COMMENTARY & PRESS
HANS PAALMAN FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM OF SCHIEDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
'"THE SCULPTURES OF JOSEFINA KUKANJA STAND OUT THROUGH THEIR POWERFULL PRESENCE.
THE STRONG AZTEK-LIKE SHAPES WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH HER TIME SPENT IN ARGENTINA AND SHAPED BY HER BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE.
THE LATIN-AMERICAN CULTURE LEAVES TRACES THROUGHOUT HER WORK, SPECIFICALLY IN THE MAGICAL REALISTIC ATMOSPHERE HER WORK EVOKES.
THE RESTRAINED COLOUR PALETTE OF THE BAKED AND PAINTED CLAY, THE SILENT GREY OF SANDSTONE IN COMBINATION WITH THE COMPACT SHAPES ENHANCE THE OBJECT’S MANIFESTATION.
AS WITH HER FELLOW EMIGREE ARTIST IN THE NETHERLANDS, HER WORK IS STRONGLY DETERMINED BY THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF HER HOMELAND.
HER WORK DESERVES ALL ATTENTION THAT CAN BE BESTOWED UPON IT. "