On view February - March 2020
Galerie Laurierstraat 53, Amsterdam (Jordaan), Netherlands
Rene Finders
Paintings
René Finders - Paintings 1990 - 2005
Finding a balance between his own imaginative style, naïveté and surrealism, the work of autodidact painter and writer René Finders is deeply psychological, sexually explicit and most critical to society. Finders is heavily influenced by the impact which Japanese con-centration camps had on his family like on so many others from the Dutch Indonesian Em-pire. This trauma has been silently passed over from generation to generation. From young age on the artist was indignant about any taboos and denial at home and within the society. In his work he explores issues of moral decay and the destruction of the planet and the human species by themselves, pronouncing that the world’s negativity stems from corrupted political views and stereotypical media reporting. The apocalypse is now, warns Finders. Using bright colors and contrasts, comix-like shapes and lines, his artistic expression comes close to a version of Japanese Manga, which in a similar way deals with fears, depression and sexuality issues of the youth.
“Portrait of Her with Boiled Egg”
Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm
€ 900 incl. Vat.
Portrait of Him (Tea), Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm, € 900 incl. Vat.
Spoiled Afternoon (Blue Parrotfish and Moth), Gouache on cardboard, 80 x 110 cm, € 900 incl. Vat.
Portrait of Her with Boiled Egg, Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm, € 900 incl. Vat.
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
Green Exotic Fruit (Portrait of Her)
Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm
€ 900 incl. Vat.
Arbeit macht frei, Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm, € 900 incl. Vat.
Paradise Island (Blue Umbrella and Moth), Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm, € 900 incl. Vat.
The Facade (Black Umbrella and Flies at Night)
Gouache on cardboard, 110 x 80 cm
€ 900 incl. Vat.