The paintings in the ‘Resending Voice’ exhibition by Bas Wiegmink (1977) and Casper Verborg (1981) are completely different in character, while they also complement one another.
Casper Verborg uses grand gestures and bright colours to paint scenes in which well-known figures or unknown characters emerge from the background. He shows the world as the theatre of inner stirrings without explicitly zooming in on what actually happened. His characters hint at human drama or just everyday affairs. There are references to Romantic painters but also to more contemporary abstraction.
On the other hand, in Wiegmink's works, a luxuriant flora dominates with a mainly indirect presence of humans. Sleek buildings in his paintings refer to modern-brutalist architecture, which prompts him to investigate the relationship between man and nature. Life energy causes to overgrow desolate spaces. You may discover an optimistic world view in the meticulous multi-colourings of the canvases.
Each of these purebred painters tells from his own perspective. However, always with man as protagonist in his world as crime scene. Man is able to do something great, but on the other hand he can also destroy it. These are complex relationships between man and his environment: nature and architecture, community spirit and individuality. In the ‘Resending Voice’ exhibition, the stories are retold for new reflections on and meaning of our precious world.