Art in corona times 32. Willy De Sauter & Jan van Munster; Galerie Ramakers, The Hague

To open the season Galerie Ramakers shows works by Willy De Sauter (1938) and by Jan van Munster (1939).

Both octogenarians make works that seem to contain a lot of energy, in spite of their minimalist language.

Earlier this year (sometime before the Covid-19 crisis) i have written extensively about amongst others De Sauter’s work in Villa La Repubblica (click here to read the article – in Dutch).

There are both older and more recent works by De Sauter on show.

Van Munster’s Energy field of the 1990s makes a great coupling with a triptych by De Sauter.

It almost literally spans a field of energy between different works by De Sauter.

Other presented works by Van Munster are his highly polished spheres and spheroids that seem to absorb the world around them to store it in their bulbous shapes.

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Contents of all photographs courtesy to Willy De Sauter, Jan van Munster and Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag.

Bertus Pieters

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Art in corona times 9. Presentation of some works from the collection & Unlocked/Reconnected; Heden, The Hague

Heden tries to reconnect with its audience with a presentation of some gems from its collection.

They are works by well and lesser known artists, varying from sculptures to photographs.

Heden also takes part in the national Unlocked/Recollected project with Four Horse Men, a more or less apocalyptic work by Thijs Jaeger (1990).

In a YouTube video Jaeger gives an explanation (in Dutch).

I leave you here with my own choice of what is on show, to give you a taste of the diversity of the collection.

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Contents of all photographs courtesy to the artists and to Heden, Den Haag.

Bertus Pieters

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25 Years Galerie Ramakers, The Hague

Galerie Ramakers is celebrating its 25 years anniversary.

Left to right: Yumiko Yoneda, Pat Andrea, Michel Hoogervorst

Warffemius; Bob Bonies in the background

Some artists of the gallery were invited to make a temporary monumental work on the walls.

Near the windows Bob Bonies (1937) made an apparently simple, but in fact quite sophisticated work, while Ien Lucas (1955) made such an unobtrusive work on the opposite wall, that one would almost think it is a common feature of the gallery.

In the back space of the gallery four men, Mat van der Heijden (1964), Joncquil (1973), Pat Andrea (1942) and Michel Hoogervorst (1961), are competing, each in his own special way.

In the conservatory Yumiko Yoneda (1965) has made an installation of her sensitive drop-like sculptures which now slowly change with the changing of the daylight.

In between all this monumentality there are some smaller works by other artists of the gallery on show.

It is not a minor achievement to run a successful gallery for 25 years, and the general mood of the exhibition is warm and festive.

Left to right: Joncquil, Pat Andrea, Yumiko Yoneda, Warffemius

It also goes to show how important the bond between a gallery-keeper, the artists and the gallery’s visitors and customers is.

Pat Andrea; in the background Yumiko Yoneda

Of course it is business, but it is very much a business of love.

It is very much the enthusiastic and informal personality of Catalijn Ramakers and her aesthetic choices that has made this brilliant artistic party possible.

In fact this party of love and dedication has been going on already for many years and by all means i wish her a prolongation of many years to come.

Contents of all photographs courtesy to the artists and Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag.

Bertus Pieters

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