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Artist Statement:
Perception and perspective
For more information:
www.perspectivecart.nl
'Nothing is what it seems to
be.'
Nature is a great source of
inspiration in my work. The
way a river finds its way into
the landscape, tree bark,
leaves, insects, the beauty of
nature mesmerizes me. I can
look at these things for
hours. I can get lost in their
forms. If only you look
thoroughly and long enough, a
tree bark becomes a ravine or
you can wander in a snail�s
shell. The only thing you have
to do is to imagine yourself
bigger or smaller compared to
the object. By expanding your
visual field, you explore the
limits of a phenomenon. And
then you discover patterns and
rhythm in the chaos of colours
and unexpected figures.
It all depends on the way you
look at it. And that is
precisely the main theme in my
work. The place of the viewer,
the incidence of light, the
texture, the many layers of
form and colour: they all
contribute to the fact that
you can observe a work time
and again in new ways. I
create a game of distances and
proportions to intrigue the
viewer. I strive for ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
Seasons Galleries, The Hague,
Netherlands,
www.seasonsgalleries.nl
Braggiotti Gallery,Amsterdam,
Netherlands,
www.braggiotti.com...
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Jan Willem Van Swigchem Biography:
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PERCEPTION AND PERSPECTIVE
‘Nothing is what it seems to be.’
Nature is a great source of inspiration in my work. The way a river finds its way into the landscape, tree bark, leaves, insects, the beauty of nature mesmerizes me. I can look at these things for hours. I can get lost in their forms. If only you look thoroughly and long enough,
a tree bark becomes a ravine or you can wander in a snail’s shell. The only thing you have to do is to imagine yourself bigger or smaller compared to the object. By expanding your visual field, you explore the limits of a phenomenon. Then you discover pattern and rhythm in the chaos of colors and unexpected figures. It all depends on the way you look at it.
Precisely that is the main theme of my work, the place of the observer, the incidence of light, the texture, the many layers of form and color, they all contribute to the fact that the artwork
changes all the time, a game of distances and proportions to intrique the viewer.
Hand cut and folded paperart , glass objects, special prints on textile.
All artworks are ‘one of a kind’, unique exclusive art
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As artist I am a so called auto-didact. Thanks to sniffing around in many creative directions and actually working in many creative professions I develloped my skills and have been able to use my given talents .
Since the mid eighties of the last century I have been develloping my ideas in a variety of media including; ink drawings, mixed media, photography, glassobjects and paperreliëfs,
digital art, prints on textile. At the moment I work mainly with paper and glass, because these materials have a natural vulnerability, which adds to the enigma of the image. I am using multiple layers of hand cut and fold paper, sometimes colour is been added. Although the works are framed behind glass these works of art are still to be viewed from different angles.
The three dimensional -one of a kind- artworks change their appearences in color and design as the viewer moves.
The artworks are in many national and international private and business collections
All exposed text and images © perspectivecart 2009
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