Maria van der Togt
I am fascinated by the idea of a painting, not as a fixed image, but as a threshold: between interior and exterior, public and private, reality and its imitation.
Maria van der Togt, via ThisArtFair.com 2025
Maria van der Togt (1997, Netherlands) is a figurative painter who focuses on moments where time seems to stand still. With a background in interior architecture, her work draws inspiration from theatre and set design. Techniques typically used to transport an audience to another place take on a different role here. Canvas turns into brick, paint resembles plaster, but everything remains unfinished and waiting. Theatrical tools without the drama. The viewer stands in for absent actors, and the painting becomes a stage where something is always about to happen, but the moment never arrives. Time feels frozen, as if it could slip away but chooses not to.
