Title:Verleiding (Seduction) – 1998

Artist: Martine Jacobs Medium: Digital collage and manipulation using Adobe and Paint Shop Pro on a first-generation Intel Pentium II computer Theme: Feminine duality, erotic geometry, Mondrian as metaphor

Description:

Verleiding is a striking digital composition created by Martine Jacobs in 1998 — a time when digital art was still emerging from its infancy. Using early-generation software and hardware, Martine crafted a sensual tableau of two nude women suspended within a rigid Mondrian-inspired frame. The figures, rendered with emotional realism, appear both exposed and contained — their bodies caught between desire and structure, softness and grid.

The geometric scaffolding evokes Piet Mondrian’s iconic visual language, but here it becomes a symbolic cage — a modernist prison for feminine energy and erotic tension. One figure sits contemplatively, her limbs folded in quiet resistance; the other crouches, poised for motion, as if testing the boundaries of the frame. The background glows in gradients of yellow and white, suggesting both illumination and surveillance.

This work is not merely digital experimentation — it is a philosophical inquiry into seduction, control, and the gaze. Martine’s use of early digital tools transforms the cold logic of software into a warm, provocative meditation on freedom and form. Verleiding stands as a testament to her pioneering role in digital authorship and her fearless blending of sensuality with abstraction.