For his mural in Zwolle, Letsoin was inspired by Jan Cremer's five-part La Guerre Japonaise and the wild lapwing flower, also known as the Zwolse Tulp. The flower's unique block pattern is reflected in his design, contributing to a dynamic effect for passers-by.
Kenneth Letsoin, a.k.a. Naamloozz, was born in Almelo in 1972. He studied art in Enschede, but the programme offered him little to build on. He decided to follow his own path, and the street became his teacher. In 2017, he moved to Rotterdam. Kenneth mainly creates street art, including murals, waste installations and cut-out advertising posters, but he also makes artworks in his studio. His work reflects his surroundings in his own unique way. Colours, people, animals, the noise of the street, architecture: anything can inspire him.
Kenneth Letsoin took inspiration from both Jan Cremer’s five-part work La Guerre Japonaise from the collection of Museum de Fundatie and the snake’s head fritillary, a wild flower that grows almost exclusively in Overijssel. Letsoin combined the flower’s distinctive chequered pattern, also known as the Zwolle Tulip and repeated on the wall, with Cremer’s raw painterly energy.
Photography: Martijn Schimdt.
