Flat Colour, Paris – Henriëtte van ’t Hoog

Installation view: Ditty Ketting, Marije Vermeulen (3x), Guido Nieuwendijk (2x), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (2x). Photos: Richard van der Aa.

Flat Colour
ParisCONCRET
5 rue des Immeubles Industriels
75011 Paris
France

April 13 – May 4, 2013
Hours: Wed–Sat, 2–6 pm, during exhibitions
Opening: Saturday, April 13, 5–8 pm

The artists will be present at the opening and you are warmly invited to attend.

Participating artists: Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Ditty Ketting, Gracia Khouw, Guido Nieuwendijk, Marije Vermeulen, Guido Winkler.

Gracia Khouw (4x), Guido Winkler (3x), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Guido Nieuwendijk, Marije Vermeulen

The exhibition Flat Colour presents different approaches to colour in minimalist painting. Colour is essential in the work of the six Dutch artists Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Ditty Ketting, Gracia Khouw, Guido Nieuwendijk, Marije Vermeulen and Guido Winkler, where it is used in the flattest possible way for maximum spatiality. This way colour manifests itself most purely, as light or vibration, independent from matter and form.

‘Flat’ also refers to the low lands, the uniform light over the polders, monotonous suburbs and cityscapes. It raises questions about the influence of the composition of the Dutch landscape on the images created. For these artists, flat views seem precisely to intensify the need for colour!