The 12th Monkey
Pieter Jan Martyn
On Show: January 9 - February 13
For his ninth solo exhibition, painter Pieter Jan Martyn is looking for a way to paint closer to himself. In his previous series he lost himself in research into dark and violent subjects such as De Bende van Nijvel, autopsies, the murder of JFK and de Rote Armee Fraktion. If he had to be able to free himself from all stories and start from his subconscious, what would he paint? He looked for the answer to that question in hypnosis.
This project has grown into a very personal series, in which the artist, within his typical visual language, does an almost obsessive preliminary investigation to find his most essential form of reality. In several hypnosis sessions, Martyn let the hypnotist Patrick Pickart take him to a "zero point" an area in the narrow field of tension between consciousness and subconsciousness.
Until further notice the exhibition opening will be arranged with time slots in accordance with RIVM regulations. More information will follow, keep checking our website.