Gabrielė Adomaitytė ~ Rezi van Lankveld ~ W. Rossen. On view until late April by appointment!
Dear friends, colleagues, comrades and subscribers of this list, I hope you are doing well on such a special day, election day in The Netherlands! Funny enough, due to the current pandemic they have been voting for the past two days, but today is the day. I thought that because people would go out to vote they could also pass by to see some art and join the slow opening up of the culture sector.
After returning all her belongings to Marja, Tilde returns to a previous state where it functions more as a white cube than as a living room, but I promise I will always have some treats to offer you on your visits. I guess it is a bit annoying to say the same every show, but one of the problems of working fully with the people I want to work with is that for me is always a very special show. For the past months, we have been talking about this, first what started as a joke between W. and me on how to put his work in context and then finding the best combination to enrich each other works. The paintings of
Gabrielė Adomaitytė, Rezi van Lankveld and W. Rossen feed each other in an amazing way while keeping their independence, so I would be super happy if you would pass by and discuss with me some of the connections that you find between them.
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One of the basic pieces of furniture, a chair, is a type of seat. Its primary features are two pieces of a durable material, attached as back and seat to one another at a 90° or slightly greater angle, with usually the four corners of the horizontal seat attached in turn to four legs—or other parts of the seat’s underside attached to three legs or to a shaft about which a four-arm turnstile on rollers can turn—strong enough to support the weight of a person who sits on the seat (usually wide and broad enough to hold the lower body from the buttocks almost to the knees) and leans against the vertical back (usually high and wide enough to support the back to the shoulder blades). The legs are typically high enough for the seated person’s thighs and knees to form a 90° or lesser angle. […] Chairs vary in design. An armchair has armrests fixed to the seat; a recliner is upholstered and under its seat is a mechanism that allows one to lower the chair’s back and raise into place a fold-out footrest; a rocking chair has legs fixed to two long curved slats; and a wheelchair has wheels fixed to an axis under the seat.
This is the description that Wikipedia gives me of a chair. I guess that by reading it we all will imagine a different type of chair, as it is probably one of the most present elements in our daily life with possibly infinite variations. I think that the chairs that surround us say a lot about us and they can swift very quickly between a source of inspiration to a tool for contemplation, or at least for me. In a certain moment, when thinking about this show with Gabrielė Adomaitytė, Rezi van Lankveld and W. Rossen I thought of their works as if they were chairs: three abstract painters that work in that line that appears when you are trying to build an image and when you just happen to find it.
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world, or at least, that is what Wikipedia says, again. Gabrielė, Rezi and W. work within this parameters and, although that does not mean that their mentality is still locked in a modernistic era. Their refusal of a deception of a clear image feels to me very close to the massive amount of those we consume nowadays, being abstraction maybe the best way of portraying our current era, despite what the market says. Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art, are closely related terms. They are similar, but perhaps not of identical meaning. The same happens with these artists.
Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art, are closely related terms. They are similar, but perhaps not of identical meaning. The same happens with these artists.
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Due to the current crisis and the increase of the space’s audience I have decided to keep shows for one month instead of 10 days now, allowing more chances of people to visit it through appointments. I am basically available 24/7-365 so you can write me on Instagram, Facebook, email or WhatsApp if you prefer a more personal approach. As art is coming back to life in Amsterdam I will recommend you to visit the fantastic show of Erika Roux and Victor Santamarina that opened last week in Marwan. I will be sending around one email per month and my apologies if you do not want to be in this list, please unsubscribe. You can also follow some of the updates through the website, instagram or facebook. Please, if you do have any feedback, question or proposal in relation to the project do not hesitate to contact me.
Talk soon, Diego Diez P.
9 thoughts on “Wednesday 17th – Titele – A painting show!”
9 thoughts on “Wednesday 17th – Titele – A painting show!”