Folkert de Jong is one of my favourite artists at the moment. He explores ideas relating to national identity, war and culture. He was born in the Netherlands and studied at Amsterdam Art School. De Jong uses childlike colours and materials. he works with styrofoam, wax and plastics to create playful and lolly-like textures. He makes everything in his installations from scratch i.e. he would never use any ready-mades. De Jong creates scenes consisting of life-sized characters in a sort of fantasy world but world which the viewer can relate to. I saw an exhibition last year in Melbourne of ballet dancers he'd made and they were amazing.
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