Schaamte en andere ongemakken - Anne van de Pals, Astrid Oudheusen en Pieter Kusters

Shame

The group exhibition Shame in WG Kunst features installations, paintings, drawings and spatial work by Anne van de Pals, Astrid Oudheusden and Pieter Kusters.

After years of informal care , Anne van de Pals returns with new works. She says: “I scratch, peel and massage, I cut and root and try to achieve new reinterpretation and construction, transformations through a process of destruction. In this way I leave a cut-up line 'pop' on an otherwise empty wall. Likewise, I pinned a small remnant of hair into a captured square and scratched holes in the paper and from the inside of her organic growth emerged, formed from a combination of tobacco and rubber.

The portraits, stripped of their drawn lines, are still very fresh and search for space by tearing apart, always searching to come to life.”

Astrid Oudheusden

The portraits of Astrid Oudheusden (MugShots series) are based on police photos that can be found on the internet. These people were not convicted, but arrested by the police. A judge and jury will later determine whether they are guilty. It's an awkward moment. There is more that can remain a private matter. Oudheusden scans the faces in search of abstractions, landscapes and humanity. Her portraits are not classical works where resemblance is paramount. She is looking for a marriage between inside and outside. This creates completely fantasized figures that can evoke all kinds of feelings in the viewer.

Pieter Kusters paints, makes watercolors, spatial work and combinations thereof. He himself wanders around in his curious, light-hearted work. In this exhibition about Gene, he shows, among other things, a large painting in which he depicts a personal experience. He, at about the age of 10, carries the SACRED HEART of Jesus during the annual procession in Boxmeer, his birthplace in Brabant. Reluctantly and shamefully, forced by the Catholic environment, he carries that heavy heart through the flower-petaled streets of girls. streets of that town.

Exhibition period May 31 to June 16, 2024

Opening hours Tuesday to Sunday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM