‘Waiting for the Flowers to Pop’ is an ode to the Belgian spring. Verkaeren appreciates the fact that we can live so closely with the seasons here. Painting in Flanders challenges him to rediscover his balance between figuration and abstraction. In rich, carefully considered color gradations, he painted blossoms of tulip trees, cherry trees, and apple trees. Upon closer inspection, these blossoms are merely well-positioned brushstrokes. This creates the impression that Verkaeren is sculpting his flowers out of the oil paint. He deconstructed and reconstructed the vegetation in such a way that it is no longer about the abstracted subject. Like the artworks of Per Kirkeby and Pierre Soulage, it is the art of painting itself that takes center stage. The exhibition ‘Waiting for the Flowers to Pop’ will be displayed at
@galerielloyd from June 1 until July
14. Verkaeren would like to thank
@gertbuelens for providing his green oasis - Kasteeldomein De Borght, in Mechelen Nekkerspoel - for this painting project.” text
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