On 20 October an exciting new edition in the gallery's series of duo presentations will open: Dieuwke Spaans has invited Marien Schouten to join her in an exhibition given the title Portal and Figures. The idea of connection plays a
significant role in the work of both artists. Connection in time, as a form of development, or growth; but also
connection as a spatial, architectonic concept, the transition from one space to another, or from one state of being to
another. A joint exhibition is in itself a portal in which new connections can arise. Contrasting with this somewhat more formal concept is the idea of figures, which could be understood as forms that become motifs, a visual language based on a unique vocabulary of associations.