Straight Line
woman looking at painting of straight line
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
19.7" x 15.7" or 50 x 40 cm
2011
Explore The North
It's my pleasure to announce a new series of 12 paintings I made for music and literary festival Explore The North. In an imaginary museum I show people looking at paintings with typical elements of the Frisian mentality. The paintings are laudotory, humoristic, but at times downright critical.
10.000 newspapers containing only the 12 paintings will be spread across my hometown during the festival on november 25 and 26. On these 2 days the paintings are also on display at the Grote Kerk, not that far from my studio. I had a great time creating these new works and I'll post 4 of these in the weeks leading to the festival.
Straight Line
The first painting shows a woman looking at a minimal picture of just a straight line. This line represents the straightforwardness of my fellow Frisians. We're known to be stiff, stubborn and not easily upset.
Because the line continues outside the picture you can also see this as the vast empty space my province has so much of. The line then represents the horizon. A Frisian teenager however might compare the line to that of a flatline of a heart-lung machine. Nothing to do here and it sure will never change. However, dullness is good for creativity, you have to do something!
kind regards, Gerard
Auction
If you're interested in purchasing this painting or any of the other Explore The North Paintings just place your bid by email. All paintings have a startprice of just 500,- euro or 690,- USD. The auction closes at midnight, December 5th, 2011.
A part of the proceeds of the auction goes to Jeugd Theater School Meeuw. This youth theatre school in my hometown Leeuwarden recently has been burgled and could use some extra funds right now!
Larger sized image
Gerard Boersma, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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