N.T. (samplebook pages #2)

Stephan van den Burg is an exploring draftsman, with a great interest in the breadth of drawing and the conceptual charge of the work. Attention to the process and a precise drawing hand are of great importance. His own photos, found fragments and material studies form the starting point of his drawings, which invite you to come closer and reflect on what a drawing can be.

The drawings from the series ‘samplebook pages’ are based on reworked and remixed patterns and motives from the cloth sample books of the Leidsche Katoen Maatschappij (De Helder & Co.) and Firma Haykens & Co. fromthe 19th/early 20th century (from the collection of Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden).