Solo Duo Booth new works by Delphine Courtillot (ceramic) and Marije Gertenbach (painting).
In HANDS HANDS HEAD FEET, MARIJE GERTENBACH (1990) examines the concept of space, crucial in the work of this artist, in a new way.
During her studies at the Rijksakademie, she investigated how damage to frescoes has changed the properties of an architectural space over time.
Now it's about her own space. Does this change due to motherhood? This theme is timeless, diverse and rich in sources and personal. Gertenbach looks at old techniques and translates them into her paintings in the present.
Without showing organisms recognisable in her work, DELPHINE COURTILLOT portrays the biosphere. Without identifiable fingerprints or knuckle pits, she shows dynamics of human effort that help shape it so the given and the made melt together. The distinction between culture and nature dissolves.
In addition to her free-standing sculptures, Courtillot has recently started making wall reliefs. It seems maybe like a step back to paintings, and yes, landscapes can be recognised in them, but the perspective is radically different from before. The maker is no longer a distant observer who touches the surface with her eye. She - and with her the viewer - is part of the landscape, sitting among the mosses, unicellular plants, roots and crystals.
This is living in another layer of consciousness.