“A lifetime of hands” is a light artwork by Toos Nijssen presented at GLOW Eindhoven 2022 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Explore 1 other work by Toos Nijssen below.
You can tell a lot from someone’s hands. Have you ever done that? Read someone by the physical appearance of their hands? Have the hands been through a lot, are they working hands or undamaged and smooth? Presenting hands clearly in this way makes you, as an observer, very aware of your own pair.
About Toos Nijssen
Toos Nijssen has been fascinated by portraits her whole life, portraits of faces and of hands. . In search of diversity and personal handwriting, she encounters 43 pairs of hands in this series.
Programme information from GLOW Eindhoven. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.