Art Of The Day Weekly
#389 - from 21 May 2015 to 27 May 2015
Job Koelewijn, Relief 6 jan 2012 – 27 nov 2014, books and tapes. Courtesy of the artist.
Van Gogh to the last note
AMSTERDAM – For some, Van Gogh was as much a powerful writer as he was a revolutionary painter. The collection of the 800 letters he exchanged with his brother Theo has legitimately inspired curator and artist Henk Schut, who submitted a selection of 23 to contemporary creators for them to draw inspiration from them as well. The usual participants to large international events are included, such as Anish Kapoor or Jan Fabre. But we also see writer Nicole Krauss, who was greatly moved by the artist’s anguish when facing the white canvas. One hundred and twenty five years after his demise, Van Gogh’s traits of character, his fears and his passions are seen under the light of artists who never met him: his solitude (Alicia Framis), his appetite for literature (Job Koelewijn), his taste for complementary colors (Viviane Sassen) or his love for the moon (Simon van Til). After all, was he not a lunatic?
• When I give, I give myself at the Van Gogh Museum, from 20 May 2015 to 17 January 2016.