Virgin Galactic | solo presentatie | Astrid Busch
Astrid Busch's works encompass installations, photographs, paper works, objects, and moving images. Her works are often based on architectural designs or places that she investigates for their sensual perceptibility and their impact on the human being. Her motifs refer to found and self-created images that are transformed and altered in dimensions and then translated onto various image carriers in the space under complex lighting conditions.
She artistically examines buildings and places for their sensual perceptibility and effect on people. In doing so, she takes into account the specific conditions of the respective places, so that lighting conditions, sounds and noises, in addition to material characteristics, flow into the works. Different media and temporal levels are thereby linked, creating a dense network of references and a variety of possible readings.
Astrid Busch (Krefeld, 1968) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, where she graduated as a master's student of Prof. Katharina Grosse. She lives and works in Berlin and Düsseldorf.
Vortex | solotentoonstelling | Tycho van Zomeren
Tycho van Zomeren's paintings explore the liminal edges of visual perception, such as the rapidly changing moments of twilight, where direct visual information requires subjective interpretation to complete the viewer's understanding of the scene. Initially, his works appear to present highly realistic backlit landscapes, with branches framing unfocused scenes behind them. They are tightly cropped to discard any broader context or even the notion of representation itself, blending the act of viewing with the act of creation. The apparent photorealism of the framing devices dissolves upon closer inspection, revealing eddies and crests of paint and nuanced transitions between rich, dark undertones and brighter hues. These paintings are simultaneously representational and abstract, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between their visual perception and their ability to derive specific meaning from amorphous elements.
The representational aspect of his paintings, therefore, calls itself into question. Viewers are intentionally left disoriented: there is often no clear way to discern whether the scene is being viewed from above or below, directly or in reflection. The conventional relationship between perception and meaning is severed, and each viewer must reconstruct it. In this way, he aims to evoke from each viewer a deeply personal relationship with the painting and to unify the act of viewing with the act of creation.
Tycho van Zomeren (Utrecht, 1989) graduated with honours at the HKU, Academy of Fine Arts Utrecht. Before the Academy, he studied Architectural Engineering at the Technical University Eindhoven for three years. He lives and works in Utrecht.