HANS DE WIT
“The Plague” 2024, pastel, toner, div. on Saunders & Waterford artpaper, 106 x 38 cm
Regarding The Plague and The Plague extended (both 2024) “These two series of drawings form a new chapter in my work. The relationship I-in-and-with-the-world has been sharpened again because of recent developments in that world that may well result in a different kind of questioning, contemplation (a greater distance from…)
A 'withdrawal' as reaction has resulted in an almost literal observing flinch and have resulted in these two series of Plagues. The horizontal affirmative as a mental screen but also as a visual challenge to reconcile the extreme left and right to one and confronting light with darkness…(the cave?)” Hans de Wit, Eindhoven, May 2025
“The Plague extended” 2024, pastel, toner, div. on Saunders & Waterford artpaper, 138 x 52 cm
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Artist statement
You’re advised to look carefully. Don’t overestimate your judgement skills.
Prepare to encounter and be reasonable at the same time if you get overwhelmed or not.
If you notice ‘normal’ air doesn’t function anymore, stay hopeful but also alert. There will be a solution in an instant if you act peacefully.
If you lose a part of your hearing do not hesitate and search for an animal with sharpened ears. Or better: give ear to the call of the artist.
If you suddenly get black areas floating around in your vision, please move your eyes very fast from left to right or, conversely, from right to left.
This is the only way to see things awkwardly again.
You may burst out in tears when it becomes too difficult to chose between a formal or informal interpretation.