DEGANN – GETTING CLOSE - SE RAPPROCHER

DEGANN – GETTING CLOSE - SE RAPPROCHER : Broken Hands, 2022, encre de Chine sur papier marouflé sur toile, 116 x 166 cm. (Courtesy of Espace Art Absolument)    DEGANN – GETTING CLOSE - SE RAPPROCHER : The Rock 2022, encre de Chine sur papier marouflé sur toile, 128 x 180 cm. (Courtesy of Espace Art Absolument)    DEGANN – GETTING CLOSE - SE RAPPROCHER : Sisyphus 2023, encre de Chine sur papier, 122,3 x 99,5 cm. (Courtesy of Espace Art Absolument)    DEGANN – GETTING CLOSE - SE RAPPROCHER : Blossom, 2022, encre de Chine sur papier marouflé sur toile, 86 x 66 cm. (Courtesy of Espace Art Absolument)   


The exhibition


Degann is the pseudonym of the artist Anne de Groot. Her paintings and watercolors search for "spirit" and emotion.
"Our perception has many subjective filters; mind, body, memory. Because of the range of possibilities of painting, from representation to total abstraction, it has the ability to overcome these filters and reach someone on an emotional level. My paintings show traces of emotion, power, vulnerability and reality. I achieve this by combining techniques and distorting the watercolors with blobs, which creates a tension with reality. The viewer's focus is not on likeness and recognition, but on emotion. I look for attractive perspectives, vivid and accessible images but give them a dark side. I work in inviting colors, but as I look more and more, a certain discomfort becomes apparent. This abrasiveness triggers a reaction with the viewer. I seek above all to stimulate the senses and to invite a true experience of the images. I play with the tension between beauty, aesthetics and raw emotion" (The multiple layers of the paintings create an elusive form, like light, the works are both fleeting and present).


When


02/02/2023 - 11/03/2023
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