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GROUP EXHIBITION REOPENING EXHIBITION JANUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 9
AND BY APPOINTMENT
From January 12, gallery 9 will celebrate the reopen-
The tension of Martijn Duifhuizen’s (1976) work is
ing of the gallery on a new address and in a complete-
found in its surface, in the subtle. The artist is always
ly renovated, new gallery space at the Keizersgracht.
looking for the strongest possible expression of what
Martijn Duifhuizen
On show will be a selection of works by all of the art-
he wants to convey. Sometimes emphasizing a spe-
Untitled
ists the gallery represents. The accent lies on minimal-
cific action or gesture, at other times accentuating
2012
shape or surface. The black squares in the work de-
Acrylic paint on stainless steel, velvet
picted are holes in steel strips. The strips are painted
52,3 x 50,1 x 3 cm
ist abstract art, both two and three dimensional. In the work of Tineke Porck (1954), rationality and
black. Behind these strips is a steel container, 3 cm
emotion are brought together. Because her method
deep and coated with matt black velvet. Together the
is partly calculated, partly intuitive, it has a very dis-
strips form horizontals and verticals and symbolize an
tinct signature. In addition to the limitation in shape,
imaginary melody.
and the focus on the essence of connection, the attainment of a certain stillness is characteristic. In this
Other artists represented are Gerhard Frömel, Jan-
Tineke Porck
specific work one might see different stages of life.
tien Kahn, Ineke van Koningsbruggen, Takashi
Untitled triptych
Viewed from the left the undefined stage of youth,
Suzuki, Dov Shlein, Dick Cassée, Karin Gielen,
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then in the middle the depth and the brightness of
Dorry van Haersolte, Anneke Klein Kranenbarg
Oil paint on wood
full life, and finally the stage of elderly age.
and Coen Vernooij
20
10 x 30 cm