Leopold van de Ven

About

Dutch, b. 1966   —   My work is about making people aware of the architectural and structural environment of our everyday surroundings through a process of reconstruction. I strive to make space visible by using different types of materials. These are roots that spring from my architectural background. However, I want to use tangible things to respond to an imaginary white-cubed space. By bringing together (found) materials, detached from their previous use and layer and conjoin them, forming a new meaning. These works are testament of the appreciation of the collage of materials. Applying a building-from-parts methodology, I create mixed-media works using wood, paint and a photography medium, which could result in either a flat or three-dimensional piece. I am based in Boxtel and partly in France.