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Daan Roukens
Netherlands
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289 pieces
Artist highlights
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Oil on Linen
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 27.6x19.7in
About this artwork
With Checkmate, Roukens continues his search into the experience of the ‘in-between’. A visual research between high and low contrast, circle and square and between hand-painted surfaces versus those with tape. A new addition to Roukens' toolkit to break through existing patterns, is his so-called 'painting-further'. In Checkmate, he refers to the unpredictability and the finality of the painting process. Getting to a point where you can't continue,…
even if that's your intention.
Daan Roukens paints the doubt and aims to make this conflict visible and perceptible by means of patterns, color and abstraction. He searches for that intermediate experience in the contradiction. Where it agitates, but is also balanced. He sees his artworks as a translation of his controlled chaos that reflect everyday dilemmas. Since Covid-19, his biographical work forms an even greater proverbial mirror for the viewer. In which the social debate between opposites is larger than ever.
Daan Roukens paints the doubt and aims to make this conflict visible and perceptible by means of patterns, color and abstraction. He searches for that intermediate experience in the contradiction. Where it agitates, but is also balanced. He sees his artworks as a translation of his controlled chaos that reflect everyday dilemmas. Since Covid-19, his biographical work forms an even greater proverbial mirror for the viewer. In which the social debate between opposites is larger than ever.
Daan Roukens
Netherlands
Credentials
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
« My abstract self-portraits are a translation of my controlled chaos that reflects everyday dilemmas. Searching for an in-between experience to broaden my perspective and that of the viewer. »
Daan Roukens is an artist based in the Netherlands whose paintings have been widely exhibited nationally. In addition, his art has been featured in publications such as Design Scene, Culturele Agenda, Vice, etc. Roukens's vivid abstract self-portraits portray his inner world, as well as his reflections on daily life. He primarily creates with acrylics and oils on linen.
