portrait 03 – marjolein landman
enchanted by the metropolis

Wandering through urban landscapes, from New York to Tokyo, from Hong Kong to Tilburg, Marjolein Landman searches for the beauty of decay and destruction. Bright colours, the sparkles that reflect or the darkness of oil and tar residues. Moreover, she is fascinated by the dynamic spaces between the buildings that rise, where human life manifests itself in many ways.

Dwalend door stedelijke landschappen, van New York tot Tokio, van Hongkong tot Tilburg, speurt Marjolein Landman naar de schoonheid van verval en destructie. Felle kleuren, de schitteringen die weerspiegelen of de duisternis van olie- en teerresten. Daarenboven wordt ze gefascineerd door de dynamische ruimten tussen de bouwwerken die oprijzen, waar het menselijke leven zich op vele manieren manifesteert.

“enchanted by the metropolis”

betoverd door de metropool

starring artist portrait 03:

marjolein landman

text notes:

tilburg *)
dutch modern creative (university) city of 220,000 inhabitants in the heart of the province
of north brabant. 9,000-year-old traces of tilburg have been found. the city flourished as a
result of the emerging textile industry from the end of the 19th century.

tilburg art academy *)
the academy of fine arts and architecture is established in 1920.
nowadays, theatre, dance and music and related are also part of the
fontys school of fine and performing arts.

piet dieleman *)
dutch sculptor, painter, draftsman and photographer

hans de wit *)
dutch visual artist – draftsman

elisabeth de vaal *)
dutch visual artist – painter

the unique building of the art academy at professor cobbenhagenlaan tilburg *)
built in 1972 architect hugh maaskant in 2003 it acquired the status of municipal monument
hugh maaskant also designed the the administrative high-rise building for the provincial
government north brabant in den bosch (1971)

colours *)
chrome oxit green
dead head purple
metallic

credits

luycks gallery
happy cloud 2017

jacques palinckx
dutch composer – gitarist
happy cloud – imprositions & suspicion 2017

pictures

new york, tokio, hong kong, tilburg
marjolein landman

litho xxl
beeldenstorm / daglicht (iconoclasm / daylight) eindhoven

dutch lithography museum valkenswaard

supported by:

nbks – new brabant art foundation, breda
municipality of tilburg
province of north brabant

thanks to

guest studio tacheles berlin
ruimte x (space x ) tilburg
dutch cacao factory helmond
de verschijning (the apparition) tilburg