Johan Van Dijke
20 May - 22 Jun 2007
JOHAN VAN DIJKE
20.05.07 - 23.06.07
There is no possibility of communicating with the figures depicted in Johan van Dijke ́s paintings. They are physically and materially present, however they are psychologically detached: deep in thought, sleeping, on the phone, watching TV. This dualism (body-mind, life-matter) is ever-present in his work. For him, man is a being who has turned into himself. If, as a human being you cannot escape yourself, then you cannot ever really know someone else. Everything you see is bound up in your self-perception: every image a mirror. All material lives and can take the guise of something threatening or even comforting.
To view more work by Johan van Dijke please visit www.johanvandijke.com.
20.05.07 - 23.06.07
There is no possibility of communicating with the figures depicted in Johan van Dijke ́s paintings. They are physically and materially present, however they are psychologically detached: deep in thought, sleeping, on the phone, watching TV. This dualism (body-mind, life-matter) is ever-present in his work. For him, man is a being who has turned into himself. If, as a human being you cannot escape yourself, then you cannot ever really know someone else. Everything you see is bound up in your self-perception: every image a mirror. All material lives and can take the guise of something threatening or even comforting.
To view more work by Johan van Dijke please visit www.johanvandijke.com.