Steven Aalders, Spectrum: 12 May – 16 June 2012

The laws of the colors are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.
— citation from letter 450 by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, June 1884

Slewe Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Spectrum by Steven Aalders (*1959, NL) from May 12 to June 16, 2012. It will comprise new series of paintings with the spectrum as subject. One is a six-panelled work of which each panel is painted in one of the six colors of the spectrum and serves as a background for another spectral range of 12 colors. In relation to their background these colors change in perception according to the principles of interaction of colors. As a motto for this exhibition Aalders chose the above mentioned fragment from a letter of Van Gogh, in which Vincent evokes his belief in a scientific approach of painting …

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Jerry Zeniuk: 31 March – 5 May 2012

Slewe Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition with new paintings by Jerry Zeniuk (*1945, US) on Saturday March 31. The exhibition has been installed by Rudi Fuchs and will last until May 5, 2012.

Color is essential in the painting of Jerry Zeniuk. According to Zeniuk colors are not only carriers of emotion, but their interaction reflects social and human relationships in general as well. His recent canvases use different colored circles or dots or forms to create color interactions that create a specific pictorial space. They float on a whitish colored or raw canvas, but suggest space that is occupied with a retain light. The edges of these dots are in some cases sharp, in other vague and atmospheric. They are brought into a harmonious equilibrium and have a strong spatial effect. 'Beauty', philosophically and visually, is the ultimate goal in the paintings …

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