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DUTCH SELECTED ARTISTS
International Izmir Art Biennial 2013
winner of the bienal izmir special jury award 2011
Nature, a global source of inspiration.
Simon Borst, Dutch Plein Air Painter, nature is my studio. From 1994 I worked spatially, sculpting and modeling in Amsterdam. Since 1997 I focused on drawing and painting. Gradually plein air painting develloped. You can see me as an autodidact in the tradition of the impressionists. I feel good in nature. Elements such as light - structures and spatial objects inspire me. the style is figurative in a light-abstract way. With great courage and sense of craft I try to add something new. I am involved in organising project around the world. Through my art I like to be connected with the world around me.
Simon Borst
Dutch Plein Air Painting
GENERAL INFOSelected durch artists for the second international izmir art biennial 2013.We are individually selected dutch artists.We have decided to publish this brochure.Artists in various disciplines with own funding which speaks for their cultural entrepreneurship.Presenting and networking on an international level by craftmanship eloquence and authenticity.Temporary dutch art of a high level.
Simon BorstBarbara hardmeierSenad Alic
SUPPORTED BY THE TURKISH EMBASSYCULTURAL & TOURISM OFFICE
Staatzerberg impression - Austria
Tullipfield near dunes - Holland
Barbara Hardmeier
Born 1957 in Switzerland,studied audiovisual design and painting at the Gerit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam .She is a martial art teacher and develops art project for different partners. Hardmeier’s work reflect the present, they are time documents and are of a trend setting nature. She uses materials in an unorthodox way, and mixes different styles. The colors she uses are characteristic for her work. Since 2007 her work is showed in different international exhibitions and biennale.
SPIRITUALITY IN ARTWhen I’m painting, I enter a endless space without beginning or end. There are only feelings, colors and brushes. Since Einstein stated; E=mc3, we know that everything is energy, also in Arts.Kandinsky and others, like Beethoven and Ikeda, wrote about that aspect.You can always feel when spirituality is involved in the process of making of art. True art always moves you, makes you feel, and touches your soul and spirit. It gives you inspiration and it makes you feel refreshed. If you have an open mind and spirit, you can receive the deeper meaning and the energy will be transmit-ted to you.
Aqua azurro 2008 90x100 cm oil on canvas A ship to cross the sea of suffering
Senad Alic,
Paintings
Senad Alic, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina 19601980 Master class realistic painting1987 graduated from the University of Nis, Former YugoslaviaSenad Alic has lived in Amsterdam, Netherlands since 1992.
In the past few years Alic created a series of paintings bearing the same title: ‘Trying to fly’. He paintedimages that invite and even force us to read the whole story, to actually live it and tell it to others in our ownwords.
The figures Alic paints become part of a purely artistic search. They almost dissolve into their backgroundsand are defined more abstractly in subdued fields of colour and alternating contours. One feels melancholylooking at them, but the artist’s sense of humour and his optimism are always tangible.The colours are never disagreeable or garish, yet they are not simply pleasant, because the images are stillsomewhat uncomfortable, and despite the down-to-
earth title there’s always an inherent feeling of something threatening. The images seem simple enough, but they are layered stories, portrayed in a subtle artistic language.The Netherlands: Arti et Amicitiae, Diversity-art gallery, Gallerie oost 99, DonkerslootGalerie,Tropenmuseum, Galerie MLBAbroad: International Painting Exhibition (Istanbul), Italy (Reggio Emilia), Former Yugoslavia, Poland,Korea, Belgium and The Florence Biennale (Italy, prize in the category of paintings),Salon van de SocieteNationale des Beaux-Arts-Carrousel de Louvre-Parijs
Plank 50x50 cm, acrylic and crayon on canvas 2013Start signaal 1, 80 x 40, acrylic and crayon on panel 2012