exhibitions 2012
'views....' with works of:
Martijn Duifhuizen: Paintings
Eef de Graaf: Cardboard reliefs
Coen Vernooij: Sculptures
February 18th 2012
until
March 17th 2012
Picture:
Martijn Duifhuizen (1976), 'Icoon', nr 605-11, 2012,
acrylic, gold leaf, powdercoated stainless steel, 24,6 x 30 cm
Picture:
Eef de Graaf (1939), '16 zwarte kwadranten + witte ribben 1b', 2012,
cardboardrelief, 52 x 52 cm (part of diptych)
Picture:
Coen Vernooij (1952), Untitled, 2010,
square brass rod with iron oxide paint, 38 x 15 x 10,5 cm
Opening:
Saturday February 18th 2012
from 4 till 6 p.m.
Exhibition
'views...'
with works of:
From February 18th untill March 17th 2012 Martijn Duifhuizen, Eef de Graaf and Coen Vernooij exhibit in gallery 9 at Keizersgracht 552 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Martijn Duifhuizen shows his recent paintings. Eef de Graaf presents his cardboard reliefs and Coen Vernooij shows his sculptures.
The work of Martijn Duifhuizen
‘I would like to write nothing, to add noting. I want the images to speak and remain silent myself. Simplicity is strenght and accuracy is tension.’
white…
black…
repetion…
horizontal…
vertical…
Martijn Duifhuizen experiences the tension in the surface, the subtle. However behind the surface also is a hidden world. He is always searching for the strongest possible expression to tell the story he wants to tell. Sometimes it is the action, sometimes the surface, sometimes the shape. He does not restrict himself to just one way of expression.
‘When I put a stripe on the canvas, it is just that what I want to tell. Continuously I ask myself how to put the stripe on the canvas, how big the stripe has to be, on which foundation it has to be put and with what colours or contrasts'.
Besides the traditional canvas he also uses foundations such as wood and steel and contemporary techniques.
He applies a limited palette and only colour if this is an essenial add. Like Kandinsky said: 'The outward impoverishment changes into the inner enrichment'
Silence, infinity, death and mysticism are the themes continuously playing a role in the background.
Born in 1976 in Gouda (The Netherlands).
Lives and works in Berkenwoude (The Netherlands).
Since 2004 working as an autonomous visual artist.
Exhibitions:
Solo and group exhibtions in The Netherlands amongst others in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht.
From 2011 on gallery 9 presented works of Martijn Duifhuizen at the 'Summerexhibition' in the gallery, at Artantique 2011 in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht (The Netherlands) and at Artspot Amsterdam in 2011 in Loods 6 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
His work is represented in private art collections.
The work of Eef de Graaf
As a visual artist Eef de Graaf considers himself as belonging to the second generation of constructivists. A movement in art in which visual resources are so composed, that an image is formed of great simplicity, purity and harmony. Harmony means consonance: a balance between emotion and intellect. As music is the purest form of expression, ie the most absolute form of art, so Eef de Graaf tries to achieve this harmony in a visual manner. He uses personal funds: lines, geometric shapes, black, white and primary colours. This leads to visual language abstract, which makes it possible the most "pure" to display imagery of the universal.
Born in 1939 in Delft (The Netherlands).
Lives and works in Tiel (The Netherlands).
Education:
1969-1973 Academie voor Beeldende Vorming; specialisatie vrije grafiek, Amersfoort (The Netherlands).
Commissions amongst others in The Netherlands: the city of Ede, the city of Tiel, Terberg Leasing in Utecht, Hoechst in Roermond and Atlas bv in Tiel.
Awards: Kunstprijs Millenniumproof, Initiatief galerie Arborhenum, Rhenen, in cooperation with the Province of Utrecht and the Municipality of Rhenen (The Netherlamds). Art journey to Sicily.
Exhibitions:
Solo en group exhibitions on many locations in the Netherlands and in Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Austria and the United States of America.
From 2010 on gallery 9 regularly presented work of Eef de Graaf in the gallery and at the Affordable Art Fair 2010 in Amsterdam, Artantique 2011 in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht and Artspot Amsterdam 2011 (all in The Netherlands).
His work is represented in private art collections and in public art collections.
Amongst others his work has been presented in the following museums:
Boston Centre of Arts musea in Boston (United States of America),
Wilhelm Lehmbruckmuseum, Duisburg (Germany),
Kalmar Konstmuseum in Kalmar (Sweden),
Joigny, Sens and Mulhouse (France),
Museum van Lien, Fijnaart (The Netherlands).
His work is included in various publications.
The work of Coen Vernooij
Coen Vernooij creates sculptures with a strong geometrical spatial connection. His works always can be recognized by these characteristics. His works speak a clear language. As well his big outside works as his small works and digital sketches show evident his fascination for the spatial.
Born in 1952 in The Hague (The Netherlands).
Lives and works in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
Education: 1974-1979 Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Arnhem (The Netherlands), architectonische vormgeving.
Functions:
External consultant commissions for the Province of Utrecht (The Netherlands).
Curator series of exhibtions "2close" in 'het klooster' in Tiel (The Netherlands).
Member of the 'tentoonstellingscommissie GBK (Gelderse Beeldende Kunstenaars)'.
Member of the 'adviescommissie Karel de Grote' in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
Member of the 'percentagecommissie Zutphen' The Netherlands).
Member of the 'adviescommissie beeldende kunst' Nijmegen, The Netherlands).
Curator visual art 'Kunsthuis 13' in Velp (The Netherlands).
Teacher creativity, music and computer in prison Vught (The Netherlands).
Exhibitions:
Solo and group exhibitions in The Netherlands amongst others in Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Bergen, Beuningen, Haaksbergen, Lochem, Oosthuizen, Overasselt, Plasmolen, Rhoon, Rucphen, St. Michielsgestel, Veere, Velp, Vught, Wageningen.
Presentations in the Netherlands at PAN Amsterdam in 2010, Art Rotterdam in 2004, 2003 en 2002 with gallery 'De 4de dimensie'.
In 2011 gallery 9 presented his work in the gallery amongst others in the 'Summerexbibition'.
His work is represented in private collections and public collections and is published in several publications.
