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  • Description
  • Jan Bollaert (1958)
Type of artwork Sculpture / Object
Year 1999
Technique Mixed media
Style Modern
Subject Historic
Dimensions 109 x 70 x 8.5 cm (h x w x d)
Weight 13000 grams
Signed Hand signed
Edition 1
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Jan Bollaert (Antwerpen 1958) volgde twee teken- en beeldhouwcursussen aan de Kunstacademie van Mortsel en volgde vervolgens van 1985 tot 1989 een opleiding grafisch ontwerp en illustratie aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen.

Hij woont en werkt in Antwerpen.

Het werk van Jan Bollaert behoort tot de neopop, een kunststroming die is beïnvloed door popart. Bollaert geeft een haarscherpe uitbeelding van conventies, burgerlijkheid en clichés, aan de hand van foto’s van filmsterren waarmee hij tegelijkertijd ook een romantisch en hoopvol tintje aan zijn werk geeft. Bollaert hanteert een oude druktechniek van tijdschriften: de voorstelling wordt zwart-wit opgezet en vervolgens met verschillende verflagen ingekleurd. Dit geeft het werk het realisme dat de toeschouwer meevoert in de schijnwereld die wordt afgebeeld.

Het werk van Jan Bollaert is meerdere malen geëxposeerd in Nederland, België, Frankrijk en de Verenigde Staten.

Jan Bollaert: “I'm going to keep this as brief as possible.

Born in 1958, living in Antwerp, Belgium

Started drawing at the age of 10.

Started painting intensely at the age of 30.

Became a fulltime professional painter in 1994.

Before that I was an accountant (briefly) and a graphic designer.

I studied economics, drawing and illustration & graphic design.

I painted in acrylics until the beginning of this millenium,

but because I felt this gave me too much limitations, I switched over to oil paints.

I was and am also very interested in sculpture in the broadest sense possible.

This led me to ceramics.

Oh, and for those who care, my works have been shown in New York, Miami, Seattle, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, Antwerp and a whole bunch of less known places.

Every artwork shown on this site is made after 2000.

What I've made until then is sold.”

Jan Bollaert omschrijft zijn werk als volgt: "Primair is de sfeer die het werk uitstraalt. Er liggen geen rationele of conceptuele overpeinzingen aan ten grondslag. Alle associaties zijn louter intuïtief en elke mogelijke symboliek die het werk bevat is niet-incidenteel". De kunstenaar plaatst zijn werk binnen de neo-pop (pop art) stijlrichting.

Meer dan ooit komen de schilderijen van Jan Bollaert voort uit wat hij zelf beschrijft als 'nostalgie naar een ingebeeld verleden.' In zijn zorgvuldig geconstrueerde voorstellingen gaat hij uit van filmbeelden en setfoto's van meer dan een halve eeuw geleden. Met haarscherpe precisie verbeeldt hij een fantasiewereld, opgebouwd uit hartstochtelijke clichés die hij tot surrealistische proporties uitvergroot en tegelijk relativiteert. 'Ik ben nog altijd een hopeloze romanticus, met al zijn voor- en nadelen,' geeft Jan Bollaert toe. In zijn werkwijze imiteert hij de drukprocédés van ouderwetse tijdschriften door de voorstelling in zwartwit op te zetten en daarna met transparante verflagen in te kleuren. Het geeft zijn schilderijen een onovertroffen indruk van 'echtheid', die de kijker meelokt naar Bollaerts uitnodigende schijnwereld waar clichés een nieuw leven wordt ingeblazen en dromen in vervulling gaan – al is het maar voor even.

About Jan Bollaert (source: Saatchi Art Gallery London)

Born in Antwerp/Belgium in 1958. I've been a fulltime painter for over 20 years now, before that I drew and painted as much as I could in my spare time since I was 12 years old. Always dreamed of doing this fulltime, never thought it would be possible, now hundreds of paintings later I'm still going strong and getting better every day. In general, my goal is to combine the artistic craftsmanship of classical painting with the limitless possibilities of imagination in contemporary art.

I strive to make a well-made aesthetic work of art by maintaining quality and using any technique that’s available to me. If I have anything to convey at all in my work the very least I can do is to paint it well. With this being said, and since the majority of the art world wants to categorise every artist, Neo-Popart is as close as I can come to defining my style. It is not a retro-style. I’m not endeavouring to revive the sixties or copy any of the great giants of Popart. No, I want to make contemporary, post-conceptual art.

There is enough pretentious, cerebral, coolly calculated, analytical and de-constructive art out there already. My intent is to bring back the emotions in art, even the most simple and sentimental ones. I don’t shy away from incorporating kitschy elements in order to make a point - love the idea of camp even if its tongue in cheek occasionally. I want to bring about emotions but not in an abstract way. All my work is 100% figurative. I’m not directly expressing my emotions on the canvas. I’m trying to create something that will evoke an emotion or response from the viewer. Those are two totally different concepts. I do not consider my art as personal therapy a medium to exorcise the demons in my head.

My desire is to provoke positive emotions in the viewer by combining different elements, which aren’t necessarily related to each other in a rational manner. Combining the elements together should make one, hopefully intriguing, new image.

Also I’m not trying to tell a story through my work. My art isn’t narrative – it’s not prosaic, but perhaps more poetic. I attempt to provide the viewer with enough interesting elements to make up his own mind if they so choose. This is not to say that my paintings are void of my own personal emotions or ideas. Far from it, but that is not the point; my ideas and emotions are incorporated within a work whether consciously or not.

However, the viewer’s interpretation of the work is as valid as mine. I merely put it out there and hope it touches someone, without having to explain it. There is only one way to see what I want to create and/or impart and that is to look at the paintings. If they don’t touch the observer in some way then I have failed. It is not my intent to tell the observer what to feel. I don’t want to persuade the viewer in some specific direction. I simply want to touch their heart and possibly stimulate their mind anyway I am able.

Bronnen:

https://www.janbollaert.com/

https://www.kunst.nl/Items/nl-NL/Kunstenaars/Biografie/Jan-Bollaert

https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1552

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ConditionVery good
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