Brug

Gerrit Rietveld once replied, when asked if his chairs were art, ‘sometimes art escapes’. With Sander van Deurzen sometimes a painting escapes and, with this bridge takes the form of an every day object. This work is from the series‘A painting escapes’, canvas and wood structure that crosses a small ditch at the atelier complex Nieuw en Meer, 2024. 08.09.24 – 01.12.24.

Brug

22 meters walldrawing Verbeke Foundation

personal note: In 2012, a journey began after acquiring an unsigned pastel painting at an Amsterdam auction, labeled simply as “unknown 20th century.” Little did I know that this would lead me to the work of Belgian artist Georges Robèr (1893-1969). Robèr, who fled to Rotterdam during the Siege of Antwerp in 1914, became part of the artist group De Banding (1917-1926). I had long been intrigued by De Banding’s avant-garde exploration of theosophy and anthroposophy, where abstract forms and colors were used to reveal mystical phenomena behind visible reality. Over time, I’ve collected many of his paintings and collages. Here, Robèr’s collages are directly integrated into the wall, as if they rise from the drawing itself. The wall drawing, made with stove soot, stretches 22 meters and was on show from 01.05.23 to 01.05.24.

Walldrawing Verbeke Foundation

Flipside

203x176cm | acrylic-and oil on canvas | 2023 | photo: studio LNDW

Untitled (detail)

213x176cm | acrylic on canvas | 2023 | photo: studio LNDW

Untitled

213x176cm | acrylic on canvas | 2023

Untitled

213x176cm | acrylic on canvas | 2023

Bellenblazer (Soft Version)

81x72x42cm | acrylic on canvas | 2022

Een ontsnappend schilderij – A painting escapes

On the edge of a building, just above the roof a painting floats. It no longer wants to share the fate of its peers: paintings that are stared at, walked past or stored in attics for years. This painting is fed up, this painting is looking for freedom!