Peter van Tilburg

Peter van Tilburg

visual artist

2018 | The Colorfield Performance

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May 15 – September 15
Sloten, Friesland Province

The Frisian capital of Leeuwarden has been selected as European Cultural Capital 2018. The idea for this year’s new version of The Colourfield Performance is to create a collaborative work of art with 1919 artists. This fits well with the year’s theme Community. The work of art has the dimensions of a land-art style project: in an open landscape, 2018 easels will be erected on wooden stakes. The easels with white panels will be arranged to create an equilateral triangle of 233 meters each side. The number 233 comes from the Fibonacci Series, which is intimately connected to the Golden Section. The shape of a triangle was chosen because this mathematical form behaves autonomously towards the structure of the Frisian landscape.

The Colourfield Performance

2018 | Self-portrait | Gallery De Ploegh

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De Rode Mantel / The Red Jacket | 2017 | 45x30x27De Rode Mantel / The Red Jacket | 2018 | 60x70 | acryl on MDFTHE RED JACKET

A diptych as self-portrait

As an artist I portray myself with my work: sculptures, paintings and graphics. This self-portrait consists of a diptych of new work: a spatial and a one-dimensional piece of art. Totally different technics, though both carrying the same title: The Red Jacket.
Red is the colour of vitality and energy, of fire and love, and of struggle to the death. Red is a warm colour asking for attention and it is associated with the body. The wearing of red clothes expresses one’s inclination to follow a personal track: look, this is my style, this is me!

Exhibition self-portrait