Declaration Letter No. 10
2016
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

An administrative fine
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Short stay visa
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Important notice No. 2
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Your residence permit
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

Coming to work in the Netherlands
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

How can you become a Dutch national?
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

How can you regain your Dutch nationality?
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

The admissions organisation of the Netherlands
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

Letter from Paradise No. 1
2016
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Letter from Paradise No. 2
2016
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Letter from Paradise No. 3
2016
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Letter from Paradise No. 4
2016
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Declaration Letter No. 1.2
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

Declaration Letter No. 1.3
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Declaration Letter No. 2
2016
Oil on canvas
90 x 60 cm

Declaration Letter No. 3
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Declaration Letter No. 8
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Declaration Letter No. 9
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Certificate of Conduct
2016
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm

Cartas de Declaración. Exhibition view, Galería Ángeles Baños. 2016

information:

"Declaration Letters" is a series of oil paintings on canvas inspired by the design of the correspondence that the artist receives from the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Tax Department. In the Netherlands, these documents are received in an envelope of a very peculiar color, perfectly recognizable, the "blauwe envelop" (blue envelope) contains legal papers and tax returns, the letters are carefully design.

For the artist to try to understand these documents has led her to reflect on the complexity of her own process of integration into Dutch society. The artist creates a series of abstract paintings in which she takes the freedom to transform the official designs of the Dutch Ministry of Justice from a very personal point of view.

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