to stop whatever else is occupying your mind.

My photographs echo this idea: they show that life always continues, even though we are only part of it for a short time. And that’s exactly where beauty lies.

For me, impermanence isn’t a gloomy idea, it’s reassuring. The fact that everything continues is comforting to me. That awareness is what my work aims to deepen. It’s what stretches time.

 

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After The Rush Has Gone
2025
acrylic on canvas
120 x 100 cm
Forever
2022
photograph
If You Have A Minute #4
2025
acrylic on canvas
120 x 100 cm