- June 16, 2018 until September 9, 2018
Works on display
Mon Combat
2018Mon Combat by A. Tempspassé: there is always someone who sees argument to start a battle. (installation of book, metal)
The Mechanic
2018"with good tools / you get everything moving". installation, wood, iron, paint At present part of exhibition "Now, the new form of the past", in Kunstwerk Liemers Museum, Zevenaar, NL (June 16 - September 9)
Crawling, again
2018How to make connections / of elements and the outside world? The answer to my question / came crawling, again.
the listener (needs protection)
2018"If you say / I heard your words / that's what you think."
Rags, worn-out
2017"Rags, worn-out / shelter a skeleton / of fixed perceptions" Assemblage, wood, metal, cloths, resin, ashes, sand, paint, brick-powder
Three trestles under the hatch
2014Three trestles under the hatch: Even, if the memory / of an empty room / with stone trestles / that once carried machines, // is at one moment / lifted by the hatch, // Then, within seconds / it is bend / downwards / and reflects // a lack of conscience. Assemblage, wood, metal, glass, paint, 3-dimensional
The shell on her foot
2018The shell on her foot / arrived in time / at the proper position. (collage)
The snake kept its mouth shut
2018“Curling, the snake kept its mouth shut.” (made of trash)
Twosome
2013Twosome // As usual / the twosome hang / at the outside / of their gents-home / looking at / the hard-workers, / the home-walkers, / the ne'er-do-wells / who look up nor down / content and dissatisfied / with what the day / brought.
When the going gets tough
2017"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" / is what they say. // We'll see / where I stand. (assemblage, recycling material (wood, iron dust) and resin, sand and paint)
Destiny
2018The hills and mountains / are destined to incite us / / to carry us high. // High is better. (painting on discarded radiator with support)
Tegut
2018"The next generation / has more generations / to lean upon"
Black Wheel
2013Black Wheel: The hardness stored / in a black wheel / cuts though iron. / And may, / if the needle finds the right groove / touch the soul / past marrow and bone. // Dedicated to a great assemblageist / sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro
All humans are equal
2018All humans are equal. // To test this assumption / take two / and tilt the angle / and position towards, one another.
Three moving
2014Three moving: This creation has three legs / and must plan / each move carefully. / / Yet, it can get anywhere / carrying what must be carried / and does no harm. Thanks to brother Wim for the welding. Assemblage, iron and wood
Three of a kind
2018"when presented three figures/ of different size / and writing / and color."
Movement from within
2016"When the pieces were seen fit / and fixed in their proper position / the movement was undeniable / as it arose from within." Assemblage (relief), wood, paper, paint, sand (image with frame published on https://www.flickr.com/photos/97577184@N04/31790262386/)
Swan in essence
2014The shape was found / and it looked like a swan. // Thus, a swan was created, / that is, in essence. Assemblage: wood and metal (concrete iron) plus acryl paint
At second thought
2016"At second thought / I need more time / to make up my mind" Assemblage - collage, wood, cloth, resin, metal, paint.
Rudimentary
2016"Mental metal / rudimentary face / mind you!"
On Top
2017Life is a construction / of basic elements. // If these are at place / you might fix a position / on top. (stone, wood, metal, paint)
The promised land
2016"The promised land / cannot be for outsiders. // They may look / how it is, yonder." Box assemblage. wood, board, metal, paint, recycling art, wall sculpture.
Softly
2018"Softly spoken / the words linger in the air". (collage, carton, chalk, paint on wooden panel, with fixed frame 26x35x2 cm)
Three in one
2018'If forms get together' (monoprint, 1/1)
Progress (halted)
2016"When going forth / from wood to bronze / and grasping the result / I realized progress had halted. // A result stands in the way / of the learning process." Bronze, based upon earlier wooden assemblage entitled "Progress".
fact-ohry
2013I said / now I will build a fact-ohry / and that / became factual. // With grabbing and placing / elements that together / took progressively the shape / of a fact-ohry / I became part of it. // Could shape the further design / and steer it at minor extent / but the end-result / was determined / by the starting point. // Voila. (Note: This Fact-ohry is the only one with guarantee that risks during drilling for shale gass are secured. Thanks to Jozef for the welding or iron parts.)
The High Building
2013With wild gestures / you don't liberate the mind / from it's prison. // With silence / you don't stop howling. // Blood crawls / where it can't go, / and crawls back again.
The Innocents - 2
2016When approaching for battle / you do less harm / if you leave your weapons at home / and your head in a mesh. (Made from trash, recycling art, welding by my brother Wim)
The avail of propaganda
2016"The avail of propaganda / is that you and I / do what / we detest." (assemblage, wood, cloth, metal, paper, paint)
The Oil-terminal at Dissension
2013The Oil-terminal at Dissension: / After one village / a second was build / and as so often / these were two communities / in their belief. / After peevishness / came quarrel / and this raised high / a full five meters. / The arrival of the oil-terminal / changed little / except more fencing. // The bridge does not unite inhabitants / but enables them / to continue on different paths.
connection not wireless
2014From now on / I want to see wires / if I'm connected. // The whole idea of communication / in a wireless world / is as living though winter in Alaska / with the emperor's cloths. (assemblage wood, metal, paint, sand)
Number 53
2016"In former times / you could buy / petroleum, paraffin and coal / at number 53" Assemblage, wood, paper, metal, plaster, paint. (Wall sculpture)
Carreer
2016"who climbs high / is at risk / to fall deep" (steel, iron, plastic)
Kaptein
2013Kaptein Mobylette EEG / from halfway the past century / the motorized bicycle / for the ordinary man or women. / This statue / is a tribute / to the generation / that shortly after the war / cleaned up the mess./ With thanks / to the former house-owner / who left this beautiful piece of rust / to us.
Ensemble de Metaphores
2015"These two halves / taken together / are at greater distance / from one another / than if left apart." Assemblage (wall-sculpture), wood, metal, paper, paint. Made from scratch.
The Overview
2015There was a man / who wanted a home / but did not know / where to start. // A spider passing by / said to him / “you best begin / from the top / to keep the overview”. // And from that moment / the two are allies / each at his own level. (Dedicated to Louise Bourgeois)
Framed orange
2014"Frame or mold / makes no difference to me. // Put in wood, and laths on the backside / screw this on a panel / but with glass in between. // That became troublesome with painting / but succeeded after all. // Spokes cut loose, from the cycle repair man // and some old rust / fixed in front. // Again, an assemblage".
Five
2014Says Harry to June, / Ola, see you didn't come alone? // Well no, answers June / my father and my brother wanted to come along. // Asks Harry, I count five, / who is the tall one with crutches? // The neighbor, answers June, / by name of Drareg, / and he had a single ticket in supply. In passepartout, bronze-colered metal frame behind museum-glass
Green bird day
2017"When the green bird / came to live / we agreed to call / it a day." Collage, mixed technique, total 21x27.5 cm, including fixed dark edge
Reflexion
2014Reflexion: the turnkey lightens / the backside of thought / or view. // But the elements / are entangled / with the space inside / and their reflexion / into the outside world. Assemblage wood, metal, mirror, paint (can stand or be hanged)
Apparent Movement
2016Apparent Movement: Clues set / for helping hand. // Eyes directed / to the left. // Give it a try / walking, / do not fly (Frame fixed part, size 21.5x22.5x3 cm)
The Lady and the Bear
2015The Lady and the Bear "Some engagements are unexpected / and it's best to pretend / these did not happen". (Box assemblage, photo street view, wood, metal, paint; size in total 34x22x10 cm)
Another creation
2016"The dream I had / had to be fixed / or else / the occupants would fly / and the words / would become too loose". Box-assemblage-collage, size 50x55x6 cm
Crawling over layers
2015Crawling over layers: Even if the start seems clear / objects must be placed / as deemed fit. (thanks to my brother Wim for expert welding of metal parts) Three-dimensions, assemblage: wood, metal, glass, sand, ashes, paint)
no long faces
2014"curved wood / cut by belt-saw / united by scarf-laths / finds its place / in front of the mesh / of the first cadre / before the second cadre / on the fence / before the wall"
Untitled (Mrs Offers likes her Statues)
2015For long Mrs Offers / with golden shawl / hung in a golden frame. // The artist gave her more room / and company / that is a statue Iron Pin / with Rusted Sand and one by name of / the Thin Pusher / plus a few other / necessary attributes. (Three-dimensional, box-assemblage, inspired by Joseph Cornell, size 21.5x32x7.5 cm, board, photo, iron, sand, acryl-paint, extra oblique image at http://collagist.org/profile/DragerMeurtant)
Protective Custody
2014Protective custody / or nails behind fence / typifies the inclination of nails / to be protected by fence / best white and shaped as lath. / Once these nails / served as an example for Plato / in his Parable of the Cave.
Currents
2016Still, I don't know / whether to swim / against the current / or to drift along. // For the time being / I watch what / happens to others. Assemblage - collage: wood, metal, paint
Paleidokopus
2014Paleidokopus: the movement / is slantwise / cautious / and under guidance. // Threat can come / from all sides. // Fear feeds mania, / and reason / does not allay / thirst.
Duality
2015Duality: there is no bigger difference amongst people / than between man and woman. // That should be the sole casus belli. Collaboration between Drager Meurtant (sculpturer, gave shape to cut trunk) and Jeanine Keuchenius (painting, for frontal view: www.keuchenius.exto.org!) Assemblage, wood, iron, paint, size 40x18x15 cm)
Steep-2
2014Steep-2: The Monte Rotondo / is left behind / it weighs too much / for me. // The climbing rock of Feyr / I leave / to the climbers. // But / this wooden rock / serves as model / of a viewpoint on imagination. (wood partly rotten, metal, paint and glass)
Location
Liemers MuseumKerkweg 16
6901AB Zevenaar
Nederland
085-0409971
http://www.liemerskunstwerk.nl/
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