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My work varies from layered paintings to minimalist drawings and installations. It often arises from repeating an action and stems from curiosity. What happens when I repeat a simple action. Not three times, but tens or hundreds of times.
I let 1001 ping-pong balls levitate in the air. I glue 44,000 rubber bands together. I apply many layers of varnish, sometimes 347, sometimes 50. I suspend thousands of paper strips to create a temple of silence. Each act, however small, is part of the final work. Like every second is an essential part of a day, a year, and a century. Like every breath is part of life.
Time is intertwined with my work, which often takes months and sometimes years to make.
Foto Lotta Lagerberg
Education
2000-2003 | BA Fine Art Buckingham University College, High Wycombe, UK |
1981-1986 | BA Advertising en Grafische Vormgeving Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
Exhibitions
2023 | Minimal visual language Museum iCOON, Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands |
2023 | White (group exhibition) Gallery Nono, The Hague, The Netherlands |
2022 | Klimaatexpo Museum de Fundatie and Academiehuis de Grote Kerk, Zwolle, The Netherlands |
2022 | Exploring inside the box With artist Cally Trench, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, UK |
2020 | Making connections South Hill park Arts Centre, Bracknell, UK |
2020 | 12 artists Pop-up gallery "De oude Plus", Abcoude, The Netherlands |
2017 | Une seconde à la fois Galerie Marianne Brand, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland |
2015 | 365 drawings 365 dessins Anières, Switzerland |
2015 | ‘chez-robert’ FRAC franche-comté, Besançon, France |
2014 | 365 drawings 365 dessins Reading, UK www.365drawings365dessins.co.uk |
2013 | doorbraak www.chez-robert.com |
2012 | Templum Abbaye d'Alspach, Kaysersberg, France |
2012 | Remarkable Conversations Reading, UK |
2011 | (in)visible Chateau de l'Echelle, La Roche sur Foron, France |
2010 | Locus Artepppes, Annecy, France |
2010 | Puls 'Art Le Mans, France |
2010 | At Play 2 Bracknell Gallery, Bracknell, UK |
2009 | Faites comme si je n’étais pas là La Robertsau, mixeur d'art contemporain, Rumilly, France |
2009 | Hors Galerie des Pertes de l'Ain, Bourg de Sirod, France |
2008 | L’eau entre les lignes Galerie 29, Evian, France |
2007 | Sketchbook Circle Bracknell Gallery, Bracknell, UK |
2005 | 2 X 365 drawings High Wycombe, UK |
2003 | Fresh Art Business Design Centre, London, UK |
2003 | Surprise, Surprise (Touring exhibition in primary schools) High Wycombe, UK |
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