By van Hanegem | Doodlemath

"In my more recent works," writes Ab van Hanegem, "the spatiality is no longer clearly oriented towards the traditional perspective, i.e. horizon and vanishing point, but I use the isometric perspective much more. The dimensions in my work are difficult to identify. I focus on spatiality inspired by phenomena of topology, a branch of mathematics. My most recent works are mainly expressionist, with the material playing a greater role in the process of creation, but at the same time they are also architecturally constructed. For me these 'impossible structures' represent special fields, one could call them 'thinking spaces'. Fields that you can wander through endlessly, not only with your eyes but also mentally.”

Dutch artist Ab van Hanegem (born 1960) studied at Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten St. Joost (Breda, NL) and at Rijksacademie (Amsterdam, NL). He lives and works in Vlissingen and Berlin. Ab van Hanegem was awarded the Stiftung Vordemberge-Gildewart stipend and the Charlotte Köhler award. In 2021 he received the Mondriaan Fund grant and in 2022 he was nominated for the Kunstpreis of Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin).

His works have been shown in numerous institutions and galleries internationally (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL; Drawing Center New York, US; Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL; Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL; Museum De Beijerd, Breda, NL; Museum Wiesbaden, D; Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, D; Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, D; Clemens Sels Museum, Neuss, D; City Hall de Paauw, Wassenaar, NL; Kunstverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, D; Kunstverein Koelnberg, Köln, D; Tekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht, NL; Galerie Art & Project, Slootdorp, NL; Vous etes ici, Amsterdam, NL; Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin, D; among others)

Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art was founded in January 2009 by philosopher Gilla Loerecher. The gallery offers a diverse, cross-generational program that includes young and emerging local artists such as Sandrine Mahéo, Christian Pilz and Francisco Rozas as well as more established international positions such as Joanna Jones from England, John Cornu, Quentin Lefranc and Capucine Vandebrouck from France and Ab van Hanegem from the Netherlands. There is a strong focus on contemporary painting and sculpture. The gallery's program is complemented by regular artist talks. Galerie Gilla Loercher is committed to ecological sustainability in art. Artists represented and shown have participated in Documenta Kassel, the Saint-Paul-de-Vence Biennale, the Lyon Biennale, the Busan Biennale, the Jakoutsk Biennale and the Venice Biennale.