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Reality Check
17 november 2022 - 9 januari 2023
Reality Check bij Droog Gallery Staalstraat in Amsterdam.
Elke dag geopend. Gratis toegang.
Ik moet nog gaan maar zag eerder werk van Olphaert den Otter dat intrigeerde.
Bovendien tekende ik laatst wolken. Geïnspireerd door zijn eeuwigdurende serie Phoebus. En nu kan ik niet meer buiten wandelen zonder allerlei bijzondere wolkenformaties te zien (en bestuderen).
Patricia zag eerder werk van hem:
Aarde en Wereld
Reality Check is a solo exhibition by visual artist Olphaert den Otter (Poortugaal, 1955). The exhibition features 28 paintings in egg tempera on paper and canvas/panel, from the series World Stress Painting, Home Made, and Postcode. Most of these have never been shown before. They form a bridge between classical landscape painting and contemporary subject matter. This exhibition shows how beauty and engagement can reinforce each other.
Olphaert den Otter’s paintings are based on reality: a report or a photo in the newspaper, a spot in the woods, the meagre possessions of an unhoused person. Yet the works are not realistic. At will, Den Otter omits or adds details from the image. For instance, he consistently leaves out all the people: “There is no story. There is image.”