Tanja Smeets

Tanja Smeets

Tanja Smeets’ installations feature organic forms that infiltrate spaces, resembling fungi or toadstools, made from unusual materials like plastic spoons and polyester.
Tanja Smeets
Photo: Josefina Eikenaar

Introduction.

Elusive, insidious growth processes play an important role in Tanja Smeets’ work. Her installations seem to take over the spaces they occupy. The organic forms infiltrate a place, attaching themselves to walls and ceilings, sometimes even appearing to embed themselves in the fabric of the building, like a malignant growth. The clusters of restrained white, black and occasionally brightly coloured structures are reminiscent of fungi and toadstools. These structures are often made from simple but unusual industrial materials such as plastic soup spoons, polyester or knotted plastic thread.

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