Scent of Hypnosis
Drawing Centre Diepenheim•Sep 27, 2025 — Jan 03, 2026
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In his monumental drawings, Pieter Slagboom reveals a world in which birth, death, and sexuality are inextricably linked. On large canvases, lines swirl together to form bodies that contort and swarm in cramped compositions. With radiant, almost pulsating colors, Slagboom seduces the eye. Inducing a longer look, scenes unfold that strip the body of shame and reveal how our most intimate corners underlie our existence.
Slagboom’s work, Scent of Hypnosis, is a new series of commissioned works, in which he further explores and expands on his existing themes. The exhibition is based on a complex system of more than 170 studies, which form the basic designs for large diptychs and triptychs, as well as individual drawings. The figures in these works remind us of the cyclical nature of life: creation, death, and survival seamlessly follow one another.
The raw and daring images challenge taboos and social rules. Slagboom resists the polished conventions of our...More
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Scent of Hypnosis
Drawing Centre Diepenheim•Sep 27, 2025 — Jan 03, 2026
Press Release
In his monumental drawings, Pieter Slagboom reveals a world in which birth, death, and sexuality are inextricably linked. On large canvases, lines swirl together to form bodies that contort and swarm in cramped compositions. With radiant, almost pulsating colors, Slagboom seduces the eye. Inducing a longer look, scenes unfold that strip the body of shame and reveal how our most intimate corners underlie our existence.
Slagboom’s work, Scent of Hypnosis, is a new series of commissioned works, in which he further explores and expands on his existing themes. The exhibition is based on a complex system of more than 170 studies, which form the basic designs for large diptychs and triptychs, as well as individual drawings. The figures in these works remind us of the cyclical nature of life: creation, death, and survival seamlessly follow one another.
The raw and daring images challenge taboos and social rules. Slagboom resists the polished conventions of our...More
