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Small Grey N°3,
2024
Guido de Boer
Painting : ink
42 x 30 cm 16.5 x 11.8 inch
$694
One of the last works available by this artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
42 x 30 cm 16.5 x 11.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: France
The work of Guido de Boer's caught my attention because it embodies the geometric abstraction movement with rare intensity. His pieces are characterized by minimalism, where everything revolves around the contrast of squares and strokes between black and white. The pieces presented at this first exhibition dedicated to the artist are on paper, ranging from A3 to double-raisin size. What initially intrigued me were his sketchbooks, where page after page, Guido uses grids to compose patterns of black tiles, each 5mm in size. In a quasi-autistic manner, he fills the pages with creativity, where aesthetics merge with the need to create graphical syntheses between typography and abstraction. One can observe that on certain large-format drawings, a centimeter grid is sketched in pencil, guiding the author through winding trajectories where the goal is sometimes to connect the lines. At certain points, the junctions are impossible, thus concluding the work. Observing these drawings, one becomes entranced in a visual game, sometimes hallucinatory, as the rhythm imposed between the shades blurs our perception. At this juncture, the artist communicates two things. Firstly, by immersing ourselves in this maniacal approach, we see not black nor white, but gray. Secondly, despite the artist's desire to connect the forms, randomness often prevails over the overall composition. The lines are marked by irregular and accidental brushstrokes, and the junctions and intersections largely depend on chance. This expression conveys the highly personal message that Guido de Boer wishes to impart: not to rely on appearances, but to recognize that the essence has only the appearance as a form of expression. Occasionally, from these compositions, alphabets and words emerge, always with the intention of saying little but committing with veracity. Thus, the piece titled "NO" is a large-format painting featuring two traces in black ink forming the word "NO". By purchasing this serialized artwork, you support a cause, as 50% of your investment will be entirely donated to an activist organization of your choice, which will be mentioned in your certificate of authenticity.
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Guido (born 1988) is an independent visual artist with a background as a graphic designer. His work consists of images you can read and texts you can experience visually. His work is often large, monumental and handmade, making it expressive and at the same time graphic. Works by Guido have been shown at, among others, the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the HEM and the GEM/Kunstmuseum. In addition to his artistic practice, Guido is a teacher at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.Complementing his artistic practice, Guido has been a teacher in the field of Letters and Typography at several art academies in the Netherlands since graduating in 2011, at the Nanjing University of the Arts, Elisava Barcelona, and, since 2016, has enjoyed teaching at the Graphic Design Department at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. With his collective High on Type, he organised Letter and Calligraphy festivals from 2016 to 2019 .
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