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THISTLE 2011, 106 x 86 cm

The whole of Annerel�s work engages in this deceptive play of fact and fiction. Bands and dots of colour or other small details seem to be on top of other elements, but are actually underneath. The question of what is real and what is not, is thus no longer a matter of distinguishing between reality and its representation: it has been integrated into the work of art itself and now relates to its own structure as art, not as a representation of nature. Still other parts of Annerel�s works, sometimes larger areas, seem to be made with tape or plastic foil, but are actually painted and only meticulously imitate the materiality of the other components these works are made of. The play of mimesis no longer concerns the reality around us, but the material of these works of art: this is not artifice posing as nature, but posing as other artifice.
This is where the artist�s elusive illusionism comes full circle. Here, illusionism is no longer concerned with the world outside, as seen in the mirror which a work of art is: illusionism now holds up a mirror to itself. Annerel�s illusions are no translucent passageways to nature; they are glossy glosses written in their own margins. They are not hearsay evidence of a world we once thought we knew: they are visual double entendres hopelessly trying to grasp the meaning of their own words.