Jan Van Der Ploeg featured on modernhouston.net

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Jan van der Ploeg

Van Der Poeg is interested in the relationship between art and the public
sphere. He constructs site-specific wall painting installations, both indoors
and outdoors, that react with the surrounding architecture and atmosphere.
The paintings represent a series of abstract forms that are repeated throughout
his work, like the “Grip” and the “Wave”.

The “grip” is a horizontal, long rectangle with rounded corners, derived from
the hand-holes in the cardboard boxes used for emovals. Attracted to
repetition, his work relates painting, sculpture, system, and seriality.
The scale of these wall-size, and even building-size, installations consider
not only the architectural surroundings but also the viewer’s participation.
The designs are painted with an un-textured surface using black, white and
other contrasting color shades.

Depth of field is created through size and placement. His attention to scale is
very important, especially in relationship to his paintings on canvas. Though
physically smaller, they have a large presence due to the sense that their
design could extend beyond the edges of the canvas.

Jan van der Ploeg, born 1959 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has exhibited
his work extensively throughout Europe as well as the United States. He is also
the co-founder of PS Projects, an artist-run exhibition space in Amsterdam.

for more information:

GALLERY SONJA ROESCH
www.gallerysonjaroesch.com
2309 Caroline Street
Houston, TX 77004
713.659.5424

WALL PAINTING No.265 in the Gallery Sonja Roesch, until July 4, 2009.

WALL PAINTING No.264 // GRIP, 2009 // 350 x 500 cm.//acrylic on wall
VIENNAFAIR, DREI, Vienna

Painting in the left //GRIP, 2009 // 52 x 34 cm.// acrylic on canvas

WALL PAINTING No.261// GRIP, 2009 // 625 x 785 cm. // acrylic on wall //
Whatnight#1 @BCM, Tilburg