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- Artist: Harrie Gerritz (1940-)
- Title: Church in a landscape
- Year: 1994
- Technique: color screen printing
- Edition: 35/40
- Dimensions (framed): 31 x 39.5 cm (WxH)
- Dimensions (image): 16 x 20 cm (WxH)
- Signature: Hand-signed
- Condition: very good condition
Harrie Gerritz (1940) calls himself a landscape painter, but it would be hard to find a landscape like the one he paints. His interest lies in 'signs', in concepts, in forms that do not occur in nature – the square, for example. The artist 'creates' the square by making a connection between horizontal and vertical lines, such as a horizon and a church tower, or a river and trees. And he concerns himself with the 'constructed landscape', to which man has added geometric forms: the block shapes of a house, a paving stone, a church tower, or a fence.
Over the years, his work has become increasingly abstract. The palette is of great importance. From the very beginning, Harrie has worked with the colors he knew from the printing world: yellow, blue, red, and black. He is still very comfortable with them; it suits his tendency towards reduction.
"Being an artist means being occupied with your work from morning till night, from spring till winter, as the driving force of existence. I don't wait for inspiration. I wake up and think: I want to experience something today! Make a good painting, for example," says Harrie Gerritz.
His work has been exhibited in numerous leading museums: we mention only the Museum Boymans van Beuningen, the Cobra Museum, and the Singer Museum. He is also known beyond national borders: for example, he has exhibited internationally in cities such as Hamburg, New York, Moscow, and Seoul.
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