Eelco Maan VISUAL ARTIST
Serenade / 250 x 120 cm, mixed media on canvas
Lyrical abstract paintings P O R T F O L I O June 2018
Journey in the fall / 170 x 70 cm, mixed media on canvas
To me, making art is not a hobby but I wouldn’t call it a job
so I’ve discovered through the years. There are technical issues
either. It is work that I have chosen to take upon myself and
that almost always work, (yet sometimes stunningly fail), there
that has to be done. It is deeply personal and highly universal
are technical issues that never work (but sometimes stunningly
at the same time. To a certain extent, it is what defines me.
do) and there are techniques that might work but which I still
It’s like keeping a diary without words. It is a way to get a grip
have to discover. There are a thousand ways to start, a million
on life that, at its core, seems to me as elusive as an abstract
ways to go on, and zillion ways to finish an abstract painting.
painting. It is a way to get access to what I don’t know, to
Without some sort of reference, you might easily get lost on the
what I have forgotten. It is a way to make meaning in a
way.
meaningless world. It is a pathway, both towards and from intuition. Making abstract art is like bringing a vision, laying
In the beginning, I mostly worked on paper with gouache,
dormant in the soul, to the light of day.
acrylics and pastels in a semi -figurative style influenced by artists like Klee, Chagall, Hundertwasser, Miro and the Dutch Co-
I never make sketches. I don’t sit around waiting for brilliant
bra movement. Around 2004 I started working more and more
ideas. Everything happens in the process of painting. I just
on canvasses and slowly developed my current lyrical abstract
begin.
style. The American expressionist like Pollock, De Kooning and Rothko have been influences as well as the work of the Dutch
However, odd as it sounds, working on an abstract painting is
painter Eugene Brands who was for a short time connected to
a rather precise undertaking. There are certain Do’s and Don’t’s,
the Cobra movement.
The basics are acrylics but I use a whole other lot of materials, I
Abstract painting is not about ideas. It is about visions, dreams,
discovered while experimenting through the years, like paper,
misty archetypes, intuitive sensations, sorrow, joy and other
sand, modelling pastes, spray paint, gold and silver powders
poëtic soul stuff we all share but most of the time can’t express
and sometimes even sticks and pieces of wood. There is some-
for the lack of words. In the contradictory combination of
thing alchemistic in making paintings.
intuition and precision lies the painter’s best chance to silently
The way to discover new ground, to keep on going and to im-
whisper from the other side of the veil. Not to tell a story but
prove, is by persistently keep on working from intuition while
to visualise our shared longing for all those elusive things like
building your ever growing technical knowledge. That techni-
harmony, inner peace or turmoil, beauty, rapture and oneness.
cal knowledge (or experience) has nothing to do with logic or
There are no shortcuts to acquiring this combination of
mathematical knowledge. It doesn’t reside in your brain, but
intuition and precision. But it will appear, sometime or later,
in your hands, your eyes, your whole body, your spirit. It is by
during the process of painting, by starting afresh, again and
that knowledge you bring precision into the process. Trust it.
again and again.
Intuition is what gets you on your way, precision is what gets you to the finish.
Eelco Maan, Basse, Netherlands, june 2018
Work on show in Galerie 713 / Knokke / Belgium
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One of two commissioned tryptychs for a beach resort on the Muscat coast of Oman.
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Commissioned painting for a private collector from France.
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Origin II I commissioned painting for the new office building of CERN in London / 180 x 120 cm
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Entrance hall of the new office building of CERN in London / Origin II / 180 x 120 cm
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Galerie & Atelier Eelco Maan U bent van harte welkom om geheel vrijblijvend een kijkje te nemen in Galerie & Atelier Maan aan de Basserweg te Basse (5 km van Steenwijk). Al het werk is te koop en/of te huur (huurkoop over een periode van 3 jaar). De huurkoopprijzen bedragen 33 % van het aankoopbedrag per jaar en een éenmalige bijdrage van 10 euro administratiekosten. Een schilderij van bijvoorbeeld 2100,- euro huurt u voor 700,- euro per jaar (58,- euro per maand) en betaalt u in 3 jaar af. U kunt ook tussentijds besluiten het schilderij aan te schaffen en dan wordt de reeds betaalde huurvergoeding op de prijs in mindering gebracht. Bij grotere formaten kan het werk eventueel bij u thuis bezorgd en opgehangen worden.
Geopend: op afspraak Galerie & Atelier Eelco Maan Eelco Maan beeldend kunstenaar Basserweg 6A 8342 TD Basse (Gemeente Steenwijkerland) Tel: 0521-589822 Email: ejmaan@xs4all.nl
De galerie is gesituëerd in een monumentale herenboerderij gelegen temidden van het golvende houtwallenlandschap van Steenwijkerland en heeft een vloeroppervlak van zo’n 160 m2, verdeeld over diverse ruimtes. Vlakbij vindt U het Nationaal Park De Weerribben en prachtige bosgebieden als De Woldberg en De Eese. Een mooie gelegenheid om een dagje natuur met cultuur te combineren.
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Representation
Exhibitions
Claremont Gallery Sevenoaks / UK I www.claremontantiques.com
She-Art gallery I Nuenen I Netherlands, 2018
Galerie 713 Knokke / Belgium I www.galerie713.be Galerie Spolnik La Varenne Saint Hilaire I France www.galeriespolnik.com Galerie Eclat d’Art Colmar / France I www.galerie-eclatdart.com ART5 Gallery Brighton I UK I www.art5gallery.com Whitestone Gallery Karuizawa, Japan I www.whitestone-karuizawa.jp Galerie Sille Oudewater I Netherlands I www.sillekunst.nl Galerie Sous Terre Aalsmeer I Netherlands I www.galerie-sous-terre.nl Galerie Thyade Rotterdam I Netherlands I www.thyade.nl Galerie Tolg’art Wierden I Netherlands I www.tolg-art.nl Galerie De Paardenstal Espel I Netherlands I www.galeriedepaardenstal.nl Business Art Service Nederland (BAS) (kunstverhuur) Raamsdonksveer I Netherlands I www.kunst.nl
Whitestone Gallery I Karuizawa I Japan, 2017 International Art Fair Sevenoaks I UK, 2017 Art Fair Kolner Liste I Keulen I Germany, 2017 Affordable Art Fair Milan I Milaan I Italy, 2017 Art Fair Asia I I Fukuoka I Japan, 2016 Galerie de Paardenstal I Espel (Flevoland), 2016 Kunstbeurs Noord Brabant I Lithoijen, 2016 Tunbridge Wells International Art Fair with Claremont Gallery I Tunbridge Wells I UK, 2016 Galerie Thyade I Rotterdam, 2015 Hotel Pulitzer, Amsterdam, 2015 Zandvoorts Museum, Zandvoort, 2015 Claremont Gallery I Sevenoaks I Kent I UK, 2014 Galerie Thyade I Rotterdam, 2014 Galerie Sillekunst I Oudewater, 2014 Galerie Eclat d’Art I Colmar, France, 2014 Galerie “In de oude school” I Stroe, 2013 Kunst in de kop I St. Clemenskerk in Steenwijk, 2013 Galerie Sous Terre I Aalsmeer , 2013 Atelierroute Steenwijkerland, 2013 Galerie 713 I Knokke, Belgie, 2013 Oxford Arts Festival Claremont Gallery I Oxford UK Galerie de Paardenstal I Espel (Flevoland), 2013 Kunstwerk! in de stellingen I Noordwolde, 2013 Art gallery Radeski I Liege I Belgique, 2013 Claremont Gallery I Sevenoaks I Kent I UK, 2012 Galerie Sous Terre I Aalsmeer, 2012 Galerie Bruelle I Steenwijk, 2012 Atelierroute Steenwijkerland, 2012 Kleine kerk Steenwijk, 2012
Diaconessenhuis Meppel, 2012 Galerie Tolg’art I Wierden, 2012 Galerie de Swarte Ram, Doesburg, 2011 Arti 2011, Den Haag, 2011 Art Gallery Radeski, Luik, 2011 Kunst in de Kop, Steenwijk, 2011 Galerie Sous-Terre, Aalsmeer, 2011 Cultuurtempel Haarlem, Haarlem, 2011 Galerie in de Oude School, Stroe, 2011 Galerie Tolg’Art, Wierden, 2011 Galerie Miya, Hellevoetsluis, 2011 Open Art Fair, Utrecht, 2010 Galerie de Vlaming, Den Haag, 2010 Galerie Art in Maupertuus, Geulle, 2010 Kunstsalon Eindhoven, Eindhoven, 2010 Galerie in de Oude School, Stroe, 2009 Galerie De Swarte Ram, Doesburg, 2009 Galerie Thyade, Rotterdam, 2009 Galerie Gauguin, Heeze, 2008 Galerie & Artotheek de Vlaming, Den Haag, 2008 Galerie Art in Maupertuus, Geulle, mei - juni 2008 Galerie Eikenaar, Burgh Haamstede, 2008 Galerie in de Oude School, Stroe, 2008 Primavera Kunstsalon, Rotterdam Ahoy, februari 2008 Galerie & Artotheek de Vlaming, Zoetermeer,, 2008 KUNST Event Arnhem, 2007 Hoogeland Gebouw, Utrecht, 2007 Galerie & Artotheek de Vlaming, Zoetermeer , 2007 Kunstschouw Westenschouwen, Haamstede, 2007 KUNST Event, Groningen, 2007 Galerie Eikenaar, Burgh Haamstede, 2007 Galerie Pereboom, Oudehorne, 2006 Galerie Gauguin, Heeze, Lustrumexpositie, 2006 Galerie Catharina, Hillegom, 2006 Holland Art Fair, Den Haag, 2006 ‘Lourens Pure Luxury’ Event,, Zwolle, 2005 Galerie Beeldkracht, Scheemda, 2005 Galerie Gauguin, Heeze, 2004 Galerie Gauguin, Heeze, 2002 Galerie Beeldkracht, Scheemda, 2002 Galerie Erte Art, Echt, 2001 De Bewaerschole, Haamstede, 2001 Galerie Gauguin, Heeze, 2001 Galerie/Atelier Overdevest, Berkel en Rodenrijs, 2001
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Whitestone Gallery, Karuizawa, Japan I Exhibition June / July 2017 I Eelco Maan “In the domain of the soul” Whitestone Gallery, Karuizawa, Japan I Exhibition June - July 2017 I Eelco Maan “In the domain of the soul”
Galerie De Groene Poort, Middenbeemster, 2000 Galerie Dingen, Vlaardingen, 2000 Galerie Gaugain, Heeze, 2000
Aan de vooravond, Eelco Maan, gedichten, gedichtenbundel / 130 x 190 mm / 56 pagina’s / ISBN 978-90-4841205-1
Galerie Gaugain, Heeze, 1999
Het universum in de kunst, boek bij gelijknamige tentoonstelling, Galerie Thyade, juli 2009
Galerie “De Kunstkelder”, Rotterdam 1997 Galerie Gids 2009 Pleintheater, Amsterdam, 1995 Iran Brazil Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 1995 Amtec Art, Zevenbergen, 1995
Tableau Finearts Magazine, december 2008 (pagina 99)
Eelco Maan, Schilderijen, 2006/ Flyer/ Uitgave tbv. de Holland Art Fair Eelco Maan, Schilderijen, 2005 / Brochure, 16 pagina’s FC, 21 x 21 cm Eelco Maan, Works on paper, 2003 / Brochure, 16 pagina’s FC, 21 x 21 cm 1001 Reasons to love the earth / The world Art Collection, Art Book, 2002 , ISBN 90-80-4045-5-1
Catalogus Primavera Kunst- en Antieksalon 2008 Publications Embracing the Light, lyrical abstract paintings, Eelco Maan/Kunstboek, 36 pagina’s FC, 21 x 21 cm, ISBN 97890-811204-0-1, 2012 TWAALF, Eelco Maan & Hannah de Leeuwe, Gedichten en foto’s, 21 x 21 cm, gebonden, 28 pagina’s, ISBN 978-90811204-2-5, 2010
Kunstgids Kunstenaars 2008 eerste editie ISBN97-8096873-8 (pag 164-165)
Eelco Maan, Paintings 1994-2000 / 2000, Brochure , 16 pagina’s FC, 21 x 21 cm Amtec Art Kunstkalender , 1996
Invitation to Art, Kunsttijdschrift, Winter 2006-2007 Amtec Art Kunstkalender, 1995 In het domein van de Ziel, Eelco Maan, Schilderijen, 2006 / Kunstboek, 52 pagina’s FC, , ISBN 90-811204-1-7
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