About my work

I'm using digital tools to create art that is inspired by classical topics and themes. I (re)use artistic elements and story elements that have been used many times before (in the west anyway): the villain, the beast, the hero, the odalisque, the saint, the apocalypse, victory, defeat, love, longing. The interpretations are mine, the elements are old, ages old.

The elements I speak of have become part of my subconscious, they are the language of the culture I was born into, they are tied to the the way I perceive history.

I can only see art as an invention people once made to create sense in a world that seemed to deny it: art was born out of a desire for rituals that brought order to our understanding of the world. Or so we thought. I am not questioning the power of those rituals. I am feasting on them.

Maybe one day I end up making cave paintings while performing rituals and dances, preparing offerings to gods that no longer exist.

But for now I try to survive working for various clients and I hope I can find enough freetime to do what I want.

YuriGoul / Jeroen Goulooze