Art
2024
Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé
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In the past you were different :$ wjnmk memories, nostalgia, love, and trauma are central. In an installation as a metaphor for drowned memories, Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé tries to create space for all the drifting thoughts that sometimes overwhelm her, but she also particularly examines her (changing) position and identity: as an artist, as a woman of color in a Western society, and as a human.
Where Angel-Rose previously viewed the world through her self-proclaimed perspective of 'Angel-Rose coloured glasses' and addressed socio-cultural issues using a mix of satire, pop culture, and camp, with vroeger was je anders :$ wjnmk she seeks a new balance of directness and abstraction in her message - and with it, a new perspective from which to view the world and claim her place within it.
About Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé
Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé (1995, Amsterdam) describes herself as a visual artist rooted in the medium of photography. In 2021, she earned her BA in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts Utrecht.
Her work explores various media, including installations, photographs (primarily self-portraits), ready-made sculptural work, and works using archives. By combining activism, satire, camp, and pop culture, the artist reflects on marginalization within white Western society. Angel-Rose authentically claims space in a society that is not always designed for her.
Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé - @_angelrose
The art programme of Into The Great Wide Open is made possible with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL, the Mondriaan Fund, and De Versterking.
