Textiles, criticism and color: the art of the sculptor Guda Koster

March 27, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

 

Guda Koster is a Dutch artist who create living sculptures and representations, of which the photographs are the result.

Koster's works are created in parallels of time, space, and textiles.

Koster uses fabrics, colors and patterns that underline the codes and meanings that the clothing transmits.

Koster ensures that lclothing not only has a function, but also transmits a message.

This, because in our daily life we ​​communicate identity and the first way to do it is through the clothes we carry.

In addition, they can be seen as a form of visual art that expresses the way we see ourselves and our relationship with the world around us.

Even functional fashion serves as an inspiration for Guda Koster.

For example, company uniforms, folk dresses or ritual clothes.

Koster not only appeals to observe the dress in a different way than just to cover the body of climate changes or the modesty of socialization.

It also invites to have a bit of humor when dressing. And he makes a criticism about daily life.

En Sleeping beauty, ironically portrays the fatigue and exhaustion that people have in their work on a day-to-day basis.

For that reason, his photographs seem like small stories.

The art of Guda Koster is a way of representing daily life, in an ironic way and accentuating the importance of identity through fashion and sculpture.