At first sight one may not think of Manor Grunewald (1985), Laura Jatkowski (1990) and Ricardo van Eyk (1993) as partners in a group show.
However, in Billytown’s new gallery space they seem to be the perfect trio to open a potentially challenging program of exhibitions.
The emphasis of the show is characteristically on the merging of making and thinking and its spatial consequences.
All three artists focus both on the overall impression of their works as well as on the details.
Conceptual thinking is mixed with the possibilities of the used materials, in Jatkowski’s case even acoustics and video.
The day i visited to make these photos the autumn weather was grey and gloomy, which made it next to impossible to make some clear pictures in spite of the building’s big windows.
On the other hand, it gave the works and the space a more monumental and concise character.
On the whole it is a very promising first show in a new chapter of Billytown’s existence.
© Villa Next Door 2018
Content of all photographs courtesy to the artists and Billytown, Den Haag
Bertus Pieters
