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This painting was inspired by the Human Sacrifice in several human mythology traditions, like the Greek and in the Bible. Ben Vollers had a classical education which influence appear frequently in his painting art.

Tiepolo was an inspiring Rococo-artist from Venice for Ben Vollers in the period of 2002 - 2005.

This painting was inspired by the Italian painter Giotto, expressed by Ben Vollers in his title of the work: Annunciation.His option was to express the excitement of the annunciation for the young Maria.

In this oil painting on canvas Vollers used oil/sticks to create writings in lines on the planes, combined with large painted signs.Inspiration was the many graffiti tags on the walls in Amsterdam city and in the old city Rome. They refers partly to the scratches in the abstract painting art of the American painter Cy Twombly.

Ben Vollers was inspired by factories and industrial plants.In this period a series of paintings of 'collections of things' were created, painted with acrylic paint on paper,In these works Vollers begun to use lines (in ink) for the first time in his abstract painting art.

This painting is painted by Ben Vollers in acrylic paint on the canvas, including clear tracks of the paint.First Volller used the spatula, to emphasis the matter characteristic and to create visible strips in acrylic paint.

Ben Vollers was inspired by circus and the complete world of circus with all its attributes and atmosphere.In these work Vollers begun to use lines (in ink)combined with planes and strokes by scraping the paint with a spatula like he often did in his former abstract art.

This painting on paper Ben Vollers created in a period of searching. He swifted between abstract and figurative painting.A strong inspiration for this he found in the African Zulu shields, as he found in the Amsterdam museum of Primitive Cultures.

This painting illustrates very clearly the matter-period of Ben Vollers. It is made in oil and gel, and placed on the canvas with a spatula.