DUOSTAND H03

This year’s Art Rotterdam, we are presenting new paintings by ROB JOHANNESMA and sculptures by MIK BAKKER in our joint stand H03.

In the Projections section, we are showing a new film by SILVIA GATTI, “Chiaro di Luna”.

ROB JOHANNESMA (NL, 1970)

Rob Johannesma's paintings are meditations on painting in its purest form. No preconceived idea or reference, no composition or structure, but brushstrokes and paint, varying in color, consistency, and character. Egg tempera - a mixture of pigment and egg yolk - makes the colored paint appear bright, matte, and powdery on the canvas. The results are images that lack any form of representation, yet constantly reveal new things. Each painting thus becomes an investigation of the process of looking, in which our gaze moves between the tangibility of the painting surface and the suggestion of a landscape.

MIK BAKKER (NL, 1997)

Mik Bakker's work moves between different disciplines, from sculpture, to furniture design and architecture. She sees these as connected and in constant dialogue. The return to the essence of a craft is central to Bakker's work, which always looks for raw and original materials, and tries to avoid unnecessary actions. Thus, she searches for the basic form of objects and spaces in her environment.

SILVIA GATTI (IT, 1983)

In her work, Silvia Gatti explores the essence of concepts such as land, body, language and consciousness. She constantly seeks to expose the boundaries between man and machine, resilience and vulnerability, poetry and programming language. Gatti is particularly fascinated by the stories that emerge when these boundaries begin to blur: how and why do certain physical processes lead to human experiences? In her multidisciplinary practice, she often uses her own body as a starting point. Metaphysical questions are therefore regularly reflected in physical or technological gestures.