Working 2010s

These were effectively started around 2012 after my solo show at Cokkie Snoei Galerie in Rotterdam, my first solo show ever in a gallery where absolutely nothing sold. I started painting mid-size on paper in a stream of consciousness fashion. These are now in storage (not very well stored, must do something about that, I think they are being crushed in storage) and a selection was shown at the Rijksakademie Open in 2021. They are more bold and the compositions are more varied and playful than say the rolled paintings. It takes me forever to develop new ways of working and painting. I am happy with these as a kind of mid-range painting in between rolled paintings and fabric paintings. Lots of them are from 2014-2015 and not dated. After these I went back to a small scale like A4, I work in series but did not realize that until it was pointed out to me by multiple people. – SMW.


Listings connecting to the grouping of work “Working 2010s” (55)



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  • Catalog No.
  • 01777-2014-PsW2010s-NotSarcoSanct
  • Title
  • Not Sarco-sanct
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“It looks like a perfume bottle to me, but I don’t know…” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01776-2014-PsW2010s-CabbageFace
  • Title
  • Cabbage Face
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 68
  • Materials
  • Color photo prints glued to paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

In the same style as Anal Collage (PRIDE and JOY). The photographs themselves from 2001 (in one of them, SMW looking at a sculptural installation installed in the Double Trouble show with Schneeman at Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam).


  • Reflection Notes

“NOTE: the heart-shaped lights on the cabbage are meant to be eyes (in the tradition of Sesame Street).” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01775-2012-PsW2010s-AbsurdityChart
  • Title
  • Absurdity Chart
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01774-2013-PsW2010s-Fabiola:R.I.P.
  • Title
  • Fabiola: R.I.P.
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“Memorialising the death of Fabiola, a queer icon in Amsterdam and the one person SMW would point to if someone asked about influences here in NL.” – MH.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01773-c2013-PsW2010s-Dumbass
  • Title
  • Dumbass
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01772-2013-PsW2010s-BehindTheScenes
  • Title
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01771-c2013-PsW2010s-LeeLozano
  • Title
  • Lee Lozano
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Pencil and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01770-c2013-PsW2010s-Diagnosis
  • Title
  • Diagnosis
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“This is like the size for people who want a rolled painting, but don’t want to deal with the hassle of framing a rolled painting.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01769-c2013-PsW2010s-IDisagree
  • Title
  • I Disagree
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Pencil and permanent marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01768-2013-PsW2010s-StrictAndSpecific
  • Title
  • Strict and Specific
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01767-2013-PsW2010s-NeedlesslyComplicated
  • Title
  • Needlessly complicated
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

A bit like a rolled painting.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01518-c2012-PsW2010s-ThereIsMoreToArt
  • Title
  • There Is More To Art
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“There’s body art for you.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01517-c2012-PsW2010s-ItsOkay
  • Title
  • It's Okay
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01516-c2012-PsW2010s-TheOnlyWayIsToMakeAMess
  • Title
  • The Only Way Is To Make A Mess
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Permanent marker and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01515-c2012-PsW2010s-EveryTimeYouPickUpABrush
  • Title
  • Every Time You Pick Up A Brush
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Pencil and acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

SMW & AC inventorying session – 24.09.20. “There is no rule that says what a politician is (WW question). What if I say an artist politician? That is not a capitalist form of thinking. There needs to be wilderness, an anarchy, a freedom of thought. You don’t have to account for every single stroke you make.” – SMW.

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