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Artist Exhibitions:
-2011 September 10-25,
Saatchi-Camaver Kunsthaus,
Contemporary art exhibition,
Villa Tittoni Traversi, Desio
Milano, Italy.
-2009 March 14-28, Opera
Gallery, Budapest, 'Dutch
contemporary artists'
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.u
k/dealers_galleries/Gallery
-2007 Waanders, Zwolle
prentkunst
-Online:
http://www.wwar.com/categories/
Online_Exhibitions
Illustrated work:
-'De Ziel van...
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Artist Galleries:
Saatchi Opera Galery,
Budapest:
http://operagallery.shp.hu/hpc/
web.php?a=operagallery
Camaver Kunsthaus, Milan:
http://www.camaver.it/Camaver/B
log/Blog.html
www.paulinevandeven.nl/Art/scro
ller2/portfolio.html...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Letterkundig museum Den Haag
(NL); private collections in
Arlington(USA), Stanford (UK),
Tokio, London, Rotterdam,
Moskou, Budapest. ...
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Pauline Van De Ven
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Dances with chance
I have known a music student who was very fond of a particular piece of music. He practiced it every day for several hours, and little by little his performance became better and stronger. Then one day, he heard that music being performed in such a perfectly clear and beautiful way, that he realized he could never play it like that. He stopped practicing and instead he listened to it every day. His eyes followed the music along the keys, but he never played it again.
That student crossed my mind when I discovered that the forms that I could think of seemed to be much weaker than those that originated under my hands without any intention. In a mess of blots and stains I discovered small islands of accidental order that seemed to express what I am searching for, which has to do with light and silence, vulnerability, disconnection of time and place, peace of mind, tranquility. After a while, I started to look for them as you would look for shells along the shore. I found many, and thought they were perfect.
Unlike that unhappy student, it did not paralyze me. Yes, they were beautiful, but their mere perfection somehow made them seem cold and distant. I missed the clumsiness of the preconceived form, in which we flounder to express our love. And I missed color too, that kiss of the sunrise. These two, I add. It is wonderful, I try to do nothing special. A good connection is all that matters, it feels like a dance. Chance is leading, I am following.
(September 2011)
[After I've changed my artist's statement a number of times, I think it's useless. Words are for the mind. Whether a painting is understood and appreciated or not, your eyes will tell you in an instant. I think that whatever happens if you look at a painting that pleases you is based on parity and sameness, and the silent message of a painting that enters your heart is 'you are not alone'. It brings consolation to a place where words have no admittance.
(December 2009)]
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