{"id":81,"count":81,"description":"SELFIES FROM THE BIJLMERBAJES - 2019\r\n\r\nWhen I moved into my studio in the Bijlmerbajes in January 2019, I decided to begin each workday with a quickly made (target time one hour) painted self-portrait from the mirror. This series reflects that decision.\r\n\r\nMy paint box at the time contained about thirty-two tubes of paint. Using a random number app, I let fate determine which four colors I got to work with each morning. Thus I was always surprised, and challenged to express my state of mind each time with a random set of four tubes of paint.\r\nThose four tubes did not go back into the box after the painting was completed - the next set of four was drawn from the rest. I went on like this until the box was empty, then I started over with all the paint.\r\n\r\nThe other rules of the 'game' were: I was not allowed to start over or discard one, nor was I allowed to touch it after completion. So they are nice and raw; made in one go and straight from the easel to the wall.\r\n\r\nSometime during the first month I figured I would go to 81 - all's well that ends - and 184 days after the first one I painted the last one. Gradually, a plan had formed of what the ending should look like, and that became an expo at the Bijlmerbajes prison in October 2019 and a book.\r\n\r\nThe Selfies are painted in oil on paper, measure 33 cm by 41 cm, and are for sale for \u20ac350 each. Numbered and dated on the front, signed on the back.\r\nThe first edition of the book sold out; a second printing (ISBN 9789083235516) appeared in 2022, and is available upon request.","link":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/product-categorie\/series-en\/selfies-from-the-bijlmerbajes\/","name":"Selfies from the Bijlmerbajes","slug":"selfies-from-the-bijlmerbajes","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":84,"meta":[],"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/84"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/depieterproducties.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}