Marian van Zijll Langhout is happy to invite you for the exhibition Ragpicker, an ongoing dialogue between artists Bas Louter and Bert Frings.
Bas Louter (living and working in Los Angeles and former participant of Rijksakademie) and Bert Frings (living and working in Rotterdam and former participant of The Ateliers)
The title cites French artist Edouard Manet’s painting The Ragpicker (1865-1870). The traditional chiffonnier makes a living by picking up and selling rags and junk. Bert and Bas produce art by reusing objects and images for practical purposes and so prolonging their usefulness.
The exhibition will be about the colossal hybrid city L.A. and of classical vanitas- still life paintings.
This exhibition is an extension of their recent duo show at Oolong gallery in San Diego, California.
Bas Louter and Bert Frings met in Utrecht at the HKU in 1997.