One can salute the intention of the artist to maintain a moral integrity and to present art with a social message. That he also creates mysterious and intriguing work is an added blessing.
Treloar’s crowns are lush, lustrous, buoyant museums of iconographic plenitude.When they are filled, they rise like the sun. A sun that never, however, sets.
This is a space with many possibilities. It has an industrial kitchen, studios for music production, spaces to produce art work in any medium, and a gallery space to showcase it.
With works that push the boundaries of each medium to new levels, we are left to wonder which exactly of the artists are the ‘purists’ and which are the ‘manipulators.’
Dorland states that painting is still “alive and well, current, compelling and relevant” and the success of this medium-specific show tells us that it is true.
conceptualised and spearheaded by multi-media journalists Rob Hornstra and Arnold Van Bruggen, this is by far the most intriguing and important show in this year’s Contact festival
The most important thing is to be committed to what you show. Galleries that are interesting are the ones that have a personality. I think the personality of the gallery should reflect the owner—the one person making all the decisions, like selecting the artists and artwork.
The viewer is caught in a mesmerizing reflection of meanings between the three components of the exhibition: the found photographs, the empty frames and the almost undecipherable writings from the past.