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GERHARD HOFLAND: MATIJS VAN DE KERKHOF | JOHAN TAHON - 31 Mar 2012 to 12 May 2012 Current Exhibition |
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Matijs van de Kerkhof, Zonder Titel 2011
110 x 95 cm. acrylic on canvas |
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from Saturday, March 31st, 2012 to Saturday, May 12th, 2012 MATIJS VAN DE KERKHOF new paintings Gerhard Hofland proudly presents its first solo exhibition of new paintings by Matijs van de Kerkhof (Nuenen,1977). After studying at the art academy in Den Bosch for several years, Matijs van de Kerkhof has gone on to become a self-taught artist with a compelling and highly original oeuvre. Van de Kerkhof generally paints group scenes that are dimly lit and infused with a sense of quiet menace. The protagonists, claustrophobic spaces, landscapes, houses and other props are rendered in seemingly casual, intuitive brushstrokes. Black, dark brown or dark blue are the dominant shades in his palette, and from which Van de Kerkhof conjures up scenes in warm hues. Shadows throw large darker areas over the painting. And light receives a similar treatment – mostly radiating from lamps or other unnatural sources, it slices through the dark spaces in sections or brighter bands. Van der Kerkhof’s props and characters are culled from old snapshots found in family albums and re-envisioned in desolate, often disturbing, scenes. Van de Kerkhof presents us with images in which the staged reality of Edward Hopper meets the psychotic nightmare world of Francis Bacon. Matijs van de Kerkhof lives and works in Eindhoven and frequently exhibits his work throughout the region. His work was recently added to the portfolio of Henk Pijnenburg of Art Pijnenburg. Gerhard Hofland kondigt met trots aan haar eerste solotentoonstelling met nieuwe schilderijen van Matijs van de Kerkhof (Nuenen,1977). - Matijs van de Kerkhof heeft een aantal jaren gestudeerd aan de kunstacademie in Den Bosch, maar is als autodidact uitgegroeid tot een kunstenaar met een intrigerend en eigenzinnig oeuvre. Van de Kerkhof schildert veelal groepsscènes in duistere settings. De personages, beklemmende ruimten, landschappen, huizen en andere rekwisieten worden in een schijnbaar argeloze losse toets weergegeven. Het is overwegend zwart, donkerbruin of donkerblauw die de basis vormt en van waaruit Van de Kerkhof zijn scènes in warme tinten schildert. Schaduwen lopen in zijn werk als lange donkere banen over de voorstellingen. Voor licht geldt hetzelfde, meestal afkomstig uit lampen of andere onnatuurlijke bronnen, klieft het door de donkere ruimten heen als vlak of in banen. De rekwisieten en personages vindt hij op oude foto’s, afkomstig uit persoonlijke familiealbums. De desolate scènes van Van de Kerkhof zijn onheilspellend en verontrustend. Het is de geënsceneerde werkelijkheid van Edward Hopper gecombineerd met de psychotische nachtmerrie van Francis Bacon die Van de Kerkhof ons presenteert. Matijs van de Kerkhof woont en werkt in Eindhoven, stelde in deze regio vaak tentoon en werd onlangs opgenomen in de portfolio van Henk Pijnenburg van Art Pijnenburg. - JOHAN TAHON A selection of new works by Johan Tahon presented at the second floor. Johan Tahon (Menen, 1965) studied sculpture at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Gent. He lives and works in Munkzwalm (Belgium) and Istanbul (Turkey). Tahon has exhibited his work regularly in the Netherlands and abroad since 1994. “Ce qui est fait n’est pas fini” (Baudelaire). “For Tahon the act of sculpture is ‘the excavation of a cavity to make an object that, in turn, creates infinite space’. Figures are visible in the emptiness, floating figures in the space – the aura – surrounding them. Tahon’s sculptures invoke the vacuum, but at the same time, also accumulate volume, they force dazed viewers to take distance.” (From Observatorium. Alles wat blijft moet worden, Paul Depondt 2008) After several studio exhibitions, Tahon’s first breakthrough arrived when he took part in the group show 'De Rode Poort' in 1996 in the Ghent Museum of Contemporary Art. Tahon had caught the attention of Belgium’s most influential curator and museum director Jan Hoet (e.g. Documenta 9), who made it possible for Tahon to interact with world level artists in this internationally renowned exhibition. From then on Tahon got the full support of Hoet who, in 2003, offered him the solo show Self-Self, in the S.M.A.K. Ghent. Meanwhile his work has been exhibited in prestigious museums including the S.M.A.K. (Ghent), the MuHKA (Antwerp), the PMMK (Oostende), IKOB (Eupen), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the GEM (The Hague), major exhibitions such as Beaufort (Ostend) and the Lustwarande (Tilburg) and in galleries like Deweer Gallery (Otegem), Galeri Artist in Istanbul and Berlin, Galerie Van de Weghe (Antwerp) and venues including the Ministry of Finance (The Hague), the courtyard of the Topkapi Palace (Istanbul) and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington DC). |
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