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IRMA BOOM: KUNST + BOEKEN / ART + BOOKS



In Rijks Museum t/m 7 mei 2023 / to 7 May 2023

28-12-2022



Z O O M RICARDO VAN EYK, FRANK NITSCHE, BENJAMIN ROTH, HAN SCHUIL 3 SEPTEMBER –
8 OCTOBER





25-08-2022



GALLERY VIEWS HAN SCHUIL SHOW AT GALLERY ONRUST 2020



 



 

16-09-2020



GALERIE ONRUST PRESS RELEASE



 



 

HAN SCHUIL
HEAT

September 4 – October 3 2020

OPENING:
Friday 4 September 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 5 September 12 – 6 pm

In 2019 Event Horizon, a network of international telescopes, constructed the
first image of a black hole. Since then millions of people throughout the world
have seen this image. Astronomers involved in the project reported that there is
an absence of time and space in black holes. This fact is inconceivable to human
beings

The new paintings of Han Schuil can evoke a sense of timelessness ; the
paintings invite us to enter a new reality, the reality of the world presented
by the paintings. This is not about ‘understanding’ the realm of the paintings,
not at all, nor is there any sense of this. The works are much more about an
energetic feeling of clarity and an experience: an (almost) sacred moment of
something that lies between the conscious and the unconscious. It’s not easy to
get a grasp of the paintings made by Schuil. Perhaps that’s because they are
observations of a subject or an environment that is not instantly fathomable.
This is why they remain intriguing.

For Han Schuil, a variety of subject matter can serve as the basis for a
painting. An advertisement, a striking image from the newspaper, or a
thermogram. What’s important is that the painter is moved by the subject, that
it prompts him to act. Prompts him to work. How do you give meaning to form,
surface and color? How do you give meaning to a painting? Schuil has been
spending decades pondering those fundamental questions about painting. In his
work Schuil combines color, form and surface in order to create a new world of
his own. The surface comes to life, and the new series of paintings teem with
strength and energy. With new series Schuil underscores his long relationship
and connection with the medium of painting and with the practice of painting.

Both movement and calm can be found among the different layers of the paintings.
These layers communicate with and challenge each other within the work. Because
of that current of communication, the works feel lively, as though it’s the
material that moves and is contained at a certain point. The movement and the
calm in the works are in balance with each other, and this gives rise to a
coherent whole. The movement in the paintings goes in all sorts of directions,
which makes it seem as though particles swarm about and, in other works, as
though a shower of light passes through the paintings. The hushed quality, often
the result of a dark ground layer, creates room for reflection and serves as a
place where the viewer can pause, gather courage and then proceed with an
exploration of the paintings. That frequently darkblue, nearly black ground
layer in the works acts as an anchor for the eye.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some paintings seem to have zoomed in on something from a great distance,
concentrating on a source of light, while others that are zoomed out show a
wider view. Aside from the movement and calm, there are also opposing degrees of
relaxation and rigidity in the paintings. Rigidly formal elements, such as the
white triangles, are alternated with looser and more informal components. These
come together in a playful manner, while they each continue to hold their own
strong positions within the painting. The two aspects clearly involve
interaction as well as contrast.

The concentration of the paintings is fascinating, and all sorts of smaller
things can be discovered on looking at them closely. A small area can be painted
with so much precision, love and devotion that it represents a world unto
itself. Layers of paint and spatters in black, blue, red, yellow, orange, purple
and white tumble around and over each other. The paintings are full of things to
be discovered at all sorts of sensory levels, but this never feels like an
excess of information.

At best we forget about everything else on looking at the paintings; then it
becomes a profound, almost meditative experience. Comparable, perhaps, to the
spacelessness and timelessness of a black hole in the universe. A person is
still not yet able to observe black holes, and probably never will be. In
Amsterdam-Oost it is possible, though, at the Anton Pannekoek Institute for
Astronomy to look at relatively nearby stars through a telescope. Planets, stars
and cosmic phenomena are brimming with energy and seem special, while it is
impossible to truly grasp and fathom them. A similar thing happens with these
new paintings. There, at the Anton Pannekoek Institute, someone is trying, as
far as this is possible, to describe what the viewer is looking at and what he
or she might see. That person reaches out while also knowing very well that,
just as with paintings by Schuil, the most important thing is to observe and
experience it oneself.

text: Melchior Jaspers
translation: Beth O’Brien

 

GALERIE ONRUST 



Planciusstraat 7 1013 MD Amsterdam

t: +31 (0)20 420 2219 e: info@galerieonrust.nl www.galerieonrust.nl

OPENING HOURS

Friday-Saturday, 13:00-18:00
and every day by appointment

 




27-08-2020


21-08-2020



NEWS GALLERY ONRUST





26-04-2020



OPWAARTS, RUDI FUCHS, 18 MAART 2020 – VERSCHENEN IN NR. 12 VAN DE GROENE
AMSTERDAMMER



Ook Han Schuil begint een schilderij met het kiezen van een formaat. Dat Heat
LXI slank en hoog is, heeft effect op zijn kleur- en materiaalgebruik.

22-03-2020



THE EXHIBITION HAN SCHUIL | HEAT AT GALLERY ONRUST IS POSTPONED FOR NOW TO
SATURDAY APRIL.18



The exhibition Han Schuil | Heat at Gallery Onrust is postponed

22-03-2020



DEPARTMENT STORE – 75 JAAR BEELDENDE KUNST IN HEERLEN



Deze collectietentoonstelling toont een dwarsdoorsnede van 75 jaar verzamelen.
Ingedeeld in vier thema’s rondom kunsthistorische genres toont zij ensembles van
kunstwerken die sinds de jaren ’50 zijn aangekocht. Van 13-10-2019 t/m
15-03-2020 in SCHUNCK Glaspaleis.

Speciaal voor SCHUNCK maakten 10 collectiekunstenaars een multiple – speciaal
werk in oplage van 25 stuks – die verkocht  worden in de concept store van
depARTment STORE. Deelnemende kunstenaars: Maria Barnas; Romy Finke; Christie
van der Haak; Thomas Raat; Tanja Ritterbex; Marjolein Rothman; Charlotte
Schleiffert; Clary Stolte; Han Schuil; Marjolein Rothman en Esther Tielemans.
Zie bijgaande folder Folder multiples



 

14-10-2019



COMMON GROUND 2: CONNECT IN COLOR



“Common Ground stands for connection, for meetings between each other at the
level of ideas, ideals and identity. In this second part, color is key. Color is
essential, color is energetic, color represents the diversity of society and has
the power to connect.
This exhibition explores the meaning and influence of different colors and it
forms a bridge between makers and spectators. The Art Space provides a window to
the outside world and shows our Passion for Paint!”

https://www.artfoundation.akzonobel.com/exhibition/7







28-07-2019

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