Exhibition 'Juxtaposed: Aaron van Erp/ Steven Aalders' in Project Space On The Inside
On The Inside is proud to present Juxtaposed, a duo exhibition that features an extensive selection of both Aaron van Erp’s macabre universe and Steven Aalders’ monumental minimalism. A juxtaposition that testifies to the two poles that continue to attract human kind: that of darkness and of light.
Aaron van Erp’s cultivation of darkness, and Steven Aalders’ search for light and warmth, are opposed in this juxtaposition. While van Erp aims at capturing human darkness and violence as a whole, Aalders looks for ways of translating this darkness into a clear and simple language. Aaron van Erp rarely makes preliminary studies for his work, and his paintings are often based on vague ideas, which only take shape on the canvas. Everything is driven by an intuitive response to what emerges from his subconscious. This bizarre universe, which unfolds on the canvas, absorbs the spectator into van Erp´s fictional scenery and the spectator becomes a part of van Erp’s own subconscious space.
Steven Aalders’ minimal approach does, however, necessitate a rather thorough examination, where he searches and orients himself in a chaotic time that calls for order. Aalders’ beautiful and structured compositions capture the light of the space through colour, and the works becomes a part of the space in which the spectator is situated. In such a way van Erp is welcoming the viewer into his own isolated darkness, while Aalders is enabling a collective light.
Juxtaposed invites the spectator to reflect upon the essence of painting: figurative painting and abstraction, darkness and light, colour scheme, and the use of space.
For more information about the exhibition 'Juxtaposed'; please visit the website of Project Space on the Inside.
