My article about the RAW ART FAIR Rotterdam
Raw Art Fair Rotterdam 2012
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Tagged Alette Wttewaal, Art, Jurgen Winkler, Raw Art Fair, Review, Rotterdam, Tinkebell, Yong-Ho Ji
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Leonor Fini in the RV-Art collection
The Argentinian artist Leonor Fini choose not to join an important group of artists in Paris when she arrived in Paris in the 19310s. Nevertheless she became acquainted with Max Ernst, Dali, Picasso, Bataille and many other (rising) stars in the arts.
Later on in the 1970s, she wrote a few novels. Her friends were Jan Cocteau and Giorgio de Chirico at that time.
What I’m trying to say is this. She knew the right people, was well known, in the right place at the right time and had her own surrealistic style. Furthermore she delivered high quality art.
Have you ever read anything about her? I have read a lot about the other artists I mentioned. I never came across her name. Is it because she is a woman that she is erased from art history? Sad, but it probably is.. There is a bright side as well. Suppose you like surrealism. Her art is affordable and hopefully the (art)world will change for the best in due time;-)
In the RV-Art collection I have one lithograph she made in the 70s. It’s an E.A.(epreuve d’artiste) print.
Leonor Fini_Orange Sphinx
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Rob de Graaf in the RV-Art collection
In addition to my last post about Rob de Graaf I think it’s nice to share some pictures with you of other pieces in our collection. Let’s get started with two pieces I aquired at his final exam exhibition in the year 2000 at the Royal Academy of The Hague.
Rob de Graaf, 2000, Mixed media on paper
Rob de Graaf, 2000, Mixed media on paper
The next piece is an etching he made on Nepalese paper he found and used during a visit to Nepal in 2001.
Rob de Graaf, 2001, Etching printed on nepalese paper, 16x16cm
Last but not least I recently got the next piece as a present by Rob. I think it’s great!
Rob de Graaf, 2008, Household paint on canvas, 20x20cm
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Tagged Abstract, Art, Rob de Graaf, RV-Art Collection
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Rob Vermeulen, Illustrating for Moody Doodle
A few months ago I met Marlous Wessels. She started a publishing agency called Moody Doodle and published a childrens book called Monster en Meisje (Monster and Girl). In this book she introduced a character called Mister Bee who tells Girl about how Bees are not doing very well these days.
As you might know bees suffer from a phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder. Worker bees disappear and the colony dies. This causes a large decrease of the amount of honybee colonies worldwide and has a negative effect on the fertilisation of plants. In some countries 50% of the colonies disappear every year. New colonies will be formed during the season. Still this eventually will have an effect on how much food people can harvest.
We spoke about her idea to use this as a theme for a second book. The idea is to raise childrens enthousiasm for bees and awaken their consiousness about (the fun of) beekeeping.
I will make some illustrations for the project and started with a little sketch on canvas.
Besides the hony bee (Apis Mellifera) and a detailed sketch of it’s head there is the head of a solitary bee as well.
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Tagged Art, Bees, Illustration, Moody Doodle
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Rob de Graaf, In Search of the Miraculous
An artist I admire and whose work I collect is Rob de Graaf. He has published a book entitled “In Search of the Miraculous” which describes the past 10 years of artistic research on order and chaos, rythm and structure.
The book can be ordered on his website
The RV-Art collection contains 5 pieces of his work. To get an idea check the painting below (click for big).
Rob de Graaf, 2000, Mixed media on canvas, 120x120cm
Rob used household paint, spray paint and hair. His own hair so I got a piece of the artist in more than one way..;-) . The paint used for the red dots was burned and boiled with a paintburner when wet. This creates chaos in the order of the dots itself. I own this painting for about 10 years now and it’s still very attractive, alive and interesting to me. In my perception the interaction between order and chaos keeps on developing.
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Tagged Abstract, Art, Rob de Graaf, RV-Art Collection
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Margot Schlüter, Encaustic dreams
This weekend we added some new pieces to the RV-ART collection.
The work is made in the ancient technique of encaustic painting. Using pigmented hot beeswax is one of the oldest techniques known. The Fayoum mummy portraits were made by using this technique. More than 2000 years after their creation these paintings are still fresh and vibrant.
Rediscovered by artists in the 20st century it resulted in some great modern art like the flags of Jasper Johns. Unfortunately it never became really popular again. But you will never know… Maybe this blog can make a difference…
Sunday afternoon we visited Margot Schlüter and were intrigued by the dreamlike mindscapes she creates. But let her work speak for itself.
2011, Margot Schlüter
2011, Margot Schlüter
If you are interested to see more of her work or perhaps want to know more about the artist, please contact me on gate__keeper@hotmail.com. I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Tagged encaustic, RV-Art Collection
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Anat Zehavi, Chamodi
Not really confident that it might work out Anat started painting Chamodi, her cat. She is used painting city views or people so she was surprised how easy this painting came out of her hands. I personally think painting a cat is kind of a challenge because it can easily result in sentimental tackiness. As you can see that’s absolutely not the case. The cat has personality and (as you might know by now) I just love her use of paint. Slightly dirty colors, drippings, pieces of open canvas, beautiful!
2011, Anat Zehavi, Chamodi, Oil on canvas, 40x40cm
Anat is really happy with the result. I hope you will enjoy it as well.
Anat Zehavi, Het Haagse Bos
This new painting by Anat of a parc in The Hague “Het Haagse Bos” is showing spring has started in Holland.
2011, Haagse Bos, Oil on Canvas
