Drawing Front (and back); Quartair, The Hague

Astrid Nobel, 7. 29/32

Astrid Nobel, 7

I’m afraid you are too late to visit the show Drawing Front (and back) at Quartair, which is a pity as it was quite an interesting one. Twenty-five artists gave a small personal artistic biography in drawings, ideally showing a children’s drawing, one from their teens and some more from a later age.

Sarah Pape García, 7

Sarah Pape García, 22

The results were, apart from endearing, sometimes stunning. Although the show is over I thought it was interesting enough to show some pictures for the record.

Femke Bakker, 9

Femke Bakker, 27

Taking presentable pictures of everything was not possible and I’m sorry to say I have no footage of the works by Justin Bennett and Rens Krikhaar because of much too irritating reflections in the glass (Sorry gentlemen, but it was a pleasure seeing them anyway!). The numbers behind the names under the pictures refer to the age of the artists at the moment of drawing.

Babette Wagenvoort

Babette Wagenvoort, 43

Babette Wagenvoort, 33

Babette Wagenvoort, 3

Babette Wagenvoort, 15

Anne Forest, 32

Anne Forest, 8

Anne Forest, 22

Paul van der Eerden, 38

Paul van der Eerden, 61

Johan Gustavsson, 37

Johan Gustavsson, 30

Wieske Wester, 30

Erik Jan Ligtvoet, 17

Erik Jan Ligtvoet

Cybil Scott, 5

Cybil Scott, 26

Melissa Cruz García, 8

Melissa Cruz García, 26

Melissa Cruz García, 36

Michael Karr, 12

Michael Karr, 30

Michael Karr, 20

Tanja Smit, 48

Tanja Smit, 30

Tanja Smit

Johan van Oord, 34

Johan van Oord, 8

Wieteke Heldens

Wieteke Heldens, 3

Channa Boon, 48

Channa Boon, 28

Lieke Peeters, 20

Lieke Peeters, 10

Jorn van Leeuwen, 10

Thom Vink, 42

Marjolijn van der Meij, 15

Marjolijn van der Meij, 45

Ronald Cornelissen, 28

Nina Roos, 5

Nina Roos, 28

Stefanie Scholte, 7

[Click on the pictures to enlarge]

 

Bertus Pieters