Positioning

Isn’t our experience an interaction between sending and receiving? And that the information formed arises from both conscious and unconscious choices? In this complexity, artists are constantly busy manifesting themselves individually.

Zaida Oenema creates her reliefs with full concentration and extreme precision. She uses pencil and ballpoint, paint, resin and epoxy, but also scalpel or soldering iron on paper or wood. Her inspiration comes from the ordinary, temporary and sometimes invisible that surrounds us. This provides moments when everyday events briefly come together and disappear again. Like drops of water hit a window and then evaporate; shadows in a summer sky come and go; or as wind blows across a field and the crop changes in varying patterns. That wind also brings us other sensations such as goose bumps on your skin, rustling leaves, or waving grass. All of this has an effect on the meticulous actions of her often complex process, very physical, manual and rhythmic. She finds her focus on inspiration in the flow of repetitive regularity. Her work looks airy because of the interplay of structure, light and texture. There is a true stillness in movement. And no matter how perfect in terms of design, the human hand always ensures a natural cadence.

Stephan van den Burg (1974) 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.