Diafano art magazine (august 2020)

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K.36
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

"The soft colors give me a sense of peace "I want my work to be captivating, but not
and tranquility. Working with a palette dominate the spaces they are installed in.
limited to only a few colors (white, black, Complementing what is already there, not
sienna) opened my eyes to how significant challenging it. I feel the neutral/ muted
mixing the paint is in my creative process. colors of my work allows them to live in an
The colors are created for one specific piece, array of different spaces. "
making it “one of a kind” in my series."

K.32
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

K.33
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

K.41
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm
K.59
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

K.55
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

"Inspiration is always around me; the key is
to make a conscious effort to look for it. I
don’t have to hop on an airplane, or scout
distant locations, some of the most
inspiring subject matter is inside my own
home."

She believes that artists have the role of
visually translate feelings across time and
space, while elevating the experience of
our environments.

K.58
Acrylic on canvas
40,6cm x 50,8cm

Stan
Olthuis

@stanolthuis
http://stanolthuis.com

Stan grew up in a rural Dutch community in At OCAD in Toronto he studied with
Alberta, Canada. He first studied in Chicago abstract expressionist painters Tom
under master artist Henk Krijger, a renowned Hodgson, Graham Coughtry, printmaker
open thinking painter, printmaker, sculptor Fred Hagan and conceptual artists Tom
and designer. Dean and Nobuo Kubota among others.

Maybe
House paint and acrylic medium on polystyrene with painted wood frame.
63cm x 76cm x 6,25 cm

Opening
Side view.
Acrylic painted on all sides on baltic birch with rubber.
91cm diameter x 9cm thick

11:11 Stan is also a creative producer of leading-
Interactive wall sculpture with interchangeable parts. edge immersive video mapping experiences
House paint and acrylic medium on wood. such as the internationally acclaimed and
91cm x 31cm transformative UNCEDED: Voices of the
Land exhibition representing Canada with
Indigenous architects at the 2018 Biennale
for Architecture in Venice, Italy.

Stan lived in Mexico from 2015 to 2018
during which time his palette naturally
changed to reflect the brilliant vibrancy he
was surrounded with. Now back in Canada
he continues painting and making objects
with these colours as well as incorporating
upcycled materials such as bicycle inner
tubes.

(Detail) 11:11
Interactive wall sculpture with interchangeable parts.
House paint and acrylic medium on wood.
91cm x 31cm

Stan Olthuis in his studio. Home
Acrylic on wood panel.
101cm x 76cm

"I already knew that I "‘Process’ is my guiding principle. I think about
wanted to be an artist relationships, between humans or objects, with energy,
when I was a child. I gesture and time. I draw, paint and build objects -
even carved it in wet sometimes with upcycled materials. I use my wit and
concrete when I was 9 humour. I have my own story, that I leave incomplete,
years old. The inscription as I work on a piece. I apply paint with metal scrapers -
says: Stanley Olthuis - rarely with brushes anymore – on wood, canvas or
Occupation Artist." paper. I like the unexpected textures, recording the
speed of a gesture. I like contrast. I hope my art causes
"I use baltic birch plywood for my the viewer to pause, feel good… even smile."
panels because it is soundly
constructed. It’s easy and "Yves Klein said: “My artworks are the ashes of my art.”
versatile. I need a surface that can To me that means that the journey of making art is all
withstand harsh application of important – I feel that I should invest concentrated
paint and power tools. I use effort and commit to discovery so as to leave nothing
canvas and paper too but for left to burn. The process rules the outcome. When a
different results." calmness comes over me I know the piece is finished.
Then it’s on to the next one."

Mira Vida Village
nteractive (rolling) sculpture. House Interactive sculpture with 7 pieces of
paint and acrylic medium on wood. varying dimensions painted both sides.
137cm x 81,25cm x 81,25cm House paint and acrylic medium on wood.
290cm 85cm x 2cm

PROXIMITY II "These pieces are the result of my musings
on relationships. Observing and perceiving
SOLO EXHIBITION emotional and physical interactions and
then interpret visually. I focus on the
STAN OLTHUIS AOCA randomness of how space can be shared
to create something new by purposely
NOV 1 – 23, 2019 bringing organic shapes together that
nearly touch, firmly touch or intersect to
"My work has always involved concept, create a reaction. The process has resulted
tactility and expressionistic energy. I in playfulness with colour, shape and
visualize my ‘story’ and imagery motion. In some pieces there is an implied
simultaneously allowing the work to interactivity where the potential exists to
surprise me and come to life as I work change almost infinitesimally. The forms I
through a rapid execution. I am almost work with are mainly intuitive and have
careless in how I use colour or texture so been present throughout all my work both
that I don’t ‘design’ too much. I enjoy facing figurative and abstract. I have realized that
the fear of improvising on-the-fly to keep it an underlying timeless geometry is present
interesting and open up a flow to new but it takes a back seat to expressionistic
iterations. I like to leave the obvious raw gesture."
record of the process visible but I hope a
mystery remains."

The Bigger Picture
Interactive wall sculpture. House paint and acrylic
medium on wood with found picture frame.
61cm x 94cm x 6cm

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The Bigger Picture
Interactive wall sculpture. House paint and acrylic
medium on wood with found picture frame.
61cm x 94cm x 6cm

Passage
Acrylic on wood panel
76cm x 152cm

·"The  underlying concept or theme is that "Art comes from a place
change is the only constant. Cause and effect where words end and
is evident in everything that we do. where feelings live."
Our experiences change due to our thoughts
and actions. Think new thoughts, look at the
world from different points of view. Accept
difference."

In the future, he'd like to continually build on
lessons learned from bouts of exploration and
discovery.

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Looking for Love
Wall sculpture
House paint and acrylic medium on laminate and
wood. Both disks turn independently.
107cm x 127cm x 5cm

She is a painter, illustrator and wall painter
who lives in the capital of Luxembourg.
Colorful, minimalist and contemporary works
characterize her art, where color blocking is
one of the main elements of her work.

Mélanie
Humbert

@mellhambier

Lemon house
Acrylic on paper
60cm x 84cm

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(Detail) Pingpong
Acrylic on paper
60cm x 84cm

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"The current focus is on acrylic painting
on canvas and paper. Familiar,
ubiquitous forms are created in a new
and abstract perspective by a soft, gentle
and at the same time weird style, which
appears fresh and cheerful due to the
color blocking".

(Detail) Talking clouds
Acrylic on paper
30cm x 42cm

About the
collection

By Mélanie Humbert

The current collection is called Summ’Summ,
it represents Summer Vibes. Colors and Color
Blocking. Have a Vacation on the Wall.

There is no rule in combining colors, but I like
to surprise with different color concepts. It
makes so much fun to choose the different
colors and to mix them together. For me, It
also plays a high role, which color is the dom
in ant one

(Detail) Let me in
Acrylic on paper
60cm x 84cm

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The different colors play an important role Melanie's inspiration is fed by everyday life,
in the works of art; They make it possible to social exchange, music, botany and the
create a different atmosphere and to randomness of colors and shapes in her
spread warmth, freshness and optimism. environment.

"The works trigger a lightness without rules "Randomness actually makes it possible to
in color and shape." see different things in a new way and to
reinterpret them through personal
"Joy and good vibrations should spread". creativity by creating art".

Rise up
Acrylic on paper
60cm x 84cm

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Ananas wave
Acrylic on paper
60cm x 84cm

Untitled
Spray painting on mural
7m x 2m

Wall art is a great way to share art, creativity
and joy in a society. Street art has become a
major development, apart from classic
graffiti and outdoor art. It gets bolder and
fresher.

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(Detail) Sneaky palm
Acrylic on paper
Size



Marko
Tušek

@markotusek014

In his childhood years he developed alongside
his father (the painter too) a great fondness for
colour and drawing. It was thus quite early in
his life that he acquainted himself with the
laws governing the graphic realm - especially
as regards the composition, the colour and the
conceptualisation of space. Since then, he has
been looking for his expression in the field of
the visual.

Sending an evening prayer to Spika,
wood, canvas, sand, paper, acrylic ..., 177 x 277 x 17 cm

Thoughts & excerpts

by Marko Tušek

Blue ... Basement. Squatting on the floor, I am Kalamaki...the wild shores, dunes, waves and
piecing together forgotten fragments onto the tufts of grass. A sandstorm. Nature. At a first
canvas. I cut out an opening to provide the nas- glance, it is chaos, but actually everything is in
cent image with a modicum of space. I am gluing perfect order. Many times have I stood, stupefied,
and coating it with paper. Then I am slowly add- upon a wild shore or hitherto untouched pebbly
ing colour to the glue and the tiny detritus. First ground, washed up here by the river in a recent
the dark and the grey that connect the relief into a flood... The first impression is that of a bomb hav-
cohesive body. Layer after layer, the colours and ing just exploded, everything vehemently scat-
fragments interweave. In some places, the body tered... but when you look more closely, every sin-
of the painting is becoming homogenous, in oth- gle grain is in its place. The pebbles and the piled
ers - due to the number of layers - riddled with tiny up branches bespeak the nature of what had just
holes and other quite extraordinary spaces. I am occurred. So what is the powerful attraction? Per-
now applying blue. First layer, then the second... haps it is a sort of liberation inherent in this nature
The beforehand obvious concreteness is being - a meaning, a vastness and a complexity. This is
somehow negated by the blue, as if everything what man has lost when he built his civilisation
is levitating within a new space while in the very and retreated into it ...
middle, there yawns a sudden depth. It is inviting,
not unlike a broad landscape. But it is no longer Vision,
the depth of the horizon, it is rather my own space wood, canvas, sand, paper, acrylic ..., 54 x 115 x 11 cm
- a space I have yet to enter. I believe this is where
I’m headed ...





Spaceship dream,
wood, canvas, sand, paper, acrylic ..., 117 x 142 x 25 cm

on left page:
E.R. (Edvard Rusjan),
wood, canvas, sand, paper, acrylic ..., 102 x 102 x 15,5 cm

Mysterious second world

Since ancient times, people have been handling contact with something much broader and deep-
materials and thinking synchronously. After years er and draw from there. It’s something like an an-
of creating ‘art’, I believe that the handling with ma- cient skill - forgoten now days. The images that
terials creates the best conditions for the in-depth are created this way are often completely strange
development of human thought and perception of - incomprehensible to me, but they are new, inter-
the world. The process of working with materials, esting, and above all, they reveal complexity and
... feel, think, ... sharpen sensitivity for colour, light, simplicity at the same time. They have a lot of un-
construction, for materials, composition, com- derstructure. ... Working process - creating artwork
plexity ... increases the flow of the cognitive pro- is like a kind of accelerator of personal cognitive
cess and leads to new, more advanced insights. processes. This cognitive process is essential for
In working process I always try not to involve too me ... it makes my life full and gives it sense. An ar-
much thinking (intellectual - ‘racio’ thinking), but tefact called ‘painting’ could be said to be a kind of
leave whole of my body to just fill, ... to ‘think’, ... by-product of this process, but steel very precious
to act. for me. When I look at my finished painting on the
wall - even after few years sometimes, its incom-
Yes I study a lot, read, research, observe art prob- prehensible sides are eventually slowly revealed to
lems, society, environment, nature ...; but before me, and at the same time it is like a shortcut - like
and after work. I start work with specific idea, a door to that ‘mysterious second world’, where I
problem or a vision, but during this act of creation can quickly continue my journey of exploring the
I try to put it aside and let it go. Try to leave my unknown.
hands alone to do, not ‘from the head’, but what
the whole body want to express. I try to open up
all the resources and let it flow, allow the whole
body to express itself - myself. Allow it to come in

on left page:
Catching an insight,
wood, canvas, paper, polyurethane, acrylic, steel ...,
56 x 144 x 15 cm

Out of town,
wood, canvas, paper, acrylic, steel , plexi glass...,
78 x 100 x 17 cm

The dark path ,
wood, canvas, polyurethane, sand, paper, acrylic ... , 79 x 115 x 14 cm

On this and the previous page below:
miniatures, made of wood, cardboard,
canvas, paper, acrylic ...

www.marko-tusek.eu

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