Martijn Schuppers

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The paintings ofMartijn Schuppers (°NL, 1967) redefine the concept of monochrome painting and open up new horizons in the processes of modern painting. In the specific field of process painting, he adds a new impetus through his characteristic and considered way of painting. His paintings appeal to a broad audience and encourage the discourse on the fundamental aspects of painting, exceeding the pure aesthetic experience. The suggestion of depth and the illusion of photography activate a discussion on perception as such.

"Take a photograph of a jungle, looking like a moonscape. Subtract everything that, say, The National Geographic would put in the image. Then, take out all elements that represent anything. Then - why not, since we are engaged in elimination - take out photography itself. What remains is what exceeds narrative as it has been dominated by realism, the one-to-one relationship between eye or camera and object where the viewer believes that this relationship is referential. What exceeds all those things and what 'ruins legibility' so radically is what you get when you look at Martijn Schuppers' paintings"

Prof. Mieke Bal