Artist Information:
Eric Vandamme
Mechelen,
Belgium
Member Since: Jan 2007
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Artist Statement:
Eric Vandamme’s depictions are
untitled and do not easily
allow for a definition. They
breathe an ethereal atmosphere
of silence and disorientate
the spectator. Alienation is
therefore the essence of
Vandamme’s artistic message.
Sometimes he paints
metaphysical, inner pictures.
They can be perceived as
blueprints for a possible
reality, however, as its
remainders as well. The
objects we look at seem
reassuring: they originate
from the collective memory and
can be defined in an instance.
Nothing is further from the
truth: lacking frames of
reference such as scale and
material characteristics,
these strongly reduced
archetypical forms and
structures are only
melancholic, intangible
phantom images on the retina.
Other images are based on
assembled photographic
material, originating from
scientific domains such as
genetics, cell biology and
nanotechnology. Here, Vandamme
patiently and selectively
zooms in, like a scientist who
wants to penetrate to the
essence. This zooming in can
be taken literally with a
number of images as well: the
structures are cut by the
confines of the canvas, as a
result of which infinitude is
suggested. By focusing on the
microscopic detail, the
immense space around it also
becomes emphasised.
Vandamme’s colour palette is
very much tempered; the ...
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Eric Vandamme's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Eric Vandamme's Portfolio. Browse Vandamme's body of work: Eric Vandamme’s depictions are untitled and do not easily allow for a definition. They breathe an ethereal atmosphere of silence and disorientate the spectator. Alienation is therefore the essence of Vandamme’s artistic message.
Sometimes he paints metaphysical, inner pictures. They can be perceived as blueprints for a possible reality, however, as its remainders as well. The objects we look at seem reassuring: they originate from the collective memory and can be defined in an instance. Nothing is further from the truth: lacking frames of reference such as scale and material characteristics, these strongly reduced archetypical forms and structures ... |
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