Exposed Modesty, 2018, photography, 80 x 80 cm. / 31.4 x 31.4 in.

Exposed Modesty, Marcel van Beek, 2018, photography, 80 x 80 cm. / 31.4 x 31.4 in.

The artist photographs covered straw bales as a veiled figure. At the front, the tarpaulin opens and straw emerges, turning a rural object into an uncanny body: protected, exposed and quietly charged with associations of visible modesty or shame.