Tussen Plooien van Tijd


Tussen Plooien van Tijd (2004) by Jeanne Opgenhaffen

About the artwork

The combination of porcelain and sunlight is a happy combination, thanks to the large number of reflecting surfaces.

Within the boundaries of a square, a landscape is suggested with simple elements, which largely determine the rhythm of the composition. The porcelain sheets are like layers over each other, colliding against each other, standing upright or sliding apart. Light and shade generate their own vibrating effect. The superposition of several thin layers of color creates a surprising color depth and invites you to look and keep looking.

"Built in an architectural way, through surface distribution and movement, light and dark, around a central bulge where the shadow is as important as the full light." (Frans Boenders 1994)

About the artist

image Jeanne Opgenhaffen, Lives and works in Kruibeke, Belgium - www.opgenhaffen.com

Education:
Ceramics, Royal Academy of Fine Arts and National Higher Institute, Antwerp, Belgium

"The unimaginable stratigraphy of the material on which we walk and work left an indelible mark on her mind. It resulted in panels that tried to capture the movement of the earth in an aesthetic way. Her material became porcelain, the dream of every ceramist . It is this ultimate material, a soft, porous fine earth, almost noble clay white in color, that may take shape in the hands of a creative mind. " (Johan Valcke 1993)

"Architecturally built by means of surface division and movement, light and dark, around a central bulge where the shadow is as important as the full light." (Frans Boenders 1994)

"Her entire oeuvre shows a surprising poetry that is accompanied by a discreet ingenuity and a refined meticulousness. She suggests compassion based on a reasoned and well-measured order." (Hugo Brutin 1999)

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