The Hidden Source - Haagse Kunstkring

Exhibition The Hidden Source was created through a collaboration between photographers collective Nomads of Sehnsucht, of which I am a member, and poets from the Arts Department of the Haagse Kunstkring. Together we looked for the deeper meaning of the theme The Hidden Source. Poets from the Haagse Kunstkring selected or wrote poems that fit the theme. The photographers of Nomads of Sehnsucht, in turn, based their works on these poems. This has resulted in an interesting, associative exhibition that can be viewed and read.

In the context of the theme, I made a new diptych entitled Rêve Blue. It symbolizes a dream world, the mysterious, the fragile, the source around which we flutter. I found my inspiration in Symbolism, one of the innovative art movements that emerged during the Fin de Siècle, with a particular focus on the work of Odilon Redon. In 1900-1901, this French painter made a series of groundbreaking panels with loose flowers and branches that seem to float in a vacuum without specific space or time. Work that focuses on our magical inner world. Redon: "My paintings cannot be defined. They place us, like music, in the ambiguous realm of the indefinite.".

Participating poets Haagse Kunstkring: Anne Tjerk Mante, Corina Engelbrecht, Gerrit Vennema, Hans Franse and Theo Monkhorst.

Nomads of Sehnsuchtleden: Annemarie van Buuren, Baukje Venema, Jacqueline Louter-Hoos, Mariska Pool, Mark van Hattem, Nicole Hagesteijn and Olga Rook.

'The Artist is Seen'
On December 10, 2023, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Paul de Mol will discuss the exhibition with visitors and artists. Please be welcome to this meeting.

Opening: Saturday, December 2 from 4:00 PM
Period: November 29 to December 24, 2023
Address: Denneweg 64, 2514 CJ The Hague

Information: galeriesehnsucht.com & haagsekunstkring.nl