Shirley Villavicencio Pizango ‘Dark Empathy’ object Using simple and limited means—always

Using simple and limited means—always imbued by a longing for order—Van Snick tries to describe the essence of life

Except this is a theatre without words

growing out of an awareness regarding the intrinsic beauty of matter

This composition is being made out of ran­dom encounters

All the actions of painting pass through the body

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango ‘Dark Empathy’ object Using simple and limited means—alwaysShirley Villavicencio Pizango (b. 1988, Lima) is a Ghent based artist with Peruvian roots. The cross fertilization between her childhood in the Amazon jungle and Lima on the one hand, and her life in Belgium on the other, fundamentally characterizes her work. Her young oeuvre consists of still lifes with terracotta vases, fruits or plants and decorative, colourful backgrounds. She also paints scenes for which mostly friends or family sit as models.