22 march 2022, Flor Linckens
Last chance: colour therapy in Galerie Bart
Looking for a boost of creative energy? Then be sure to visit Galerie Bart, where you can see a duo exhibition by artist Jochem Rotteveel and stylist Thomas Vermeer until Saturday 26 March.
The two met on Instagram and immediately felt a certain recognition. Rotteveel: “During the conversations we had, I noticed that we share a fascination for colour, for energy, material. We both work on the basis of colorists such as Hella Jongerius, David Hockney, Vincent van Gogh. There is so much shared knowledge, we just hád to do something with that. We explored which colours work well and which don't — and more importantly: why. It's not just a matter of juxtaposing nice colors, it's also about ascertaining why certain colors react to each other. They might even assume each other's identity. We were intrigued and wanted to investigate that a bit further.”
BOOST, Galerie Bart
Jochem Rotteveel is known for the painterly and sculptural ways in which he uses adhesive foil and tape, inspired by famous hard edge and color field painters such as Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Peter Halley, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. Due to his use of materials, which has associations with street art, Rotteveel plays with the boundaries between low art and high art. Occasionally he will makes works on a wall, which have a more fleeting, temporary character. Rotteveel opposes the idea that there is a hierarchy for materials and argues that all materials lend themselves to art, provided they have the potential to surprise. By folding the foil, a certain volume and three-dimensionality is created, which can be compared to the use of pasty, thick paint.
Jochem Rotteveel, Nature Morte, 2021, Galerie Bart
It is not the first time that Rotteveel has entered into an exciting collaboration, during the Nijmegen Kunstnacht in 2021, he collaborated with the fashion designers of the Elliot Collective. In the summer of 2021, he worked in the guest studio of the Vincent van GoghHuis, where he studied how the famous Dutch painter used colour. In 2020, Rotteveel found inspiration in the photography of Ed van der Elsken, in a presentation for Stedelijk Museum Kampen that was shown in the Former Synagogue, alongside the work of the famous Dutch photographer.
Vermeer and Rotteveel consider their collaboration a success and they certainly intend to continue it. Rotteveel: “It would actually be quite logical if artists would collaborate much more, because that way, you step out of your comfort zone, your familiar bubble, while gaining all kinds of new insights.”
