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The works are about fractions, small parts of a whole.
And about light: shining through or reflecting on an object.
LINK CHAIN (Light)
Barbara Helmer
Wall drawing, 2020
3m x 3.5m
“Which landscape does a painter see?” I challenge painter Barbara Helmer.
“The viewer, for the sake of convenience, assumes they see the world but translated through paint.” She smiles, “The world is the canvas. The paint, shapes and colour are the landscape… Of course, I’ll apply elements from reality. On my terms, if they fit.”
She doesn’t depict. Occasionally, impressions from the outside world resonate with her painterly reality. The painter records them; gratefully absorbs them. Dissects, analyses and abstracts until they are only contour or colour.
This wall drawing’s graphic structure started as a thick gold chain. In this composition of segments, the painter conveys what she sees. How a prism emanates from grey. That stripes can be rays of light. That an eclipse of a colour field exists. She takes us through aesthetic collisions, close calls, and successful encounters. She shows how from form a counter-form emerges.
This wall drawing is a landscape that fits its location. Other places could have different outcomes. Perhaps in grey. Or striped. Whatever the painter envisions.
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EXHIBITIONS /EXPOSITIES etc.:
2021
- Group exhibition Amsterdam Art pavilioen Beatrixpark
2020
- Mural Hilton-Art-Lab ( Herman Lamers)
-Dresden - Residence GrafischAtelier
-Murals.Inc Gallery R'dam
-GalleryPhoebus R'dam
2019
- "Übergangsweise #10 "Goethe Institut Rdam
Group exhibition "Maand v.d Grafiek" Appendix
- Art on Paper
Amsterdam Gallery Phoebus
-Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam
group exhibition: Daniel Dutrieux, Esther Bruggink, Regula Maria Müller
Eva-Maria Schön, Bernard Villers
- Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst group exhibition "5 Jaar"
-Tekenkabinet#7 Amstelpark, Amsterdam
2018
-B.a.d Lab Test Results #4 Rotterdam
+ Laurien Dumbar , Romee van Oers
-Gallery Phoebus Rotterdam
-Tekenkabinet No.6 Amsterdam
-Het Kunstgemaal Bronkhorst "Twilight F urniture"
Group exhibition
Anya Janssen, Riette Wanders, Robbert Pauwels
curator: Anya Janssen
-OPEN STUDIOS Borgerstraat Rdam
parellel to Art Rotterdam
Guest artist show+ open studios
2017
Arte Concordia: "kunstenaarsvlag "voor in Avenue Concordia en vlaggen parade Boompjes.
currator: Karin Arink
Tekenkabinet(Manja v.d. Storm)
Museum Purmerend, Amstelpark
Hoge School Rotterdam
presentatie Serie Zeefdrukken
bij lancering nieuwe website Hoge School
assignment ESL Erasmus School of Law
Permanent Kunstobject (schilderwerk op glas)
WTC Contemporary Art fair : Gallerie Hommes
Groepstentoonstelling (Astrid de Pauw , Ralf Kokke, Ingrid Hoekstra)
Depot Rotterdam
silkscreen
2016
assignment: Multiple Hoge School Rdam
Serie silkscreen
2015
De Aanschouw Rotterdam
Galerie E.M./Emmy Miltenburg Schiedam
Pictura Dordrecht
Eightfold, internet galerie
Tekenkabinet Kunsthuis Amsterdam, Museum Waterland Purmerend
2014
Tekenkabinet “the Big Draw” Westpoort Amsterdam
Tekensalon museum Waterland Purmerend
2013
Tekenkabinet Kunstsalon Assen
Galerie Hommes Rotterdam
Tekenkabinet Waterland Purmerend
Ostrale Dresden (D)
2012
assignment Muurschildering RIJNSTATE ziekenhuis Arnhem
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Cilo Zutphen
Galerie Hommes Rotterdam
2011
Gallery Bob Smit Rotterdam
CBK Rotterdam
2010
Zwervende tentoonstelling Rotterdam
Foto instituut Rotterdam
Club Donny tijdschrift
2009
Club Donny tijdschrift
2008
CBK Rotterdam
Opdracht voor muurschildering in tehuis palliatieve zorg IJsselmonde (Opening door koningin Beatrix.)