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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT

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Wednesday, 28 November 2018 to Saturday, 12 January 2019
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Wednesday, 28 November 2018 - 6:30pm to 10:30pm

Public Gallery is proud to present Dutch artist Jordy van den Nieuwendijk’s first ever UK solo exhibition THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT. The gallery space will be transformed by a series of farm themed paintings created exclusively for the show, as well as some obligatory hay bales. All are painted in Van Den Nieuwendijk' by-now-familiar style, in which no line too many is used to depict the subjects, allowing the artist to portray their bare essence.

The works invite you to imagine yourself outside in the barnyard, on the farmland. They are shy of animals or human figures. No one is ploughing the fields, scattering seeds or preparing the soil for planting. Perhaps this suggests that the viewer takes on the role of the farmer being asked to observe, enjoy and wander without getting dirty and tired from their labours. In this continuation of his minimal figurative vocabulary Van Den Nieuwendijk engages the agricultural setting in a unique way encouraging the viewer to focus on the often overlooked; from farm buildings to garden tools, as well as revisiting subjects like a cactus, a bell pepper, plants and flowers.

The subjects are all located in the centre and the foreground arranged as if on a stage. Little exists around them besides highs skies, and low floors with dark shadows hinting at bright light sources. Highlighting various vanishing points on the horizon that are different in height, allows the artist to play with perspective and point of view. The subjects often intentionally lack colour having a negative space leaving it up to the viewers imagination. 

A boundary between the abstract and the figurative is not drawn. As long as Van den Nieuwendijk does not choose a side, he retains space for experimentation and can freely play with these shadows, horizons and negative spaces. THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT epitomises Van den Nieuwendijk's colourfield painting approach as well as the colorful optimism that characterizes all of his work, shining a new light on natural elements and man-made objects that we often take for granted.
 

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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk (b.1985) graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and lives and works in The Netherlands. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: Gallery De Voorkamer, Amsterdam, NL. Gallery Ninasagt, Düsseldorf, GE. Museum Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL. Gallery Moiety, New York, US.

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0208 088 2443
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17 AMHURST TERRACE

LONDON

E8 2BT

Public Gallery , London

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