Jean Luc Moerman (1967)
Exposities (
komt/future 
nu/now 
voorbij/past)
| Jean-Luc Moerman Galerie Artspace Witzenhausen - Amsterdam 8/10/2005 - 29/10/2005 |
Over de kunstenaar
‘Energy translated into paint, taking possession of the world with its flowing lines and colours’. This is how Belgian painter Jean-Luc Moerman’s art might be described. His seductive shapes move freely like viruses and amoebea across walls and ceilings, ignoring the borders between the two.
These shapes are autonomous, not meant to represent or be anything. This makes them unique. Line and colour come together naturally, not only taking over the space but creating new spaces as well. These are places of abundant colour. The lines explode in a riot of colour, then come to rest in a variety of shapes, free from any imposed figuration or geometric principle. The work has a pleasant feeling of boundlessness, like the universe itself.
Moerman doesn’t confine himself to interior spaces: the streets belong to his territory as well.
His lines, colours and tags on stickers ‘adhere‘ to the city, making it their own. This is how the artist becomes part of the world. ‘Speed’ is the name of the game in this kind of contemporary painting. Painting in oils, with its endlessly slow process of having to wait for one layer to dry before putting on the next, is not for him. To Moerman, paint expresses the rapid pace of life and the artist’s desire to cover surfaces with the fruits of his imagination and energy. Stickers are, of course, just such a medium: they can be torn from the wall by a passer by and stuck on somewhere else, expanding the original action of the artist and spreading his energy even further. His interest in interaction is also apparent from his regular collaboration with other artists. Moerman insists that his work on the city streets doesn’t make him a graffiti artist, although he feels a great affinity with hip hop, rock and skaters.
At the base of the extraverted and exuberant size and shape of his work lies an unexpectedly
meticulous and concentrated work process. Every shape is worked out on A5 paper first , then
painted in the desired size. Remarkably, the work doesn’t show any trace of the careful
preparation that went before. It looks effortless, a spontaneous gesture in paint transferred to a
wall. This is part of its mystery and power.
Jean-Luc Moermans (1967) lives and works in Brussels
De volgende instellingen bieden regelmatig werk aan:
Galerie Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam
Musée d'Art Moderne Mudam, Luxembourg
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I watched a bit of this exhibition being painted this afternoon.
The opening is Saturday 5 to 7pm
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