Cuts in life
In the series Cuts in Life, Lara reflects on personal life stories. These are not easy stories.
Often they involve pivotal moments that drastically changed someone’s life. Such heavy experiences are transformative, you adapt, and they leave a deep impact. Yet, many don’t fully realize what these changes truly mean.
This lack of understanding is often reinforced by the taboos that still surround certain topics, like mental illness and depression.
The use of relief-linocutting in this series is a deliberate choice of material. Once a part of the material is cut away, it cannot be restored, you must continue working with what remains. It either fits, or it doesn’t.
The pictures tell the stories in black and white, which creates not only high contrast on paper but also how the story is told now and before. Which is often not so simple and with a whole lots of shades of grey.
Willem
Linoleum on paper (21x29,7cm)
This series portrays the life of my favorite uncle in five episodes. A unique and artistic individual. He also grappled with mental health issues. His presence during my childhood profoundly impacted our family, bringing both positive and negative influences. By using the linoleum cut technique, high contrast was created in the prints. Symbolizing the complex interplay betweenhumanity and the inner struggleshe faced.
Her
Recycled foamboard, inkt, on paper (21x29,7cm)Publication: “Cuts in life” Net Anders he
“ I’ve known her for ten years now, and over time, I’ve come to understand her more and more as a person, as well as the story behind her situation at home. When she was still a child, her father had a stroke. Although he survived, it took a heavy toll on him. He was no longer the same man, and with that, the family dynamic changed as well. She had to grow up faster and take on more responsibility.
This profound change was not only difficult for her father, who was no longer able to do the things he once did, but also for the people around him. In this series, I want to tell the story of my friend and her father.
A story of a complex and emotionally charged father-daughter relationship.
A story where she is the strong, young woman who often goes unnoticed.
And the story of the love for the garden. A passion her father always had, but one that, over the years, he has been able to share less and less, both physically and mentally.
It’s a symbol of both letting go and the unconditional, devoted love that remains, even as circumstances change.
With this series, I want to visualize her story and the emotions she shares with me. It’s about the strength of love and care, the challenge of loss, and the invisible strength of the people who have to live through such changes.”
Recycled foamboard, inkt, on paper (21x29,7cm)Publication: “Cuts in life” Net Anders he
“ I’ve known her for ten years now, and over time, I’ve come to understand her more and more as a person, as well as the story behind her situation at home. When she was still a child, her father had a stroke. Although he survived, it took a heavy toll on him. He was no longer the same man, and with that, the family dynamic changed as well. She had to grow up faster and take on more responsibility.
This profound change was not only difficult for her father, who was no longer able to do the things he once did, but also for the people around him. In this series, I want to tell the story of my friend and her father.
A story of a complex and emotionally charged father-daughter relationship.
A story where she is the strong, young woman who often goes unnoticed.
And the story of the love for the garden. A passion her father always had, but one that, over the years, he has been able to share less and less, both physically and mentally.
It’s a symbol of both letting go and the unconditional, devoted love that remains, even as circumstances change.
With this series, I want to visualize her story and the emotions she shares with me. It’s about the strength of love and care, the challenge of loss, and the invisible strength of the people who have to live through such changes.”
