Eduard Hermans: Screaming Royals-1
Eduard Hermans shows in this solo exhibition his newest works based on ‘Screaming royals’. For the first time since long, the work is completely based on human physionomy and each work depicts a face with different expressions.
During his studies at the sculpture department of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he experimented with busts, but at that time, figurative work was discouraged by the teaching staff. He changed to the ceramic department and found his way of expression by combining architectural forms with weapons such as knives and krisses. In his first works, the human bust was reintroduced in the multiple ‘blauwe zoen’.
During his carrier, the human image was sometimes part of the composition such as in the series Metropolis Liquid (2001), in which hands were joined with architectural forms or in Metropolis Obelisk (2003-2007), in which obelisks were combined with human outlines or children’s heads.
Even in his non-figurative objects, he wanted to integrate humans into the work, and in Mutiny (2012), dancers were carrying and interacting with the objects to complete the image.
In the current exhibition, the bust and the face are the main topics. He constructs these objects with porcelain parts such as small globes, needles or tubular fragments into an strong form. The white porcelain is sometimes left natural, but in many objects, enamel is added to give them a strong coloration: in the series “Screaming royal”, red is combined with white and gold luster while in other works, one color dominates the picture.
In this series, he also refers to architectural elements, such as in the crowns of the royals, but they do not dominate the object as in past works.
In the recent works, he integrates also for the first time glass. He put a glass colored plates over the porcelain object and melt it into the sculpture. This gives a new coloration of the porcelain but also adds a reflecting appearance to the surface, while the crackling of the glass on the surface gives some of the busts a weathered feeling.
The exhibition runs from 03/06/2017 until 03/09/2017 and is open on sathurday and Sunday from 14:00-16:00 hour and after appointment: 0494-285894
Eduard Hermans shows in this solo exhibition his newest works based on ‘Screaming royals’. For the first time since long, the work is completely based on human physionomy and each work depicts a face with different expressions.
During his studies at the sculpture department of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he experimented with busts, but at that time, figurative work was discouraged by the teaching staff. He changed to the ceramic department and found his way of expression by combining architectural forms with weapons such as knives and krisses. In his first works, the human bust was reintroduced in the multiple ‘blauwe zoen’.
During his carrier, the human image was sometimes part of the composition such as in the series Metropolis Liquid (2001), in which hands were joined with architectural forms or in Metropolis Obelisk (2003-2007), in which obelisks were combined with human outlines or children’s heads.
Even in his non-figurative objects, he wanted to integrate humans into the work, and in Mutiny (2012), dancers were carrying and interacting with the objects to complete the image.
In the current exhibition, the bust and the face are the main topics. He constructs these objects with porcelain parts such as small globes, needles or tubular fragments into an strong form. The white porcelain is sometimes left natural, but in many objects, enamel is added to give them a strong coloration: in the series “Screaming royal”, red is combined with white and gold luster while in other works, one color dominates the picture.
In this series, he also refers to architectural elements, such as in the crowns of the royals, but they do not dominate the object as in past works.
In the recent works, he integrates also for the first time glass. He put a glass colored plates over the porcelain object and melt it into the sculpture. This gives a new coloration of the porcelain but also adds a reflecting appearance to the surface, while the crackling of the glass on the surface gives some of the busts a weathered feeling.
The exhibition runs from 03/06/2017 until 03/09/2017 and is open on sathurday and Sunday from 14:00-16:00 hour and after appointment: 0494-285894