Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Sanne Rous
Enclosure, 2011
oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm
Sanne Rous
Untitled, 2012
oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Fernando Sánchez Castillo
Barricada ABC, 2011
bronze, ca. 23 x 70 x 150 cm
Identity, installation view
Emma van der Put
Ship, 2012
videoloop
Identity, installation view
Chaim van Luit
Concentration, 2013
brass, 15 x 30.5 cm
Identity, installation view
Anna Ostoya
Invitations 16, 2013
acrylic and paper on gesso board, 50 x 40 cm
Anna Ostoya
Invitations 14, 2013
acrylic and paper on gesso board, 50 x 40 cm
Dieuwke Spaans
Landscape VIII, 2013
mixed media and collage, 125 x 97 cm
Identity, installation view
Rinus Van de Velde
Where is the symmetry I expected?, 2010
charcoal on paper, 157 x 210 cm
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Frederik van Simaey
Echo, 2013
mixed materials, ca. 36 x 65 x 45 cm
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Identity, installation view
Identity

A sailboat in the distance on the horizon, sailing back and forth on the sparkling water of the sea, moving continuously in the frame that the lens has defined. In Emma van der Put’s video loop ‘Ship’ (2012), unlike in her other works, there are no people: a ship suggests the presence of people. The way back and forth evokes associations with long journeys, flexibility, openness and adventure. ‘Ship’ by Emma van der Put could be a metaphor for ‘Identity’, the first group exhibition that includes works by all artists of the gallery.

The term “identity” initially sounds like a fairly static, fixed concept. Yet it is often said that identity is “made”, as it were, attributed to something or someone and developed over time. “Cultural identity” is seen by scientists as a synonym for an “imagined community”, a solidarity chosen by a group based on common norms and values ​​and a sense of a shared past.

“Identity” suggests unity, homogeneity and thereby also a certain continuity. As will be apparent from the exhibition ‘Identity’, this is more about heterogeneity, the distinction that cannot be tied up in the straitjacket of a created connectedness. In ‘Identity’ it is – entirely in the spirit of ‘Ship’ – about the adventure that initially involves running a gallery: the inspiring encounter with diverse artists and their distinguished oeuvre.

02/05/2013 - 22/06/2013