Glean

Glean 8, Summer 2025

Text by Luc Franken

The Artist's Questionnaire

What unexpected quirks and fantasies shape an artist’s world? For each issue, we invite an artist to hand-pick from a set of playful and profound questions, pairing their answers with a visual contribution.

The Artist’s Questionnaire: Catharina van Eetvelde

1

Q:

Who was your first art crush and why?

CvE:

As a young person, I was surrounded by few images, no television or cinema. Art, I figured, was an inner space, absolute, magical, where my whole being responded to beauty. I remember being stunned by the nose of a friend’s mother. I had never seen a nose so elegant.

2

Q:

Can you remember the first time you felt awe in front of a work of art?

CvE:

One day, coming home from elementary school, I found my mother sitting very (…)

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