The works from both Romee van Oers and Vincent de Boer are full of rhythm and dynamics. Both investigate the importance of a momentum while their brush archives the movement. The working rhythm is of the utmost importance here. That one movement in which control, concentration and technique play a key-role is often prepared and practised for weeks, sometimes months, before the moment is there. The link to music is easily made; it is not for nothing that their work can regularly be found on LP covers. The image swings and seems to dance.
Vincent de Boer explores the boundaries of writing through calligraphic principles. This is always present in his work, whether it is on a sheet of paper or a towering building. In his new studio, he is currently investigating the continuity within his working practice. According to previously examined restrictions, he works on a long strip of paper and within this system he improvises. One action sets another in motion; everything is connected to each other and therefore a product of its context. That is why the tool develops along with the process: a system only works if it develops along with the process. The image also becomes more systematic; 'the fewer choices I have to make, the more freedom I feel'. Time and energy are captured during the working moment.
Romee van Oers makes paintings in which it seems that shapes want to move, attract or repel each other. A plane tilts forward, a line recedes. The image stands still but seems unable to hold out any longer. One of them moves, the other reacts, the outcome is delayed. Romee explores these dynamics in constellations she makes and studies. Here, materials overlap, fold and bend, and new relationships become visible between the forms created. In a direct and spontaneous way, this is transferred to the canvas. This results in paintings that are just a little off-beat; they capture, as it were, a moment just before or after the picture should have been taken. The painting surprises both the forms and the viewer.