^{Green, Yellow and Pink (detail)  2017   foto A. Rossetti}

Ann Veronica Janssens
10 November 2018 - 31 March 2019

Ann Veronica Janssens: first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands

Light, color and space are the basic materials of the Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens (Folkestone, 1956). With these elusive phenomena she creates 'sculptures' that make the invisible visible. Architecture is, by nature, static; whereas light and color are changeable. This is what Janssens investigates, as she experiments and sets people and things in motion. Her work deals with sensory perception and requires the active involvement of the viewer.

With her interventions Ann Veronica Janssens transforms the museum's 'white cube' into vague spaces filled with colorful mist. Despite the presence of light, we need to grope to find our way in them. With a sense of disorientation, we ask ourselves: just how big is this space? And: am I alone? Gradually the limits of the space become discernible, and people begin to loom forth in it. The artist challenges us and puts our senses to the test. What are we actually seeing and experiencing here?

A fascination with architecture made Janssens want to become an architect, so that she could experiment with space, with light. But because this failed to give her the satisfaction she sought, she began to seek her own language of forms, her own experience. This resulted in a space filled with colorful mist which causes the viewer to lose a sense of orientation. Janssens 'sculpts' with light, color and space. Such an approach makes Janssens an extraordinary artist who aims to create an experience.

Ann Veronica Janssens, who lives and works in Brussels, will now have her first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands: at De Pont in Tilburg.

Also on view through 3 Feb. at De Pont Museum: Anne & Patrick Poirier

For press photos or requests for interviews:
Hedwig Zeedijk
h.zeedijk@depont.nl
tel: 0658969360.

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