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<\/a>Xtra (Yellow), 2012, 55x26x18 cm. Photos: Paul Vos de Wael.<\/p><\/div>Space, Expanding<\/em><\/a> December 1, 2012 \u2013 January 13, 2013 Participating artists: Facet I, 2012, 43x41x13 cm<\/p><\/div>In cosmology there is a theory that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. Started from a small universe that sprayed apart with a big bang, this unknown force is still continuing and increasingly pushes galaxies apart. This takes place in a time and space that are almost unimaginable and immeasurable for us.<\/p>\n Scientific discoveries about the universe expand our perception and provide a framework for the imagination. Painting does this as well. If you stand in front of a painting, you dive into the time and space of the painting. The eye sees lines, surfaces, colour and paint in a certain order and puts the imagination to work, looking for meaning that relates primarily to our immediate surroundings, the habitable world. But what if the meaning refuses to be reduced to the reality as we experience it in everyday life?<\/p>\n
\nGalerie Hein Elferink<\/a>
\nKastanjelaan 5
\n7951 KD Staphorst
\nThe Netherlands<\/p>\n
\nOpening: Saturday, December 1, 3\u20135 pm
\nFinissage: Sunday, January 13, 2\u20133 pm
\nHours: Thu 2\u20136 pm, Fri\u2013Sat 10 am – 6 pm, and by appointment; also open on December 9, and January 13, 1\u20135 pm<\/p>\n
\nCatalogue of Space, Expanding<\/em> in PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFrom Gracia Khouw\u2019s preface in the catalogue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>