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Corne_Akkers
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ArtistCorné Akkers
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Dimensions21 x 29.7 x 0.1cm
The Love for Atmospheric Depth This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Venus of The Hague – 23-05-20 (Sold)’ is the first variation after the intitial one. First...
The Love for Atmospheric Depth This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Venus of The Hague – 23-05-20 (Sold)’ is the first variation after the intitial one. First I went further in abstracting body shapes after my roundism style. Still referring to the play of light and dark in the original though. After all I am and always will be a sucker for atmospheric depth caused by that play. Even though I like artists like Matisse but not for their rejection of the suggestion of 3 dimensionality. Somehow I don’t find it very amusing to underlign the limitation of 2 dimensionality too much. Isn’t that where art resides? To exploit that limitation to the max and suggest more than it factually is? Connection to Previous Works Right from the start it was my goal to try to connect to previous works. In these I experimented with conical shapes and get the best of both abstract and figurative worlds. In my view abstraction and realism are two sides of the same coin. Why not try to fool the