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    Els Dietvorst

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    ©Courtesy of the artist
    Stigmata, 2018
    Els Dietvorst
    Drawing , 16 x 11.9 cm
    red-black ink on simili japon

    Stigmata.

    I consider violence to be a faceless thing.
    The face has lost all its recognisable features.
    Human barbarity has made it unrecognisable.
    When I attempt to draw the face of violence.
    I create white, faded holes.
    they are like stigmata, which we should cherish and feel
    in the hopes that they will accompany us freely.

    ED 2018.

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