In Nature Morte Halloubi pays homage to the work of the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) who spent his entire life painting still lifes. By juxtaposing those works with art-historical events…
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Hodgkin was a superb colorist. As abstract as the paintings may initially appear to be, Hodgkin described himself as a ‘representational artist of emotional situations’. His paintings - ‘the…
Richard Long is a major figure with respect to Land Art : a movement associated with artists who, since the 1960s, have realized their work outdoors, with natural materials from the surroundings.…
The work of Giuseppe Penone deals with the desire for a union of man and nature, two entities that have become very remote from each other in western society. He continually endeavors to bring about…
In the paintings of Reinoud van Vught, paint and chance are given free rein. Moments at which he pours out the paint and directs the fluid substance only in a loose, intuitive manner are alternated,…
For Bird Nose Count (2020), Kasper Bosmans was inspired by the paintings of the 17 th -century artist Melchior d’Hondecoeter. Those works feature groups of birds that could only be seen together in…
Howard Hodgkin belongs to the same generation as Ronald Kitaj, David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield. His first exhibition, in 1962, was held jointly with Allen Jones. Later, too, he remained in contact…
Penone was the youngest member of a group of Italian artists whose work was collectively named arte povera (‘poor art’) by the critic Germano Celant during the late sixties. One of the features of…
Since his early studies after El Greco (from the years 1974-1976) Hans van Hoek has come to regard painting more and more as a study. Seriousness, dedication and respect for the timeless qualities of…