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The unveiling of an experience that initially occurs under the skin and revealing what is literally happening inside us, physical but also emotional processes, is the central theme in Van Soest´s work. Corresponding to the character of human skin in its many variations, from chubby to flat, with thick veins or still perfect, and with many shades of color, from a faint yellowish tint to a blushing pink and red, the Skin paintings embody the intersection between the “inside” and the “outside” world. The reality of the outside world that we sense on our skin, like pressure, temperature or in form of pain, as well as the reality of our inside world, our intimate emotions, but also sickness and death are absorbed in the color of skin. The same experience is presented in the new book 'Reflection on Skin'. In this novel no sentences are composed. Instead, words are listed in a certain sequence and meant to be read or rather seen as images representing spaces, physical as well as thinking and emotional spaces, a surrounding décor of all times, everything, all situations and all lives. Using the metaphor of the world reflecting on our skin and skin as border were existence can be felt, the book is a travel through time and reality that, after entering the skin, inevitably ends in human emotions and inner life. (Ivana Jovanovic van Soest 2011)