06.16

wanderlust

Wanderlust: de lust om te reizen. In psychologische zin betekent het de behoefte om jezelf te ontwikkelen. Voor mij gaat Wanderlust vooral over de wens niet 'hier' te hoeven zijn. Die drang manifesteert zich niet alleen in de fysieke ruimte, maar juist ook in mijn binnenwereld. Je blik op daar en elders, maar tegelijkertijd niet letterlijk je spullen kunnen pakken. Een wereld waarin verlangen en begrenzing een intrinsiek spel aan gaan. Dan weer wint de een, dan weer de ander. Wanderlust is dus vooral ook een ontdekkingsreis door het grensgebied van willen en kunnen.

Beelden en poëzie die gezien kunnen worden als een momentopname in dat steeds terugkerende spel. Een tussenstand zo gezegd. Stilte voor de storm, opkomend verlangen, wrikkende onmogelijkheid, grenzen verleggen, consensus, berusting, etc. De verkenning van een Niemandsland, het landschap in mijn hoofd. Een continue reis.

landschap in mijn hoofd

06.16

Galerie FriesGoed

V L I E G E R E N  B I J  M A A N L I C H T
een co-creatie met Hilda Klaassen
Deze serie van 9 beelden op 10 x 10 formaat is te zien bij de nieuw geopende galerie FriesGoed
The series of nine 10x10 cm pieces is on display at FriesGoed

In het kunstroute-weekend opent de galerie op 3 juni vanaf 11 uur voor het eerst haar deuren!
Join us for the opening on 3rd June, 11 a.m.!
Bovenweg 3 Nijeberkoop

 

03.17

bijtend water corrosive water

 

Sometimes a part of a phrase or just one word captivates me.

This series of collages and poems started out as an exercise, or a way of reconnecting with my poetry and my photography after a fairly long pause. I was unable to spend time in my studio, and funnily enough, it was this that sparked my creative desire again. It ended up becoming a kind of meditative process to write short poems and take pictures. Posting them on Instagram turned them into a collection of a sort of visual language, maybe even storytelling... I knew that photographs would find their way into my work somehow but wasn’t exactly sure how. When work in my studio progressed, I started to combine my photographs with earlier sketches and scribbles, to match the mood and feel of the poetry. This series is titled 'corrosive water', as the writing is mostly about inner struggle between desire and apparent boundaries. Sometimes desire wins, sometimes restraint. The perfect balance? Maybe I should have named it 'slack water'...

work in progress

more photography can be found on my instagram profile >

more poetry can be found here >

work in progress

more photography can be found at my instagram profile >

more poetry can be found here >

01.17

ellebogen op tafel elbows on the table

Leading up to the turn of the year, I started a new series. It's all about memories of the time I spent at the kitchen table in my parental home. Mom often cooked Asian dinners, which I disliked very much.
So, I ended up spending many evenings staring
at the plates and dishes, hoping they all would magically disappear.
They didn't.

Like most of my artwork, these are crossover analogue – digital collages. The shapes are a bit geometrical with a sense of odd perspective. The faded colours and blurred shapes add to the sense of reminiscence.
The pieces hint at those lomographic Polaroids back in the 70s and 80s, the era of my youth.

work in progress

04.16

vliegeren bij maanlicht kiting by moonlight

INTERACTIE MET HILDA KLAASSEN, BEELDEND KUNSTENAAR | Over en weer ingrijpen en inspelen op elkaars gedachten, interactie, uitgebeeld in een tijdelijk decor. Zo is deze reeks fotografische nachtgedachten met de titel 'Vliegeren bij maanlicht' ontstaan. Een naam die staat voor het verkennen van het moment tussen waken en slapen. Een grensgebied waarin andere krachten werken. Waar tijd en logica geen rol spelen. Waarbij de vreemdste ideeën opborrelen en magische beelden verschijnen. Fragmentarische verhalen verteld worden en alle gedachten nagenoeg ongrijpbaar zijn.

INTERACTION WITH HILDA KLAASSEN, ARTIST | Over and over again intervening and responding to each other's thoughts. Interactions portrayed in a temporary setting. This is how this series of photographic nocturnal thoughts titled 'Kiting by Moonlight' came about. A name that stands for exploring the space between waking and sleeping. A twilight world in which other powers are active. Where time and logic play no role. Where the strangest ideas bubble up and magical images appear, fragmented stories are told and all thoughts are near elusive.

The series of nine 10x10 cm pieces is on display in the group exhibit 'XSmall'

Join us for the opening on 1st April, 8 – 10 p.m.!
Kunstencentrum K38, Kanaalstraat 38 Roden

1st April 2016 – 24th April 2016

 

03.16 momento mori

voor de stilte | persoonlijk tijdsdocument
before the silence | personal period piece

A triptych dedicated to the loss of someone close.

To the process of reminiscence before grief, and how the announcement of a near death shakes and stirs everything like a snowbowl.
The world is still the same and yet everything is different.

This triptych explores the importance of the creation process of my artwork. Nearly always, I begin with some sort of loose composition of shapes or textures as an underlay. When making a piece of work, I reuse elements of the initial piece in the following ones. Previously, these shapes were often buried and indistinguishable once the artworks were complete. In Momento Mori I have deliberately left parts of the initial shapes in the completed pieces. This enables the viewer to see the history of my creation process, as well as giving a visual sense of family ties between the individual pieces. I feel this emphasizes the momento mori theme - it's all connected:
​the circle of life.


an impression of my creation process is also given in this video

16.07.15 PRELUDE
voor de stilte een zucht | a sigh before the silence

02.03.16 INTERLUDE
dezelfde beweging en weer terug | the same movement and back again

24.02.16 OVERTURE
en dan komt alles in beweging | and then everything starts moving

* 24.03.62
+ 22.03.16

12.15

get well soon

A pack of 4 get well soon cards: the illustrations on the cards are mixed media collages
[ cardboard, textiles, graphite and ink ] and masked with a white overlay. The modest colour palette in combination with the large white areas gives the collages their tranquil atmosphere.

12.15

huis op de heuvel house on the hill

Diptych, analogue – digital crossover collage referring to a story about a boy building himself a wau buia, a moon kite.
He uses the kite for protection against the invisible hazards of the night.
The transparency and overlay used suggest that there's more than meets the eye ...