"notCHESS # 2" Artwork - Limited Edition of 25

To Fake or not to Fake.

I have a rather complicated past when it comes to the development of my work. It went from painting to graphics, from realism to abstractions and back.

The final stage turned completely into reinterpretation.
This came about as a logical development from having studied art history.
This came by change when I heard about the possibility to join
as a visiting student.

As such I followed certain lectures and he quickly realised that I knew next to nothing about art history, so he decided to do the whole program.

At the same time I kept on working in his studio mostly doing painting, but at the beginning of the nineties PC’s came on the market at an affordable price, he also started working with graphical PC programs.

The painting was rather problematic in the sense that there was not a particular style, it went from one thing to another.
Finally, in 2006, I realised this must stop. At about 2016 I decided to concentrate at reinterpretations, which later became the dialogues.
Basically, these reinterpretations, which I call dialogues, of historic paintings are conceptual. The essence is the connection with the works of painters that have made their mark on the art world past and present.
And, eventually, by the appropriation and interpretation give them a new meaning. So, one has to look beyond the graphics and into the connection.
The connection is like a black box that only slightly can be opened.
Of course the graphics are also contemporary art pieces that are influenced by present day culture and techniques. Especially the computer and the graphic programs that run on them.
There is however the exception when it comes to portraits, here things are contemporary. I am interested in faces, not in portraits as such. Going over various possibilities, it led to selfies. I realised selfies are the zeitgeist.