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Doppelmensch<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Martin Assig, <\/strong>Dirk Zoete<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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work on paper, drawings, sculptures<\/h3>\n

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9 February – 16 March 2025<\/h3>\n

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Martin Assig, Sympathisantin, 2024, gouache, wax on paper, 185 x 143 cm<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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Martin Assig, Sch\u00f6nste, 2023, ink on paper, 30 x 21 cm<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” gap=”30″ css=”.vc_custom_1673367463345{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”right-home-list”][vc_column_text css=””]The exhibition Doppelmensch<\/em> brings together the work of two artists who know and admire each other’s work. In their art Martin Assig and Dirk Zoete both focus on the basic things of existence, what is means to be human in every aspect and the longing for a life in harmony with nature and the world.<\/p>\n

Martin Assig<\/strong> (1959) has been working on his so called St. Paul<\/em> series since 2009 in which he indirectly refers to Paul Klee, who used multiple styles and motifs in parallel in his work. With the St. Paul series Martin Assig created a container in which he can quote, refer to other artists and his own work and can vary from concrete human figures to abstract patterns and shapes. The combination of text and images that is often also present in Paul Klee\u2019s work is typical.<\/p>\n

The essentials of life are central; how does man relate to the other, the world, to life and death. Martin Assig succeeds to portray this serious theme in a moving way, often with a lightness and humor that lifts up the viewer. In 2017 he began the Seelen <\/em>(Souls)<\/em> series, in which he can also refer to life after death, the domain of the soul. The exhibition features a selection of works from the St. Paul and Seelen series, as well as two monumental works on panel and smaller ink drawings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Dirk Zoete<\/strong> (1969) also often works in series. After his drawings of theatrical stages with human figures, buildings and constructions, he started his series Study for Cactus Species<\/em> and subsequently the Cactus Derivatives<\/em> series. In these works Dirk Zoete uses abstract basic shapes with which he reinvents the cactus and allows organic shapes to can change into for instance some sort of small machine with blades. He thus creates an imaginary herbarium that breathes a playful freedom and a fascination for the wonder of nature. The exhibition also includes a Cactus Derivatives drawing executed in embroidery on textile by Els Huygelen, Dirk Zoete’s partner.
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