Sebastiaan Schlicher, Thijs Zweers drawings, work on paper 10 November – 23 December 2012 In Sebastian Schlicher’s (1975) drawings ecstatic stage performers, cult members, religious types, occultists, survivalists or politicians appear who are in a state of melancholia, rage or fear. They have put themselves into a pathetic battle mode, struggling to get through…
Erik Pape, Philip Akkerman, Rens Krikhaar paintings, drawings, watercolours 6 October – 4 November 2012 Painting remains a dynamic medium today. After post-modernism it seems to have limitless possibilities of subject and style. Some painters, however, dedicate themselves to a single subject which they choose to study meticulously. Gallery Maurits van de Laar shows the…
TURQUOISE Funda Alkan, Sibel Horada, Gül Ilgaz embroidery, installation, photos 2 – 30 September 2012 On the occasion of the 400 anniversary of diplomatic ties between Turkey and The Netherlands Gallery Maurits van de Laar shows work of three Turkish artists of Daire Gallery, Istanbul. In December 2010 Gallery Maurits van de Laar’s artists Seekee…
Summershow Heidi Linck, Eric Winarto drawings 24 June – 29 July 2012 In her drawings, Heidi Linck (1978) researches spaces that have fallen into disuse or were abandoned. She uses an ever-expanding archive of photos and notes, made in the places she visited herself, as the basis for these drawings. She draws the interiors in…
Martin Assig, Dirk Zoete drawings, work on paper, three dimensional work 13 May – 10 June 2012 Martin Assig’s (1959) new drawings are made with ink on paper and are subsequently covered with a layer of transparent wax that, as it were, fixes and freezes the lines of the drawing. Faces, circles and swirls are…
Voyage James Geurts, Stan Klamer, Esther Kokmeijer, Rens Krikhaar video, photos, drawings 7 April – 6 May 2012 The exhibition Voyage’s subject matter is travel in the broadest sense of the word. In the Australian artist James Geurts’ (1970) work, travel is interpreted as a physical movement through space. One of the exhibited works is…
The Lure of Evil Natasja van Kampen, Ed Pien, Justin Wijers – drawings Anne Wenzel – sculptures 19 February – 25 March 2012 Evil instills fear, but has always held a great attraction on mankind also. Through the ages, evil has been portrayed in art, either concretely personified by the devil, or in images of…
BLAZON Christie van der Haak installation 8 January – 5 February 2012 In the installation BLAZON Christie van der Haak (1950) shows new textile designs inspired by heraldry. The coat of arms or blazon has for centuries referred to the identity of an individual, family, group or state. Animal figures, such as lions, deer and…