A life of State Care and Its Aftermath
Is it art when you use your body to map the scars of trauma? Is it art when random images are pieced together under the title 'A Life of State Care and Its Aftermath'?
Look at these fragments of not-a-childhood. Decide for yourself: would you be pleased to endure a life shaped by the State—only to survive into a reality where that same State offers nothing but contempt and hatred for what it created in your later life?
Blueprint from the state (Jimmy left, in Helper Haven Groningen 1964-1965)
Home (1965)
pastel drawing 1996
Self portrait 1992
My first drawing of 'self 'in acrylic on paper
Jimmy five years old at school in Leusden
One year in foster care
Opposite gender of man
Composed objects 2016
Jimmy 62 years old
water coloring along the river
Daily trigger
mixed pastel images 1997-2022
Jimmy age 27
Microscopic image of photograph 2022
Jimmy and his mother in 1989
Helper Haven group of 6 with leaders 1965 (Jimmy third from the right)
pastel 1997
Most precious child
pastel 1996
Jimmy with his mother in 2004
Pencil drawing 2005
A better nature
Photography 2023
Which self is you after foster care?
mixed photography 2024
Stay- away- from- my -body -foster -care
Photography 2023
Jimmy 6 years old
Jim Altanioxi 2014
Tim, learning Arabic language
Photography 2022
Eternal lies of youth care system (1988)
pastel 2020
Double self- portrait artist Philip Knipscheer (up) and Jimmy (down)
pastel 1997
Jimmy seven years old
the year he wanted to kill himself
photography 1969
Never alone
Photography 2022
Identity restoration studio
2021-2023
Blueprints of Groningen (Helper Haven, 1965)
Mixed photography 2024
Plural identity, installation
Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht 2022
Happy State Care Child, 13 years old
Photography 1975
Frozen time
Mixed media photography (composition) 2016
Tim and Alex with toys
photography 2022
Boy-man [age- dysphoria]
Identity mix of selfie (52 years old) and pastel drawing of a 10 year old boy