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artists Sabine Bolk Michieell Paalvast Giel Louws Tamara Dees Thei Evertz Peter Steutel Museum Le Secet

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Image | winter garden inspiring to Virtual Art [winter] Residence | ©Hans Overvliet

Virtual Art [winter]Residence©

December 4 2010 VAR

From the art management

From January 1st 2011 Virtual Art Residence© has a winter

location: Virtual Art [winter]Residence©.

The pictures give an impression of this location

Virtual Art [winter]Residence©. was displayed for the first time

in public space on the 18th of December 2010 during the Light Festival in Vlissingen [Flusing]

December 1 2010

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Sabine Bolk

Flower of the Sun

The Sunflower is maybe the most used symbol for the Sun & also a symbol that everyone understands.

For Dutch people the Sunflower represent the Sunflower fields in France

and there for their holiday full of Sun in France. Vincent made his Sunflower paintings

while waiting for Gauguins arrival. He used them to brighten up the yellow house.

Vincent was drawn towards the Sunlight and followed it to France.

In many of his letters, he writes about the beautiful yellow aura

the Sun creates around objects and how he tries to catch the light in his paintings.

In his Sunflower paintings the Sun shines in the oils, its bright and you almost feel the warmth coming towards you.

When I had a home with a garden, I always planted Sunflowers. You always want to have the biggest in your neighborhood and when the summer ends the dying Sunflowers bring life in your garden with a lot of different birds. I made one painting with Sunflowers in it called “Fifteen Minutes Of Freedom”. My bird

Batik was just living with me and escaped several times. The first time he escaped, he escaped for a total of 15 minutes and ended up balancing on the “lamellen”. This image of his short freedom

was so sad and I made this water color about it.

“Fifteen minutes of freedom” water color on paper, 2006

“Sunflower on the broken stone ground”, Natural-dyed batik by Batik women of Jeruk (Lasem)

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December 1 2010

End of Summer 2010

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December 1 & 4 2010

Sabine Bolk

Making fabric look like paper Found this beautiful website Old Photo of Japan, read my earlier post about it on De reis naar Batik. The photo shows women washing kimono‟s. It almost looks like they are hanging up wallpaper. For me this is very symbolic. I make works on wallpaper, but base the patterns mostly on fabric patterns. I don‟t use the wallpaper purely as wallpaper, it doesn‟t have to hang on a wall, it can hang like fabric like strokes, like in The journey of Batik.

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of dirt with on top a bright and happy Sunflower. I ask Koen “Where do Sunflowers come from originally?”. We both didn‟t

know and I forgot to look it up. The Sunflower is a typical plant, it can grow on any kind of soil and turns his head towards the Sun. It‟s a strong, yet delicate plant. It‟s not only known for it‟s beauty, but also provides us

with food & oil. I always like it when subjects interests me and even more if I find synchronicity. The Sunflower, which reminds us of Vincent & the

Sun, was first introduced in Europe by the Spanish sailors in 1530. Before that the Sunflower only grown in the South and North-

America. Around 1000 BC the Sunflower was domesticated.

The Incas honored the Sunflower, for them it represented their Sun god. Big statues of Sunflowers and ornaments where found in their temples. The priests wear a crown that looked like a Sunflower. The Sunflower is a much used subject in art, and maybe it‟s should be a symbol for art and especially the artist. We grow and flourish under any kind of condition. Our ground maybe malnutrition, but we always turn our heads towards the future and better times. Art is not only beauty, it can also feed your mind and fill your thoughts. Let the Sunflower be our symbol for the survival of art and artists! I‟m hoping to make some Sunflower-filled works this month.

And making paper look like fabric. Preparing a new work in my mind the last week. Thinking about how clothes are first drawn on

paper before cutting the fabric. How Batik patterns are first drawn on paper before transferring it on to the cotton. How to

make paper look like fabric in drawings (like the woodcut prints below) , but at the same time make them look like they feel.

It‟s typical how the Geisha in woodcut prints always look like they are moving with such ease, the fabrics move smoothly around

their bodies. It is actually quit hard to wear a kimono and move with grace. It heavy and the many layers are tightly bound around

your body. It‟s like a corset and you can only make small steps.

When Batik is presented they hang it on these beautiful wooden racks or hang it on the wall. Batik is made to wear, but it‟s used

as decoration, as a piece of Art hanging on the wall, as a tablecloth, bedspread etc. Kimono‟s are considered as a thing to look at. Rich man use to buy beautiful, detailed made kimono‟s

for their favorite Geisha. Kimono‟s have always been collected, hanged on a long wooden stick.

Sabine Bolk

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December 4 2010

Sabine Bolk

December 4 & 11 2010

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One of the reasons I work on paper, and especially wallpaper, is that this material isn‟t bound on the rules of painting. I never framed my work, I‟m planning to try it out, but it feels like I‟m taking away their freedom. A canvas has to be hang on a wall. Paper can still move. A Batik or a Kimono can be worn, hanged on a wall, used as a daily thing, but also being cherished like a piece of Art or collector‟s item. Still don‟t know what I‟m going to make, but like the think about paper acting as or being used as fabric, will it‟s based on fabric and so forth.

Japan comes to Vincent

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December 21 2010 Sabine Bolk

Acting a bit top secret about my new work in process, hope to tell you all about it soon. So much is coming together, synchronicity is

hitting me in the face all the time. And this makes it difficult to share it, in such a fragile state. What if it doesn‟t look the way I

planned..sooo for now some synchronicity back in time.

Looking for some old photo‟s, I came across work from 2006. Wondering if I‟m ever going to make something new..! Haha! First

works about making paper look like fabric and visa versa! The drawings are one on one copies of my clothing combined with the

real clothing. The working title was: Clothes make the woman (naar het Nederlandse gezegde, kleren maken de man).

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December 21 2010

Sabine Bolk

I had such fun making these pictures. The quality of the photo‟s aren‟t that good and I still regret not showing them like little (big) installations. Fortunately my work developed a lot since then, and I think I‟m closer to what I really want to make now, and allow myself to make it, then I was then. I was a bit torn between the art institution and my own, yet to develop, path!

And making paper look like fabric. Preparing a new work in my mind the last week. Thinking about how clothes are first drawn on paper before cutting the fabric. How Batik patterns are first drawn on paper before transferring it on to the cotton. How to make paper look like fabric in drawings (like the woodcut prints below) , but at the same time make them look like they feel. It‟s typical how the Geisha in woodcut prints always look like they are moving with such ease, the fabrics move smoothly around their bodies. It is actually quit hard to wear a kimono and move with grace. It heavy and the many layers are tightly bound around your body. It‟s like a corset and you can only make small steps.

December 21 2010 VAR Sabine Bolk

I used my bedroom and garden as a studio. Making the drawings of the clothing at school & the wallpapers at home

on the kitchen table.

Always enjoying and not enjoying the work in process part the most. The making of is always exiting and also scary. Normally

when I finish a work in my studio, I don‟t visit my studio for another three days, I‟m always not sure about the end result. With

temporary installations on location I don‟t have this luxury and it helps me to make fast decisions. I‟m now working in my studio and

the process is a bit slow, maybe I need to book a Winter residence at VAR…

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13 December 2010 - 19 December 2010 - Group accommodation The purpose of our stay: teambuilding Who is Who? Group – accommodation: Morricone – Museum Le Secet loves him for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music. Simon Schrikker , Michiel van der Zanden , Aquil Copier , VHDG , Marten Hendriks , Danielle Lemaire , Bianca Runge , Janne Wolterbeek [grafisch ontwerper] Museum Le Secet gelooft niet in hiërarchie en nodigt kunstenaars uit zich te positioneren in de kunst door tentoonstellingen samen te stellen die laten zien wij zij op dit moment willen laten zien aan het publiek. Zo ontstaat een breed net van toonaangevende kunstenaars gekozen door toonaangevende kunstenaars. In de breedste zin. In de Virtuele Art Residence presenteren we de 7 basiskunstenaars waarmee we onze reeks tentoonstellingen samen stellen. Maandag is al eerste Simon Schrikker aan de beurt. Kijk vooral eens op zijn website http://www.simonschrikker.com/

On the 21st of July 2010, a second location

of Virtual Art Residence opened.

This small site contains three Chalets [ Chalet Bach, Chalet Morricone and Chalet Eisenga ].

Museum Le Secet

December 2 2010

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December 4 2010 Michiel Paalvast

Campfire

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December 5 & 7 2010

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Giel Louws

December 3 & 7 & 9 2010 VAR

Lightproject

For the night garden I have made seven pictures now. I hung them on threads in my studio, as a study for the actual placement.

I‟m thinking of putting a small light in from of them, for a scarce light that sets them of best.

As usual the picture doesn‟t do it much justice.

And god created; Philip

Good heavens!

Philip Catherine in Antwerp

Lichtstad Vlissingen

Today I worked on the second box of two for the project. Box one is the night garden, and for box two I planned to make

albino‟s. I worked on those for a while, but it did not work out. Then I remembered my “rose girl‟ paintings, and they raised my

enthusiasm. So I made some more, and the second box became like this:

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December 10 & 14 & 18 & 27 2010

Giel Louws

Nocturnal Garden Here the finished other box for the project. The idea is that a

sensor switches the light on for just a few seconds. I did not know that doesn’t work through a window. So I hope it can be realised anyway. (the works are intended for a shopping

window in Flushing)

De elegische natuur van kunst Vandaag maar eens een hoog gegrepen titel van een post. Gisteren en eergisteren mezelf ondergedompeld in de requiems van Faure en Durufle. Samen met de derde symfonie van Gorecki een gezellige boel dus. Toch voel ik me sterk getrokken tot kunst met een elegisch karakter, het biedt troost. De vrolijke kant van het leven is makkelijk te verwerken en te genieten. Juist de donkere en verwarrende kant heeft overpeinzing nodig. Hier biedt kunst de uitkomst, kunst kan ons verzoenen met de tijd, of ons toch tenminste even afleiden. Het geeft een gedeelde ervaring weer, die ons verbind met onze medemens.

Tijd en De Ziel

Vandaag had ik een goede discussie met een aantal collega‟s. Het ging over de tijd, en hoe we die ervaren en inzetten. Aan de ene

kant beoefenen we een langzaam medium, en aan de andere kant leven we in een snelle wereld.

Vanavond vond ik een inspirerende podcast met de schrijfster/filosofe Joke Hermsen. (die ik nota

bene afspeelde terwijl ik trainde) Een inspire-rend gesprek over reële en innerlijke tijd;

Joke Hermsen

P.S. Omdat we de Virtual Art Residence in een

winterresidentie omzetten, ga ik mijn blog verder in het Nederlands. (overgangsrite)

December 27 & 28 & 30 2010 Giel Louws

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Requiem

In het atelier werken is deze dagen wat moeilijk. Ik ben begonnen aan een soort requiem project.

Een combinatie van een fascinatie voor requiem muziek en mijn rozenmeisje serie.

Suggesties voor bijzondere requiems zijn welkom. Mijn persoonlijke keuze van dit moment is Durufle.

Slaper

Vandaag weer aan een slaper begonnen. Thema is blijkbaar nog niet uitgeput,

en past eigenlijk ook wel in het requiem thema. Al is hier wel sprake van enige gelukzaligheid.

Grote slaapster

Aan dit schilderij heb ik lang en hard gewerkt. Vele lagen hebben zich opgehoopt, en ik heb zelfs het doek geplakt en genaaid om de

compositie te veranderen. Het hangt nu een tijdje aan de muur, en ik begin er nu zelf aan te wennen.

Misschien is het nu tijd om het te laten zien. Verder wil ik deze radiocast aanbevelen:

Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion Mijn zeer geliefde schrijver Jonathan Safran Foer spreekt over het

schrijven van zijn adembenemende boek Extreem luid en ongelooflijk dichtbij. Hij spreekt enkele zeer wijze woorden.

Als kunstenaar ben ik geraakt door zijn uitspraak: (parafrase) Ik zit vaak te schrijven in een café, waar ik uitkijk op

de straat. Daar zit een zwerver die niet weet of en wat hij gaat eten vandaag. Ik ben daarentegen een boek aan het schrijven; als ik mijn leven aan het zwerfprobleem zou weiden, zou ik daar een verschil kunnen maken. Mijn schrijven gaat dan ook steeds meer

over het rechtvaardigen van het schrijven ….

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Requiem project

Deze blog zal worden gebruikt door Christel Wijland en Giel Louws voor een project. Christel en Giel

deden al vaker projecten samen zoals bijvoorbeeld „Vis-a-Vis‟ in de Zeeuwse bibliotheek in 2002, een project over muziek in galerie T in 2006,

projectjes in de Zeeuwse Kustkring, en mailart.

Christel Wijland haar werk gaat onder andere over mensen

en hun (groeps)gedrag, muziek, vormgeving en reizen. De vorm waarin ze dit giet gaat van schilderkunst

via moderne media naar fotografie en terug. Haar werk is meestal conceptueel en strak vormgegeven.

Het werk van Giel Louws is schilderkunstig. De onderwerpen gaan over hem zelf , over andere mensen,

religie en over het schilderen zelf. Daarbij maakt hij meestal gebruik van acrylverf, die laag over laag wordt aangebracht.

De samenwerkingsprojecten ontstaan al doende.

Vaak zijn Christel en Giel onbewust met zelfde ideeën en onderwerpen bezig.

Zo is klassieke muziek sinds enige jaren voor beiden een passie geworden.

Dit project kan gaan over het Requiem als fenomeen, dus een inhoudelijk discours,

maar zal ook een beeldende kant krijgen. Aan de slag dus !

Giel Louws & Christel Wijland

December 30 2010

Christel Wijland | de mens beschikt 06

Giel Louws | z.t.

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December 3 & 28 2010 Tamara Dees

Postcard from Oban

In the mailbox I found a wonderful surprise from a stranger. Someone sent me an old postcard with a picture of Oban Bay,

illuminated by the moon, with the following text: I have not had time to have Verne T Lloyd practice this week.

So don’t come unless you have started before you get this. Verne wants you to come so you can see his violin case

but I guess it will keep another week. Miss Fogg

Thank you very much stranger!

From Oban

Oban is a harbor from which you can make a boat trip to several islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides. This inspired several

artists, as Jules Verne, Mendelsohn, Turner and Pink Floyd. Jules Verne travelled from Oban by boat to Staffa, an island

from the Hebrides on the west coast of Scotland with the famous volcanic Fingal‟s Cave.

This trip in 1859 inspired him to write the Green Ray. If the sun sinks behind the horizon, there is to be a green ray or lightning.

The persons in the novel standing at the west of the island are once able to observe this phenomenon.

In 1829 Felix Mendelsohn visited Scotland and composed two pieces of music, the “Scottish Symphony”

and the “Hebrides” Overture, Op. 26 (Fingal‟s Cave). In 1971 Pink Floyd produced for the film Zabriske Point

the psychedelic song Fingal‟s Cave, which was however later on not used in the film. In 1831, Turner‟s sketching trips for this project took him as far as the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scotland. He boarded a steam boat, the „Maid of Morven‟, which departed from Tobermory on the coast and ran between the Isles of Staffa and Iona. Turner evidently ventured into the interior of Fingal‟s Cave on the Isle of Staffa and made a number of pencil drawings in a sketchbook. Edward Goodall made an engraving from the pencil drawing. It shows the impressive basalt rock formations in the chamber of the cave. This image was chosen for the title page to volume ten of Scott‟s Poetical Works.

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December 28 2010

From Oban - continuation

Fingal‟s Cave, Staffa, engraved by Edward Goodall 1834 Line engraving on paper

image: 123 x 80 mm on paper, print

(from the website of TATE ) JMW Turner made an oil painting called Fingal‟s Cave,

with the cave in stormy weather and a steamboat. The cave was used by Matthew Barnew

for his film Cremaster 3 for the opening and closing scenes.

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December 8 2010 youngillustrators

Thei Evertz

Mijn werk zal bestaan uit 6 tot 8 tekeningen op vierkant formaat van 30cm bij 30cm.

Dit zijn de onderwerpen tot nu toe: 1- meisje met de sjaalhond

2- kat in de vissenkom 3- bloempot met ontkiemende zaadjes

4- slapende man op een tak tussen de meerkoetjes 5- ? 6- ?

7- ? (optioneel) 8- ? (optioneel)

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December 26 & 27 2010

Labyrint

Bister en aquarel op papier, 17,3 x 24 cm

Labyrint, 122 x 244 cm, acryl op mdf

Peter Steutel

Labyrint

Inkt en acryl op papier. 40 x 40 cm

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December 27 2010

Emmy Dijkstra & Sabine Bolk

A new VAR residence together with Emmy Dijkstra, starting 2011 It is getting a bit cold in my Van Gogh caravan and my residence is coming to an end. My work is still not finished, so I will be traveling back and forth between my old & new residence! From 1 January till 1 April I will share a residence at the Winter Virtual Art Residence with artistEmmy Dijkstra! We were talking about applying for a residence ever since I came back from Indonesia and Emmy from a residence in France. I wrote this post about it (in Dutch) Synchroniciteit deel III Tapa, in November 2009. Thanks to the great idea of Hans Overvliet, Art Managment VAR, me and Emmy are finally going to share a residence together. This virtual residence is to prepare ourselves for a real life residence hopefully in 2011! You can follow our residence on www.edijkstra.wordpress.com.

Sabine Bolk | “Journey of Batik” wallpaper installations with Emmy’s paper dresses at Electron

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Image | Postcard from Oban | Tamara Dees | ©Miss Fogg