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Carte Blanche
Haitam Hajbat
BLANCO Kunstletters
Magazine
In ‘Carte Blanche’, an artist is given free play in KUNSTLETTERS, the quarterly magazine of Kunstwerkt. Under the banner of Carte Blanche, BLANCO selects a different artist to fill two blank pages of each edition of the magazine. The artists are selected together with partners from UFO.
In this issue, January — March 2026
Haitam Hajbat via Kunstplaats Vonk
Haitam: “I spend much of my time in my studio. That place feels like a teenage bedroom, a space where parents are not allowed. For me, the studio also functions like a sponge that absorbs impressions from the outside world. Filtering is of great importance in the way I work. It helps me shape a personal, sharpened frame of reference and find a place in a world that is not always gentle.
I don’t believe my work provides answers. Rather, it offers a different perspective, as a way of breaking free from the stereotypes surrounding my identity and the roles imposed on me.
In my practice, the conditions in which a work comes into being — such as space and rhythm — are just as important as the material translation I give to it. The images may end up on canvas, paper, or wood, but they do not start there. Painting and drawing are simply instruments for expressing myself.”
