Those who walked into the Drents Museum today could just be portrayed by artist Sam Drukker. He kicked the exhibition with spontaneous portrait sessions Gen F – 75 years Figurative art off.
In total, around 140 paintings from a period of more than 75 years are shown during the exhibition, which should be a journey through three -quarters of a century of figurative art. “We wanted to offer this art from our own collection our main stage for a long time, so it was high time,” says curator Annemiek Rens. “We have the choice of about five thousand works from our own collection. It was not easy, we can easily make part two in the future.”
Figuration art is, very flattened, ‘art on which you can recognize what something is’. “It is actually very accessible,” explains Sam printer. “But it goes much further than just showing what something is. You are going to play with it and approach reality even better. When you see that, it’s a party for the eyes.”
To make art more interactive, the Drents Museum has set up a studio where visitors can get started. “Art is not only something that hangs on the wall,” says Rens. “That is why we want visitors to work on it themselves. Then you also get conversations about the art.”
In that light, it is not strange that the Drents Museum invites artists such as printer to come and make ‘live’ art. Drukker chooses his models on this Sunday and also drops his eye on curator Rens. “I didn’t let that be denied,” laughs Rens. “It is very special to be portrayed by such a great artist.”
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