My Safe Secret Garden
Exhibition & lecture, Art Basel, Miami, USA
'My Safe Garden", a symbol for the mind and thoughts of the artist, forms part of the entire concept My Home My House My Stilthouse. This is a safe garden in which all the surroundings and his world are faced with limits. In a Secret Garden everything is hidden and there is no possibility of sharing things with another person. The fenced-off area stands for everything that cannot be touched by strangers. This gives rise to questions, such as: What happens if a strange element suddenly appears in my fenced-off area?
Can a stranger walk around in my protected zone? Can I share the area that I consider to be my personal resting zone with others? Up to where does my freedom reach? When do I regard someone as an intruder in my personal domain? Arne Quinze's work offers people a framework to contemplate for a moment and think about how they live and organize their lives with regards to others, the familiar and the unfamiliar. The purpose of his work is to stimulate people to reflect about how they are, what their general characteristics are and where their boundaries lie and in this way lead to more insight in the inner self.
Do you have a secret?
I have plenty of secrets just like everybody.
They are safe on this side of the mirror.
In my safe garden.
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Which side must I choose.
I feel mirrored.
That's where I belong.
Searching for the other.
Dissecting the inner self.
Spread out on the mirror reflecting on the viewer.
We're all the same and yet so different
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Vanishing resolute In your own mirror image.
Embracing the unexplored daring to stare Into thin air.
What's behind the mirror land?
Myself?
The unknown?
Captivating?
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H 213 cm x W 123 x D 46
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