During Art Rotterdam we showed the premiere of Cameron Platter an artist who is new to MPV Gallery, of course we would also like to feature this new artist in our gallery. In addition to Cameron Platter, work by Gijs van Lith and Gerben Mulder will also be on display.
CAMERON PLATTER //
Cameron Platter (b. 1978, ZA) is a South African contemporary artist known for his eclectic and thought-provoking works. His work in drawing, painting, sculpture, tapestry, ceramics, video and digital appropriates and filters the enormous amount of information available today in a very personal and idiosyncratic way. His postmodern and multidisciplinary approach to art making blurs the distinction between high and low, and draws from sources as diverse as art history, ecology, psychedelics, fast food, advertising, therapy, education and consumerism.
GIJS VAN LITH //
Gijs van Lith (b. 1984, Eindhoven, the Netherlands) creates work that focuses not on the end result, but on the creation process. The choice of painting materials and the working method play an important role in this. Van Lith paints layer after layer, but sometimes scratches and sands 'to the bone'. Craters and caves, accumulations and holes are therefore no exceptions in his paintings. In Gijs van Lith's latest series of paintings, he examines the movement of his hand or arm, in which it is not a matter of marking, but in which his state of mind is reflected. He is concerned with a pure state of mind, full of naivety, hesitation, openness and wonderful discoveries.
GERBEN MULDER//
During his career, Gerben Mulder (1972, NL) has developed an oeuvre that falls somewhere between figurative painting with traditional themes on the one hand and abstract expressionism on the other. He works directly and apparently unlayered with hard colors and often sharp, graphic brushwork. Flower still lifes and narrative scenes, traditionally contemplative in subject, become the expressive carriers of a strongly moving state of mind in Mulder's work.