You almost immediately interpret the division between blue and white in this painting as an horizon. Remarkable, because the composition can also be abstract; there is no indication that it deals with a landscape. Yet the artist has apparently hidden somewhere a minimum of information that directs the perception and makes one viewer feel like a tiny polar bear, next to his larger father on an endless expanse of snow, while the other imagines himself in an aircraft, sinking into the cloud layer between heaven and earth.
Specifications
| Title | Inclined Horizon with Black and Yellow |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Acrylic on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 125 cm Width 253 cm Depth 4 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
JCJ VANDERHEYDEN
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| Accession number | 3223 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1990 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1990 |
| Creation date | in 1981 - 1984 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Alles kids (2016) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
JCJ VANDERHEYDEN
Den Bosch 1928 - Den Bosch 2012
The fifty-year oeuvre of JCJ VANDERHEYDEN, who was born in Den Bosch in 1928, is all about looking; the image that the brain receives through one or more lenses...
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