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until 11.04. | #4600ARTatBerlin | Galerie Gilla Lörcher shows from Saturday, 01. March 2025 (Vernissage 28.02.) the exhibition grip n drift by the artist Ab van Hanegem.
Galerie Gilla Lörcher shows from 1. March 2025 the exhibition “grip n drift” by the painter Ab van Hanegem (born 1960). The complex architecturally constructed structures in the works make this exhibition eventful. “As a viewer, you quickly get the impression that you are more inside the pictures than in front of them, and that you are surrendering to the swirl of different perspectives,” art historian Constanze Musterer once said about Ab van Hanegem’s work. His geometric works are reminiscent of the details of an architectural drawing and evoke a strong three-dimensional effect. Traces of a gesture-driven painting process can be explored.
“In my more recent works,” writes Ab van Hanegem, ”the spatiality is no longer clearly oriented towards the traditional perspective, i.e. horizon and vanishing point, but rather I use the isometric perspective. The dimensions in my works are difficult to identify. I focus on spatiality, which is inspired by phenomena of topology, a branch of mathematics. My latest works are mainly expressionistic, with the material playing a greater role in the creation process, but at the same time they are also architecturally constructed.”
The Dutch artist Ab van Hanegem (born 1960 in Vlissingen, NL) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost (Breda, NL) and at the National Academy of Fine Arts (Amsterdam, NL). His work has been exhibited in numerous international institutions and galleries, including Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL; Drawing Center New York, US; Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL; Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL; Museum De Beijerd, Breda, NL; Museum Wiesbaden, D; Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, D; Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, D; Clemens Sels Museum, Neuss, D; Rathaus de Paauw, Wassenaar, NL; Kunstverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, D; Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne, D; Tekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht, NL. He is represented in numerous collections, e.g. KPN, Mondstudio, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Collection Sanders in Amsterdam and Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten.
Vernissage: Friday, February 28, 2025 from 7 to 9 pm
Exhibition period: Saturday, 01. March – Freitag, 11. April 2025
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Image caption: Ab van Hanegem, Untitled 2024, Acryl auf Leinwand, 180 x 200 cm
Exhibition Ab van Hanegem – Galerie Gilla Lörcher | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
