OPENING SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 (16.00 hours), WITH LIVE MUSIC BY THOMAS NICOLAS
'Perhaps Willem Harbers is not a "mad scientist" at all, but rather a kind of archaeologist who has come from the distant future, bringing with him material remains or "evidence" of our contemporary civilization that he has unearthed somewhere in an attempt to understand humanity at the beginning of the twenty-first century.' (Detail text Gérard Goodrow). At the same time, Hugo Tieleman confronts us with the consequences of our contemporary civilization. His paintings are simultaneously horrifying and enchanting.
Because the works of Willem Harbers and Hugo Tieleman brim with energy, and are very aesthetically made, they ignore the message you can see in them. They are primarily concerned with the visual qualities of their work, colors, materials, effects the light has, shapes, layering.