The definition of a system | hard truths
Larkin Durey | London | UK
19 MAY – 2 JUNE 2017
Jack Bell Gallery presented another solo exhibition of paintings by contemporary artist Raquel van Haver. In her third show with the gallery, the artist presents two new mural scale paintings along with a smaller still life. She works on burlap, often combining oil paint, charcoal, resin, hair, paper, tar and ash in heavily textured compositions.
Van Haver is interested in race and identity, drawing from African, Western, Caribbean and Latin American cultures within her community in the South-East of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her painting is raw and masculine, at times monumental and energetic, at others dark and ominous. This new series continues to deal with social hierarchies and negotiations between ‘self’ and ‘other’. Van Haver’s brutal visual language confronts contemporary society and the difficult relationships between authority and marginalised neighbourhoods.
In her new series Definition of a system, van Haver investigates the clashes between generations. The three paintings display iconoclasm. Questioning the movements of todays society and the changes we undergo. Trying to find answers to the definition of a system.
For more information please click on the link below | https://www.larkindurey.com/exhibitions/71-raquel-van-haver-hard-truths/
