‘VerteerWezen 3 (reclining black)’ 2017
chair, aluminum modeling mesh, papier maché inside: newspapers and De Witte Raaf magazine;
papier mache outside: strips of black magazine materials, rest material of work by Renée Kool
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ao exhibited in ‘VerteerWezens in BIG ART’ 2019 and in ‘VerteerWezens in Mirrors of Time’ 2020

‘VerteerWezens’ is a series of spatial objects, started in 2017. the title can be roughly translated as ‘digested-beings’ or ‘digesting beings’.
in each ‘VerteerWezen’, rejected objects or utensils from my home or studio are combined, with aluminium modelling mesh, cardboard and/or other materials.
this is often covered with a layer of papier maché made from shredded left-over papers, magazines, egg boxes and other waste paper. in this way, used objects, materials and older art works are “digested” by turning them into creatures/beings.
by photographing myself behind/with these sculptures, the relation between the affect-rich object and my concrete physical body becomes clear.
the series ‘VerteerWezens’ is ongoing, and so are the related photo works.

here on show in the house of Berry Koedam Rotterdam (on loan)
with on the left, a painting by Hans Verweij, right: drawings by Berlinde de Bruyckere

later also exhibited in my solo ‘Hollow Grounds’ in 2024 in Museum Beelden aan Zee Scheveningen 2024
here in the background ‘Voelers, geen Voeten’ 2007-2023, in the foreground ‘VerteerWezen 3 (reclining black)’ 2017 and on the right ‘behind shredded lilac’ 2019-2024 (cut photo work digitally optimized by Marc Gijzen)
photo: studio Gerrit Schreurs

all ‘VerteerWezen’ works: ‘VerteerWezen 1 (crouching orange)’ 2017 / ‘VerteerWezen 2 (standing blue)’ 2018 / ‘VerteerWezen 3 (reclining black)’ 2017 / ‘VerteerWezen 4 (lying greens)’ 2018 / ‘VerteerWezen 5 (red arms)’ 2018 / ‘VerteerWezen 6 (cowering in suitcase)’ 2020 / ‘VerteerWezen 7 (lilac shredded)’ 2019 / ‘VerteerWezen 8 (red DenkRaum)’ 2019 / ‘VerteerWezen 9 (skins and stones)’ 2019 / ‘VerteerWezen 10 (in yellow arms)’ 2019 / ‘VerteerWezen 11 (protest&berusting)’ 2020 / ‘VerteerWezen 12 (growing teeth)’ 2020 / ‘VerteerWezen 13 (carrying sleigh)’ 2020-2023 / ‘VerteerWezen 14 (embrace rejection)’ 1984-2021 / ‘AAN-balance together’ 2021 / ‘VerteerWezen 15 (retrieved arms)’ 2020-2022 / ‘VerteerWezen 16 (white shield)’ 2021-2022 / ‘VerteerWezen 17 (open up - remade)’ 2003-2023 / ‘VerteerWezen 18 (bird cover)’ 1977- / ‘VerteerWezen 19 (old pain) 1984- / ‘VerteerWezen 20 (snowwhite revisited)’ 2022-2023 / ‘VerteerWezen 21 (cornered)’ 2023-2026 / ‘VerteerWezen 22 (dealing with discomfort/discomfort pair)’ 2024-2025 / ‘VerteerWezen 23 (porcelain arms)’ 2011-2024 / ‘VerteerWezen 24 (façade des façades)’ 2006-2016-2025 / ‘VerteerWezen 25 (reikende gekleed)’ 1991-2025 / ‘VerteerWezen 26 (old morale)’ 1976-2026 /

all ‘VerteerWezen’ photo works: ‘DenkRaum’ 2019 / ‘behind skins and stones’ 2019 / ‘behind red arms’ 2020 / ‘behind shredded lilac’ 2019-2023 / ‘embracing rejection’ 2021 / ‘behind arms’ 2022 / ‘hiding behind witheid (whiteness)’ 2022 / ‘GreenDressFun’ 2021-2023 / ‘embracing old pain, standing’ 2024 /

related carrier works: ‘blindfold’ 1992 (clay, paraffin)/ ‘lascive’ 1993 (satin, metal) / ‘Fig. 2 Twist in my Sobriety’ 2011 (ceramic) /