view additional image 1
View in a Room ArtworkView in a Room Background
128 Views
1

VIEW IN MY ROOM

Under heavy manners (quod scripsi scripsi) Painting

Rombout Oomen

Netherlands

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 53.1 W x 66.9 H x 1.6 D in

Ships in a Crate

info-circle
This artwork is not for sale.
Primary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary image Trustpilot Score
128 Views
1

Artist Recognition

link - Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured in a collection

About The Artwork

Painting: Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas. part of the seven nation army series: Leipzig, winter 2016. I am working on the large painting “Renaissance of Wonder I”, as an old story drops into my brain. I recall a legend of King David receiving a letter, being threatened by seven armies. He answers he will attack with 700 armies instead. I was listening the White strips, making sweat drip out of every pore. Suddenly, a rapture of fundamental rage of wanting to create without any rational barriers. Blinded by creational fury, I wrote in my diary “Fuck reason, this is the time of the Holy Spirit! My Nightmare Neon Funky Deer, dear. Ever harder lust, brighter, fucking deeper. I’ll dig you tougher, the brighter the better! This is the time of Me. You don’t understand man, you’re wrong man. I’m right. I’ll deduce, I’ll tell you where the boundary is. It’s on the Rhein man, on the Limes. I’m right, you’re wrong. Except for Martin Luther King, he’s more right than I am. The Hol y Spirit, it’s forever coming! Rawhide!” And seven pictures dropped in to my mind. Pictures, one series, no rational clue. Imaginary logics, painterly logics, visual sincerity. Later, this clue developed into a horizontal and a vertical concept. Every picture of the first seven is demanding an individual answer to itself, hence six pictures times seven behind the first series of seven are about to be painted: the Seven nation army cycle.

Details & Dimensions

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:53.1 W x 66.9 H x 1.6 D in

Shipping & Returns

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

The work of Rombout Oomen (Amsterdam, 1975) finds itself on a cutting edge of opposites. The compositions of Oomens paintings seem to be inspired by the period of the Enlighten- ment. But in the performances of its scenes, cool rationalism is the only absentee. The light that shines in his work is flaming and dangerous. The people portrayed entered somewhere in the eighteenth century at Jacques-Louis David’s revolutionary and thrilling environment. Perfumed, well cut and fit, they began celebrating a decent and enlightened ball. In Rombout Oomen’s work, they finish possessed, stuffed and tired without illusions in a bacchanal where they never found the exit. Unhinged in a circus carousel that led them drunk through the night. No reason, love or salvation remains. Only worn out lust and grotesque concepts, which per- haps give moments of thrill and instant happiness – but do not ask for how long. Rombout Oomen likes to paint in series. Such as his Slumberland Manifesto. Often he chooses large formats – wall paintings, factory size cloths in industrial buildings or just one side of a skyscraper – such as his Swan on the A’DAM-tower on the river IJ in Amsterdam. Work who does not hesitate to rather shout out something, though that call is more ambiguous than you think. As the work of Oomen is expressive, but never noisy. If you take the time to study on his euphoric pictures you will discover somewhere in the depth a hushed poignant element. You’re going to suspect that in the darkest corner of his work a Romantic element lays bare. As has been said: the cutting edge of contradictions

Artist Recognition

Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured by Saatchi Art in a collection

Thousands Of Five-Star Reviews

We deliver world-class customer service to all of our art buyers.

globe

Global Selection

Explore an unparalleled artwork selection by artists from around the world.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Our 14-day satisfaction guarantee allows you to buy with confidence.

Support An Artist With Every Purchase

We pay our artists more on every sale than other galleries.

Need More Help?

Enjoy Complimentary Art Advisory Contact Customer Support