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Dutch painter Ronald de Bloeme composes works which might confuse, or even trap the beholder. He places the observation of reality at the center of his work.
Taking pictograms from well known brands or the design from packaging, video games or websites, he studies the forceful images from visual communication and reinterprets them into richly coloured paintings. The strict, constructive organisation of staggered color bars is halted by traces of irregular, gestural brushstrokes.
In the 9 selected works on view « Kurzstrecke 01-09 » (2017) de Bloeme took the graphic colour chart from the last …