Perfect Order brings together the work of two leading figures in postwar minimalist abstraction: Steven Aalders and Piet Dieleman.
Aalders presents a selection from his In Between, Shade, and Two Colours series. His practice is defined by a rigorous and sustained investigation into the relationships between colors and the ways they are perceived by the viewer. Reducing painting to its essential elements—color, space, and perception—Aalders creates works in which subtle shifts in hue and composition generate an intensely focused visual experience. The exhibition foregrounds the phenomenological dimensions of color, emphasizing the interplay between artwork, light, and architectural space.
Dieleman’s new paintings likewise take color as their point of departure, though through a markedly different methodology. Rooted in a self-devised and highly structured chromatic system, his works operate within a set of predetermined parameters that nevertheless allow for variation and surprise. Within this framework, colors interact to produce evolving rhythms and dynamic visual relationships, probing how movement and meaning can emerge from apparent order.
In Perfect Order, these two distinct approaches converge in a dialogue on color, structure, and perception. The exhibition is staged in a venue historically associated with scientific research into the color spectrum, a context that subtly amplifies the conceptual concerns shared by both artists.