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Hunters at Dawn<\/strong> unfolds at the threshold between night and day, dream and reality. Within a luminous and mysterious forest, turquoise and intense shades of green encounter an almost artificial neon pink. Two masked rabbit figures occupy this unsettling landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At first glance, the scene appears almost playful and recalls the visual language of a fairy tale. Only on closer inspection does a small hare become visible, hanging from a string. The seemingly poetic woodland scene gradually reveals itself as a complex image of vulnerability, control, and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The neon pink is more than an expressive colour. As Marie Louise Elshout has explained, it refers to the artificial world created by humanity. Spreading across the forest floor, it becomes a metaphor for contemporary ecological imbalance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hunters at Dawn does not illustrate a conventional fairy tale. Instead, the work draws on fairy tales, mythology, and folklore to explore how images preserve collective memory and emotional experience. It asks why certain images can appear both seductive and disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like many of Elshout\u2019s works, Hunters at Dawn resists a definitive interpretation. The work invites slow looking and repeated encounters, allowing its atmosphere and psychological tension to unfold gradually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presented within the monumental architecture of the Codrico Fabriek, the work enters into a distinctive spatial context. The historic harbour setting, robust silos, and industrial interiors form a powerful counterpoint to Elshout\u2019s meticulously constructed and psychologically charged visual world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visitor Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n BIG ART Rotterdam<\/strong> Codrico Fabriek For further information about the work and its availability, please contact janinebeangallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BIG ART Rotterdam 2026 janinebeangallery presents Marie Louise Elshout 11\u201313 September 2026Codrico Fabriek, Rotterdam From 11 to 13 September 2026, BIG ART will take place in Rotterdam for the first time. For its twelfth edition, the art fair moves into the historic Codrico Fabriek on Katendrecht. More than one hundred large scale works in painting, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19882,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19881","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19892,"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19881\/revisions\/19892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janinebeangallery.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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