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.
  • 01468-2015-PsW2010s-GAYPAINTING
  • Title
  • GAY PAINTING
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic and gouache on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“The signature looped heart – the loop the orifice and the rest, the cleavage… I’d like to think this idea would come from someone like Arshile Gorky.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01467-2015-PsW2010s-GoodBecauseItsSoBad
  • Title
  • Good Because It's So Bad
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic and gouache on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01466-2015-PsW2010s-WasThatIntentional?
  • Title
  • Was That Intentional?
  • Dimensions
  • 43 x 60
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and gouache on exhibition poster
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

Verso: exhibition poster from ‘Does Not Equal’ at W139 (design by Karoline Swiezynski). SMW work in the exhibition: Carolee Schneemann Methodology: My Body for Women/ Paintings With the Sound of Their Own Making/Carolee Schneemann as a Painter/Dedicated to Robin Wassink-Murray + Miss Lady Betsie Bubble + WASSINQUE INC. Our Little Feminist Unit.


  • Reflection Notes

“It was such an uncomfortable experience. It was 9 o’clock in the morning and no one wanted to be photographed. The photographer started crying.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01465-2015-PsW2010s-GrowUp
  • Title
  • Grow Up
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and oil crayon on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“Giving something a date implies care, and that is something that I’m looking for… when I actually bothered…” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01464-c2014-PsW2010s-VeryLateBloomer
  • Title
  • Very Late Bloomer
  • Dimensions
  • 32.5 x 50
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and gouache on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01463-2015-PsW2010s-ILoveRobin
  • Title
  • I Love Robin
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and gouache on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

A second painting also on verso.


  • Reflection Notes

Inventorying session + invited archivist (IA) meeting – 15.09.20. “AC’s exact birthdate is the day Robin and I met. It’s all about these convergences.” – SWM. “RWM is my main audience and collaborator.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01462-2015-PsW2010s-IAmLikeTheseWomen
  • Title
  • I am like these women
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and gouache on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01461-c2014-PsW2010s-SlightlyAfraid
  • Title
  • Slightly Afraid
  • Dimensions
  • 65 x 50
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

SMW & AC inventorying session – 24.09.20. “A gallery press as light intellectual entertainment.” – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01460-2014-PsW2010s-OfficiallyAnUnderdog
  • Title
  • Officially an Underdog
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Acrylic paint and marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

A second painting also on verso.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01459-2012-PsW2010s-WorkingSickalaHannah
  • Title
  • Working Sick á la Hannah
  • Dimensions
  • 50 x 65
  • Materials
  • Marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

Inventorying session + invited archivist (IA) meeting – 15.09.20. “Behaviour, emotions, thoughts, feelings and relationships-as with Hannah. A performative trace of something that isn't visible, but is very traceable.” – SMW.

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