Famous Glory, 2018
Robert van Bolderick

Painting : oil, acrylic, pencil, gouache, collage

40 x 40 x 2 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$534
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40 x 40 x 2 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Artwork location: France

In this evocative artwork, the artist masterfully combines mixed media techniques to create a vivid tableau that seems to transcend time. The backdrop is awash with deep, immersive shades of blue and green that evoke a sense of calm yet serve as a dramatic contrast to the focal collage elements that burst forth with a cacophony of color and texture. Central to the composition is a cluster of fragmented images, dominated by sepia-toned and monochrome photographs, which appear weathered and storied, hinting at nostalgia and the passage of time. Among these, the visages of individuals juxtapose with snippets of text, suggesting an archive or a personal scrapbook. The juxtaposition of the figures against the antiquated paper imbues the piece with a narrative depth, urging the viewer to ponder the stories and histories encapsulated within each fragment. The layered application of paint, ranging from translucent washes to thicker, more opaque strokes, adds a rich textural dimension, creating a sense of depth and dynamism. Each layer seems to peel away, revealing complex underpinnings and subtle nuances in color and texture, mirroring the multifaceted layers of memory and history itself. This artwork stands out for its compelling interplay between the abstract and the representational, the personal and the universal. It is a poignant reflection on the ephemeral nature of memories and the persistent quest to preserve and understand our past. The artist's adept handling of mixed media not only showcases their technical prowess but also their profound ability to weave a narrative that is both intimate and evocative. This piece invites the viewer to delve into its intricate details and uncover the hidden stories that lie within.

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Redsheep Gallery • France

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Robert van Bolderick, Famous Glory
Sweden  • 1968

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By using a mixed technique that combines acrylic, oil, gauche, tempera, to the praxis of collage, it gives life to the artworks with a dreamlike and vibrant scenario that imprison on the canvas tracks of the real and of metaphorical evocations. Rhythm, pattern and balance is important in the paintings. Images and text fragments sticks out, but don't give the viewer all information, just like dreams and memories its fragmented and fuzzy, just gives a glimpse of what have happened.

Using collage is influenced and refer to a typically Dadaist aesthetics, but at the same time they're purged of the Dada polemic force and iconoclastic fury. In fact, the paintings colour, cut-outs, symbols of a mysterious past, like of the present, slowly emerge on the surface in a continuum of summons and recovery, composing and compressing themselves into new formal structures capable of returning the memory of reasons and feelings, and emotionally closer to the Rauschenberg's memory to aim for a particular text and image to have an underlying meaning.

Documenting the lives and our footprint through time and what the future has to show, history repeats itself. This has happened, mixed with a dreamy, ethereal world.

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