• Valentin van der Meulen solo for Drawing Room
    Valentin van der Meulen solo for Drawing Room

    Valentin van der Meulen solo for Drawing Room

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  • It is in his ability to combine the graphic project with the chosen image that Valentin van der Meulen reveals his mastery of drawing: the same force that emerges from the drawing is in the gesture and the look. Often the drawings of sculptors show the way in which they will use stone or wood, here we think of Baselitz or Dodeigne. The same weight of the hand is imprinted on the material. Valentin van der Meulen is not a sculptor, but his drawing manages to give the image a real presence in space.

    Paul Hervé Parsy
    Curator ex Director of Château d’Oiron and of the collections of Centre Georges Pompidou
  • When I intervene with one of my drawings by erasing or by another type of overlay, it is an indelible...

    When I intervene with one of my drawings by erasing or by another type of overlay, it is an indelible gesture that cannot be undone.

     

  • Valentin van der Meulen questions the limits of drawing as a medium. With his unique approach, he is constantly seeking to narrow the gap between figuration and abstraction. He strives to create an outcome where the drawing ceases to be obscure, abandoning its representational function and thus becoming a conceptual composition. By hiding parts of the visual information, the original drawing becomes the framework, the sample of a new composition. Van der Meulen's work is divided into series, often defined by the type of alteration he has used in his work, such as erased image, cut out or masked with a coloured paper.

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  • GEROLD MILLER EXPLORES PICTORIAL QUESTIONS THAT ARISE INSIDE THE TERRITORY OF SCULPTURE AND CREATES ARTWORKS IN A CLOSE RELATION TO THE SPACE. THE SIGNATURE LACQUERED SURFACES IN HIS WORKS ARE REFLECTIVE, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE SENSE THAT THE EXHIBITION SITE AS WELL AS THE VIEWER ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK. IN A FIELD MIDWAY BETWEEN MINIMALISM AND CONCEPTUAL ART, THE GERMAN ARTIST COMBINES THE EXTREME FORMAL ECONOMY OF GEOMETRIC MOTIFS AND A CERTAIN DEGREE OF STYLISH PLAY OF COLOUR AND TEXTURES.

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  • My work develops through different series with which I question the boundaries of image and drawing. When I work on...

    My work develops through different series with which I question the boundaries of image and drawing.

     

     

    When I work on a new piece, I always go through a certain amount of research. I start with the research on framing or format on my computer and then I proceed with research on paper, which allows me to understand the materials that will be used to intervene with the drawing and its alteration. This practical exploration of materials on paper allows me to find a balance between being spontaneous and creating something more though through.

  • Sketches from the series

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  • ' Le visage, la trace : juste une lettre à effacer pour révéler, par ce qui reste, ce qui n'est...

    " Le visage, la trace : juste une lettre à effacer pour révéler, par ce qui reste, ce qui n'est pas. L'image impose son sens : la trace en révèle l'essence.Valentin van der Meulen, avec l'effacement, réintroduit l'interprétation dans l'image. Il déconstruit pour mieux l'imaginer, et l'ouvrir à l'imaginaire.Comment construire des images ? Ne pas prendre l'image comme un absolu, ne pas la statufier, ne pas en faire une idole.L'artiste, en tant qu'iconoclaste, est un effaceur. L'effacement ouvre l'image à la narration. L'image effacée devient temps et histoire, récit de l'effacement. Elle devient beauté et émotion, par sa fragilité, et ce qu'elle nous dit de la main qui l'efface, et de l'être humain qui s'efface. Dans la contemplation de l'effacement, il se passe quelque chose, qui se passe devant nos yeux, quand le dessin devient geste, et l'image devient différente. Elle se dématérialise."

    Eliette Abecassis
    Écrivain, philosophe et critique française

  • The 'Vegetation Series'

  • Sketches from the Végétation series

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