Berend HOEKSTRA

Berend Hoesktra (1958)

Born in 1958 in Roosendaal (Holland), Berend Hoekstra now lives between Holland and Belgium.

He does not count himself at all in the Dutch tradition of Rembrandt or Mondrians. His painting is rather reminiscent of the Tintoretto or Veronese with its easy and volatile brush line.

His works are not traditional: they seem to be still in the making, open and unfinished, yet full of power and vitality. Enriched with motifs from the oceanic culture of Polynesia, the visual language oscillates between image and alienation.

His work is a form of resistance of the imaginary against a world where it can neither, nor wants to find itself; an imaginary path through the real world.

Berend Hoekstra metamorphoses visual impressions into powerful images.

SELECTED WORK

The Faint

175 x 225 cm

Oil on canvas

1991-1992

Vallende

175 x 225 cm

Acrylic on canvas

2000-2002

Not anymore available

Ogen

200 x 160 cm

Oil on canvas

1989

Not anymore available

Untitled

170 x 130 cm

Acrylic on canvas

2000 - 2002

Sans titre

190 x 160 cm

Oil on canvas

2001 - 2002

Not anymore available

Incubo

80 x 60 cm

Acrylic on canvas

2012

Not anymore available

Sans titre

170 x 130 cm

Oil on canvas

1999-2000

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