The art of Richard Serra clearly stems from the industrial age. Many of his works are made of massive slabs of steel that can have a somewhat intimidating presence. With the steel constructions, one…
The title is so precise that one could become suspicious of it: Adrian Walker, artist, drawing from a specimen in a laboratory in the Department of Anatomy at the University of British Columbia,…
The two grey monochromes by Gerhard Richter, which De Pont has on long-term loan, form a strong visual contrast with his multicolored, 120-part Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting) from 1992. In a…
Four large drawings from the past two years comprise the basis of an exhibition of work by Johan Kuipers (Sneek 1960) in the project space at De Pont Museum. Their dimensions far exceed those of an…
Far from the entrance to De Pont is Wolfgang Laib’s Wachsraum (Wax Room), a space which was constructed with slabs of beeswax. An opening in the wall provides access to a narrow corridor, which curves…
The work of the American artist Roni Horn (New York, 1955) has not been on view very frequently in our country, but abroad - particularly in Germany, Switzerland and the United States - it has already…
The exhibition Rêverie consists of two recent series of photographs by Charlotte Dumas (Vlaardingen 1977). In the series of ‘portraits’ made in the stables of racetracks in Paris and Palermo during…
The drawings that Dan Asher made since the early nineties is a precarious matterare shy and reticent. Their physical presence does not take one by surprise; their frugality could even make one…
Due to the use of aluminum and its industrial finish, Kafka’s Palindrome by Roni Horn is somewhat reminiscent of works from Minimal Art, particularly those of Donald Judd. But whereas Judd’s forms are…
The observation that the tension of the painterly image relies on contrasts is hardly a new one. Whether these are contrasts between figure and background or between the opaque and the transparent, in…