During the summer Studio Seine turns yellow. Colorists Jochem Rotteveel, Esmee Seebregts and Thomas Vermeer analyze the most loved and at the same time most feared color in “Yell.Oh”. Visitors become drenched in yellow and discover that yellow is never just yellow. Do you dare to immerse yourself in the color yellow?
In 24 works of foil, artist duo Rotteveel Vermeer explain what properties yellow has according to them. Yellow quickly fades into related colors, such as orange, green and brown. With the help of transparent foils and the application of ton-sur-ton, the duo creates a total experience of yellow with the 24 panels: the works together look yellow, but on closer inspection each panel individually shows a different colour. Rotteveel and Vermeer were inspired by the terrace tiles of David Hockney's 'Pool with two figures'. The terrace floor seems yellow, but if you look closely, each tile has a different color. Rotteveel and Vermeer also incorporated the conclusions from their research into yellow into a room-filling mural, drawing inspiration from the latest, apparently monochrome presentation by the Italian fashion designer Valentino. The focus on one color shows that the depth lies in the limitation.
This contrasts the color circles that Esmee Seebregts painted with pure pigments on panel. Her subtle series looks soft and airy, offering the right counterbalance. Seebregts' sparkling color combinations have a radiant effect and therefore a meditative character. For the Yell.Oh exhibition, Seebregts focused on the natural movements yellow makes. She made yellow move according to its nature and that is why mostly vertical and radiant movements have arisen that are connected to the sharp high i sound. In both flat and three-dimensional work, Seebregts takes the viewer into a true color experience.