exhibitions 2012
Anjeliek Blaauw: Paintings, sculptures
Jantien Kahn: Sculptures
January 14th 2012
until
February 11th 2012
Picture:
Anjeliek Blaauw
Untitled, 2011
outdoor lacquer on acrylic, 75 x 105 x 0,5 cm
Picture:
Jantien Kahn
'Bron', 2011
Pakistani limestone, 19,5 x 26 x 14 cm
Opening:
Saturday January 14th 2012
from 4 till 6 p.m.
Extra: 'Talking with'
Sunday January 29th 2012
from 2 till 5 p.m.
tells about her work,
choice of material, origin of
sculpture and shape
and answers questions
Exhibition
Anjeliek Blaauw: paintings and sculptures
Jantien Kahn: sculptures
From January 14t until February 11th 2012 Anjeliek Blaauw and Jantien Kahn exhibit in gallery 9 at Keizersgracht 552 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Anjeliek Blaauw presents new paintings on acrylic sheet and her bronze wallsculptures. Jantien Kahn presents her recent sculptures.
The work of Anjeliek Blaauw
Anjeliek Blaauw paints in a transparant way on acrylic sheets. Because she uses both sides of the sheet the paintings are very spatial. Finally she chooses one side: the frontside is hanged a little bit out of the wall. In this way the light can get through and the work keeps its transparancy.
The theme’s in her three-dimensional work such as privacy, intimity and landscape return in her paintings in an other abstract language of shapes.
Anjeliek Blaauw moved 1,5 years ago to the countryside. The influences of the surrounding scenery landscape are visable in her paintings. She is inspired by the ever changing landscape:
A diffuse world caused by mist, silence. An orange glow over the landscape.
Open spaces enclosed by dark edges of the wood, areas of tension between heaviness and light.
Born in 1970 in Emmen (The Netherlands).
Lives and works in Aalten (The Netherlands).
Education:
1989-1996 Art Academy Constantijn Huygens in Kampen (The Netherlands).
1993 Art academy Salamanca (Spain).
Commissions:in Aalsmeer, Assen, Arnhem, Boxmeer, Geldrop, Deurne, Sassenheim, Nederlek and Zutphen (all in The Netherlands).
Exhibitions:
Solo and group exhibitions on many locations in the Netherlands. Amongst others in Amsterdam, Asperen, Boxmeer, Doorn, Ellecom, Nieuw-Roden, Nijmegen, Oosterbeek, Putten, Ruurlo and Venray.
Art routes in The Netherlands: 'Grensloos kunst verkennen' in De Wijk-IJhorst in 2010 and Kunstroute Zijpe in 2009.
Exhibition abroad in Rees (Germany).
From 2009 on gallery 9 regularly presented work of Anjeliek Blaauw in the gallery and at Artantique 2010 in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht (The Netherlands).
The work of Jantien Kahn
Jantien Kahn is a sculptor in stone. Since her childhood she has a strong affinity with stone. Modelling was important for her development of looking and thinking in 3 dimensions. More than that, however, in ‘modelling by omitting’ talent and passion join together. Her work is characterised by precision and refinement in shape and finishing touch.
Kahns sculptures evoke tension in the perception; the combination of sharpness, sturdyness and softness.
The finishing of the surface highly defines the atmosphere of the sculpture and together with that ‘the story that it is telling‘. Glossy polished, velvety sanded or with chisel structure; it is a choice carefully made by her every time again.
Besides movement and balance are evident elements in her work. Many sculptures just have a very small point of contact with the ground and many of them can move. In this way Kahn seems constantly to facilitate a playful interaction between the weight of the material at one hand and at the other hand rising up above gravity.
Transformation is a central theme in the work of Jantien Kahn. Related subjects and sources of inspiration for her are: parting, lost, growth and fertility.
Born in 1972 in Leusden (The Netherlands).
Lives and works in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
Since 2003 working as autonomous visual artist.
Exhibitions:
Solo and group exhibitions in the Netherlands. Amongst others in Amsterdam, Eindhoven and South Limburg.
Exhibitions abroad in France.
gallery 9 presents her work now for the first time.
Her work is represented in private art collections.
