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Bert Van Zelm
Spain
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Artwork details
- Medium : Gouache on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 9.8x10.6in
About this artwork
This is one of my bull sketches. I am fascinated with the tauromaquia. This goes back to the ancient rites and beliefs that the bull was a god, a fearless force to nature. I show, I don't moralise. In modern society we loose all the symbols, I refer to the bull as a symbol of virility, power...
Bert Van Zelm
Spain
Credentials
- Art Fair Participant
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« What makes my paintings typically mine is for others to decide. I just try to make beautiful paintings, whatever that may stand for... »
Bert Van Zelm is a talented Dutch artist who has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Italy, the Netherlands, US and UK. Interested in studying the idea of how paintings lack space and time, he concentrates on pushing colour and clarity to the limit, creating mystery and satisfying his own fixation for shining elements. Van Zelm seeks foremost to surprise himself with what he makes; to surprise others - in his own words - would merely make him a clown.
Bert Van Zelm
bull 22b 004
$1,440
