During the opening, art critic Frits de Coninck provided an introduction to the work of both artists.
Both Ronald Zuurmond and Julie van der Vaart are inquisitive artists who study elusive concepts such as time and space and try to stretch them. While Van der Vaart immortalizes moments of time in her photography, superimposing and merging them, Zuurmond builds carefully painted spaces layer by layer. Says Zuurmond, "For me, space is both physical and psychological; as a viewer you have to be able to move through that space, you have to be able to move with it."
Recognizable forms of human figures, body parts, natural elements or utensils loom large in their images. "His works sometimes strike me as a faded memory," Julie said of Ronald's work. "Wanting it, and getting little fragments, but not being able to recall it fully. In that I can see a link to my own work. Where with me 'being' cannot be fully grasped, that is true of 'memory' with him." Both artists have found a way to challenge our perception of time and space. They often show just enough to make it look like what we know, but sufficiently abstract also to allow the image to volatilize again, shroud it in riddles and keep the curiosity of the viewer firmly in its grip.