Wieske Wester (1985) shows paintings and drawings at Dürst Britt & Mayhew’s.
Her style is reminiscent of neo-expressionism of the early 1980s.
However there is no Hunger nach Bilder in her works,
not explicitly anyway as she likes to obscure rather than to clarify.
She indulges in her materials as she indulges in her subjects and their ambiguity.
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Content of all pictures courtesy to Wieske Wester and Dürst Britt & Mayhew.
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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
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Julie Verhoeven
Julie Verhoeven
Julie Verhoeven
Dürst Britt & Mayhew did it again!
Taocheng Wang
Rachel de Joode
Rachel de Joode
Making a wonderful exhibition (Un certain regard) which is both attractive to watch and thought provoking, I mean.
Rachel de Joode
Walter Pfeiffer
Rachel de Joode
They succeeded in making a show that isn’t just interesting for the eye, it even suggests it would be interesting for the fingers, the tongue or the nose (although one might be happy that the smell factor is not actually active).
Martin Soto Climent
Martin Soto Climent
Martin Soto Climent
The show is leaning towards an exercise in voyeurism without being pornographic.
Daniel Sinsel
Rachel de Joode
Celia Hempton
In fact the whole exhibition is an essay on the sensual gaze and as such it deserves an almost museum-like attention.
Celia Hempton
Daniel Sinsel
Daniel Sinsel
The gallery has brought together eleven artists from Europe, Asia, America and Africa, – which is remarkable in itself – varying from the great and famous Nestor of them all, Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer and the South African candid camera photographer Dean Hutton, to the British multimedia artist Julie Verhoeven and the young Chinese artist Taocheng Wang, who lives in the Netherlands.
Dean Hutton
Dean Hutton
Dean Hutton
The show would be worth reviewing more extensively, but i’m afraid other priorities make me leave that to other authors.
Wieske Wester
Wieske Wester
Leigh Ledare
Enjoy the pictures, but it’s far better to visit the show yourself.
Leigh Ledare
Sylvie Fleury
Rachel de Joode (l), Walter Pfeiffer (r)
And, by the way, it is accompanied by a excellent essay by Judith Vrancken.
Dean Hutton
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At the Royal Academy (KABK) there is at the moment a farewell exhibition for Johan van Oord, head of the Fine Arts department for the last 13 years. Dürst Britt & Mayhew have curated a show featuring works by twelve former students. It’s called Trial & Triumph, not exactly an understatement, but it’s a good show. I wrote a review about it for Villa La Repubblica (you can read it here in Dutch and there are some more pictures too) so I leave you with some pictures which may give you an impression of some things that caught my eye. Take it as an appetizer for a must-see!
Wieske Wester
Wieske Wester
Wieske Wester
Front: very minimal installation by Kianoosh Motallebi; back: works by Wieteke Heldens
Maja Klaassens
Maja Klaassens
Wieteke Heldens
Wieteke Heldens
Maarten Boekweit
Maarten Boekweit
Maarten Boekweit
Maarten Boekweit
Maarten Boekweit
Maarten Boekweit
Myung Feyen
Myung Feyen
Myung Feyen
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Femmy Otten
Eric Peter
Eric Peter
Eric Peter
Eric Peter
Eric Peter
Pim Blokker
Pim Blokker
Pim Blokker
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
Nare Eloyan
The Holls Collective
The Holls Collective
The Holls Collective
The Holls Collective
Yair Callender
Yair Callender
Yair Callender
Yair Callender
Yair Callender
Front: Statue of Johan van Oord by The Holls Collective; back: work by Nare Eloyan
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