“I’m the last of the best”
– Dr. John, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya, 1968
Probably they are neither the last nor the best ones, but every artist should do the best to his/her own standards, and create as if he/she is the last.
Thijs Jaeger (1990) and Bobbi Oskam (1990) seem to be unlikely partners in a duo-show, but Hok Gallery clearly didn’t mind and they are both their own lasts and bests.
You could consider works by both artists as manifestations of the inner self, but of course that is much too sweeping a statement to define a common denominator of their imaginative worlds.
You might say Jaeger uses his incantations to exorcise Oskam’s nasty dreams.
You might also say Oskam’s drawings are there to bring Jaeger’s objects back to the real world.
Whatever you want to do or figure out, fate will always knock on your door, undeterred and undeceived by amulets and fetishes.
Your dreams will haunt you, as reality will also haunt you anyway, and in the end you’d better experience them for what they are and see their aesthetics.
Well, of course, both artists’ present Gris-Gris show is not all that heavy-hearted.
Hok Gallery always guarantees a bit of a tongue-in-cheek approach, such that its visitors will never be seriously pounced on by any demons.
So, feel safe to see it all, today, tomorrow or on Saturday (3-4-5 March).
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Contents of all photographs courtesy to Bobbi Oskam, Thijs Jaeger and HOK Gallery, Den Haag.
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