Enfant Terrible web gallery
Welcome to the Enfant Terrible web gallery. Here I will present the work of visual artists and graphic designers I think are interesting and relevant. The focus is on contemporary artists and designers who's work can be seen in the tradition of modernism, abstract expressionism and postmodernism. By doing this I do not reject tradition... instead I showcase, cherish and continue a tradition in modern art that I think is (still) essential to understand the world around us. Next to that there is of course the strong link with the music I put out on Enfant Terrible. The music and art world have been split up for the most part in the field I am active in... which was not always the case. The aim is to bring these together again into one world of artistic creativity.
The artists I showcase here have a link with the Enfant Terrible activities, or at least the aim is to get them involved in my other fields of action. I hope you will be as much inspired by these artists here as I am...
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Archive: see here for Kelly Correll Brown - Something old and something new...
NEW: 28-12-2011
Bert Scholten - VAL
Bert Scholten - Poster art / Fine arts
Bert
Scholten was born in 1988 at Assen in The Netherlands. He went to study
graphic
design as it was the only thing he did not ‘not
like’. After
one week it was clear he loved it.
He
liked the
silk screened posters of Vera, a venue in Groningen The Netherlands, a
lot. In
2008 he was able to make posters himself. His work was greatly
influenced by this
poster art. Also in 2008 he started to study illustration but switched
to fine
arts soon.
VAL is a piece of internet art by Bert Scholten. It brings together different aspects of his work.
Bert
Scholten shows human figures and shapes one can identify with. Human
behavior is the central
issue in all his work and he is inspired by experiences from everyday
life: uncomfortable
first meetings, beautiful naivety, unpleasant moments or a childish
look upon
the world.
Figures
and shapes are being formed out
of crude
ink lines in a spontaneous way and on intuition. These are only styled
to get pure
and honest shapes. They speak to the beholder through the way they
appear. These
drawings are a tribute to the (small)
evil in humans.
Inspiration
he draws from Lowbrow and Outsider Art without belonging to these
specific
worlds. But his works is related to that and is in the best DIY tradition. Also the
combination with music
is an important aspect. He is part of the band Earth Control. Both in his visual art as in
his music Absurdism
and Existentialism are very clear influences.
Next
to
that his works relates to the tradition of poster art. Especially in
this it is
evident how applied art like graphic design and autonomous art can have
overlap.
Like in this work of Bert Scholten.
Click on the picture below to get a new frame with VAL... and click on the drawings to go through the complete piece of work...
