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| Born 1959, UK the artist lives and works in MANCHESTER, UK Alan Waters Education Solo exhibitions Residency programmes/symposium Group exhibitions Private collection Awards Commissions Short listed projects Artist statement Teaching Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Visiting Lecturer Sculpture Website: ALAN WATERS |
A “Documenta 12” abriu as portas ao público no inicio do mês. na cidade alemã de Kassel (encerra a 23 de Setembro) assumindo-se como uma celebração artística mas também de cidadania, reconhecida pelo seu cunho inovador e vanguardista. …
| NEWS FEATURE: Beach: paradise for you but not for Africans EUX.TV, Netherlands - … palms and black children frolicking on white sand is depicted in a photo on a 12-metre-long wall at the Documenta art expo in Germany. … |
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“Documenta 12 is a disaster. […] The trouble is that so intrusive is the installation design, and so confusing the layout, that everything rapidly turns into a kind of visual sludge.” (tags: art documenta)
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| Born 1976, The Netherlands the artist lives and works in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Artist Statement Gerard Boersma is one of the leading young Dutch artists and well known in his native country for his highly detailed hyper-realist works of individuals caught in moments. His paintings are photorealist portraits of souls alone in modern city landscapes perused with the precision of a brutally honest sociologist. The society is getting harder and more individualistic everyday and people are further estranged from nature than ever before, especially in the cities. People seem to be satisfied with this role and Gerard wants to show this in a more or less objective manner. He therefore chooses for a realist style. Gerard continues this long time tradition, but makes it of his own days and time. Often he paints subjects that have never been painted before. He takes an interest in everyday situations where people are waiting or are put together in public spaces with people they dont know. Gerard Boersma registrates common people on the streets, in public transport, in stores, waiting rooms or bars. He takes pictures of these situations, which he later uses as a starting point for his realistic paintings. The paintings suggest the reproduction of the reality of the picture, but the pictures are only sketch materials. Boersma has prearranged the whole picture in his works of art. He chooses his own colors and style and adds elements or leaves them out. He also picks his own point of view for his paintings. Its not accidental that we see his figures from the back. Boersma wants to create a distance between us and his figure on the painting. The paintings by Gerard Boersma seem to be realistic and they tempt to stand still at things usually dont observed. The loneliness of some people, the lack of communication between people, or how people who are waiting retire within oneself. A moment in modern urban living with all the distortion that comes with it. And then its obvious that the situations usually dont observed say Biography Boersma studied painting and fine art at the School of Arts Minerva in the Netherlands, specializing in meticulous form drawing and realistic painting. He has been a professional since his graduation in 2001 and exhibited all over his native country and abroad. In 2003 the most influential museum in his region, the Fries Museum, decided to add his work to their permanent collection. In the same year he won the public prize of the Vredeman de Vries Vormgevings Award for the project Emma. In 2004 and 2005 he was the recipient of a scholarship by Fonds BKVB, the scholarship for the most promising emerging artists from the Netherlands. His star is rising ever since and there is a growing interest from abroad. For example, his paintings were shown in 2004 and 2005 in Soho, New York. Besides the United States he also exhibited his works in 2005 in Belgium. In the same year he won the 4th prize for painting during the Florence Biennale in Italy. After winning this prestigous Lorenze Il Magnifico Medici Award six paintings have been added to major collections by private collectors in Italy. This year Gerard had two shows at the same time at the Fries Museum. Gerard Boersma is a master draftsman and in the recent years he build up a good reputation in the art world. Hes determined to stay here for the long run and you can expect a lot from him in the future. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2006 Galerie Artsite, Haarlem Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 New Faces, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden Selected Collections and Commissions 2007 Paintings The Tango, The Thought, The Return Trip en The Etos collected by A. Brinkman en M. Kooyman, Groningen Grants and Awards 2005 Lorenzo Il Magnifico Medici Award, Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy Selected Publications and Reviews The artworks of Gerard appeared in numerous articles all over his native country 2007 magazine WATCH Magazine, Russia, Education 1999 - 2001 School of Arts Minerva, Groningen Website: Gerard Boersma |
18 June : rest day in Kassel, tour Documenta 12 http://www.documenta12.de/aktuelles.html?&L=1.
“Keine Atempause - Geschichte wird gemacht” (Fehlfarben 1980) “Kassel brennt” (London´s burning, The Clash 1977) Kunst kommt von Knallen DIE ZEIT - Hanno Rauterberg vergleicht die Biennale in Venedig mit der Kasseler Documenta und …
The artistic director of documenta 12 is Roger M. Buergel, an internationally active exhibition organiser and curator who was born in Berlin in 1962. Together with the art historian, Ruth Noack, as curator, he will, …