05.10.2019-26.10.2019
MAAIKE BAKKER
Artist Statement: Maaike Bakker’s body of work, titled ‘Terms & conditions / To be aimless’ explores the tensions that exist between perceived order and expressions of futility. The works on exhibition can be regarded as visual explorations that probe whether aim-lessness can exist in conditions of proposed rigidity and order, or whether these two ideas are essentially at odds with each other, unable to occupy the same space(s). Glimpses of what can be regarded as aimless expressions are presented as disruptions or deviations within the works, challenging aspects of presented structures by suggesting a sense of freedom in between these points of order. The mechanics of the works’ internal logic is thereby revealed and at the same time contradicted. The works thus set out to capture a negotiation of these two tensions at play, at times leaning more towards one rather than the other. The artworks in the featured body of work can therefore be observed as manifestations of liminal expressions, which exist between order and futility, elevating the inconceivable and that which is incomprehensive.
KA LA S H NI KOV V G A L L ERY_M A A IKE B A KKER ‘ T E RMS & CON D IT ION S / TO BE AI M LESS’ (5 O CT-25 O CT, 2019) F O R Q U E RI E S : ka l as h n i kovvg a l l e r y@ g ma il . com | Artw or k d ocume ntation b y Bern ard Brand
Forecasting what should have been (2019) Ink, spraypaint and acrylic on paper 785mmx1080mm
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Collecting lessons I (2019) Lasercut, collage, spraypaint and ink on paper 525mm x 630mm
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Forever and ever and ever (2019) Ink, acrylic, pencil spraypaint on paper 1000mmx 700mm (paper size)
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Negotiated Variations I (2019) Digital printing on glass (framed) Edition of 3 (2 of edition available) 475mm x 868mm
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Can’t understand (2019) 785mmx1080mm Ink and acrylic on paper
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Negotiated Variations III (2019) Digital printing on glass Edition of 3 (framed) 370x600mm
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The frame eludes it II (2019) Spraypaint, acrylic on Belgian linen 310mm x 870mm
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Prerequisites (2019) Ink and acrylic on paper 755mm x 404mm
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Collecting lessons II (2019) Lasercut, collage, spraypaint and ink on paper 485mm x 700mm
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The frame eludes it I (2019) Spraypaint, acrylic on Belgian linen 370mm x 720mm
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Sachlich/ Sachen (2019) Acrylic, charcoal, ink on paper 1000mmx 700mm (paper size)
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Coming to terms (2019) Ink and acrylic on canvas 750mm x 540mm
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Knowingly wasting time (2019) Ink on paper 490mm x 745mm
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Equivalents I, II & III (2019) Spraypaint and acrylic on Belgian linen 235mm x 1350mm 275mm x 1530mm 265mm x 1030mm
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Stop making sense (2018) 300mm x1000mm Ink on paper
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Negotiated Variations III (2019) Digital printing on glass Edition of 3 (framed) 420x1000mm
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Negotiated Variations IV (2019) Digital printing on glass Edition of 3 (unframed) 260x460mm
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