08 september 2023, Pienk de Gaay Fortman
A vibrant art weekend in The Hague
These galleries in The Hague are eager to surprise visitors with fresh work by painters and photographers. Galerie Helder presents work by five artists: Sabrina Charehbili, Annemarie Slobbe, Geertje van de Kamp, Elka Oudenampsen and Inez Smit. Project 2.0 Gallery exhibits intriguing portraits by World Press Photo winner Denis Rouvre. Livingstone Gallery shows the result of Aaron van Erp's residency at the Vincent van GoghHuis last summer. Plenty of reason to block the agenda for an enriching day of art in The Hague.
Group exhibition 'Intuitive Abstraction, El Último Islote' - Galerie Helder, The Hague
Opens 9 September, on view until 14 October
Galerie Helder is highlighting five female artists this new art season, including four painters and one photographer. The latter is emerging talent Sabrina Charehbili (1992) who transforms plastic into a new, positive reality. Charehbili: "Not the burden of plastic is the focus, but rather a hopeful vision: the beginning of something new." Galerie Helder will also show her work during Unseen from 22-24 September 2023. Her peers are each experimenting with painting techniques in their own way. Like Annemarie Slobbe (1990) who creates a magical universe with the scratchboard technique. In a world full of stimuli, Slobbe strives in her art for a moment of inner silence.
The working method of Geertje van de Kamp (1986) seems rational at first glance due to its arrangement and geometry, but those who delve deeper learn that emotional and cultural considerations also play a role. Elka Oudenampsen (1967) also explores the meaning of colours and shapes. Despite their abstraction, Oudenampsen's paintings can evoke political or social associations. Inez Smit's (1967) paintings consist of all kinds of layers: some spaces are narrow, others are open, transparent, large or seem to have mass. Breaking patterns creates exciting compositions in which all sorts of things can be discovered.
Solo exhibition 'AVATĀRA' - Project 2.0 Gallery, The Hague
Solo exhibition 'AVATĀRA' - Project 2.0 Gallery, The Hague
Opens 10 September, on view until 15 October
Project 2.0 presents a new solo exhibition by Denis Rouvre (1967), a renowned photographer who has won several awards such as World Press Photo Award, A Sony Photography Award and a Hasselblad Master Award. For his series shown at Project 2.0, Rouvre travelled to Sao Paulo to take portraits of Mistica, Bboy, Vitor and Demonia and Drika. They pose frontally, illuminated by a soft and subtle light against a black background. Exactly as they are, without unnecessary effects. Especially in today's social media age where filters are constantly placed over photos, Rouvre's series asks the question: how can we fully embrace ourselves and each other in who we are?
Aaron van Erp, The Samaritan (after Van Gogh, after Delacroix), 2023, Livingstone Gallery
Solo exhibition 'VAN GOGH VS VAN ERP' - Livingstone Gallery, The Hague
Opens 17 September, on view until 11 October
Earlier, Aaron Van Erp (1978) made work inspired by Velazquez, Ingres and Delacroix. For this new exhibition at Livingstone Gallery, Van Gogh's work is the starting point. In May and June 2023, Van Erp was a guest at the Vincent van GoghHuis on Landgoed de Moeren. Here, the artist created several studies and a large canvas. Inspired by Van Gogh's The Good Samaritan, who in turn was inspired by Delacroix, Van Erp depicts the moment just before the meeting between the Samaritan and promised man. In this recently completed series, Van Erp takes us into his very own visual language with his quick touch and colourful brushstrokes.
Delve into Aaron van Erp's studio via this interview recently published on Gallery Viewer
