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Paintings by Abstract Painter Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge

Artist’s statement: I proclaim the freedom of abstract art to be self-referential. To be a joyous play of form and color, rhythm is at the heart of my compositions, the pulse which is hidden there, reflects the living pulse of my heart and the workings of my flesh. Here though spaciousness is evoked as if without corporeal existence, a play of the mind. Truly the colors can lift heart and spirit, truly their interplay can define merit and intrinsic meaning revealing the state of the artist’s heart, revealing humanity within it’s play, beyond the individual, beyond the intended meaning or spiritual inquisition. I dare say art can disclose a meaning of her own, a value so deeply hidden inside the core of her intimate play that she is a heart for all mankind, that she is the voice of freedom and reason all through her innate character where beauty and good can meet in unity.

Spatial Elaboration of Form & Emotion -- Joost de Jorge
Spatial Elaboration of Form & Emotion
80 x 75 cm, acrylics & oils on canvas, 2015
A Room With A View -- Joost de Jorge
A Room With A View
120 x 120 cm, acrylics & oils on canvas, 2014
Phantasie -- Joost de Jorge
Phantasi
160 x 160 cm, oils on canvas, 2012
Improvisation XL -- Joost de Jorge
Improvisation XL
120 x 120 cm, acrylics & oils on canvas, 2014
Symphony XL a -- Joost de Jorge
Symphony XL a
130 x 130 cm, acrylics & oils on canvas, 2012
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Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge is a widely exhibited Dutch artist with work in a wide range of international collections. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and ’s-Hertogenbosch, and at the Universitat de Barcelona. He earned his BFA in painting with honors at the School of the Arts in Utrecht, followed by an artist residency at the Fundación Cultural Knecht-Drenth in Callosa d’en Sarrià, Spain.

In 2008 he began publishing catalogues of his work. In 2011 he initiated the Ekphrasis Project with his book The Ekphrasis Project: Oceanen van Kleur, inviting art critics, art historians, and poets to respond to his paintings with original writings. In 2014 the series became an online publication, and in 2015 he produced his first e-book with its own domain at paintedpoetry.org: Painted Poetry & Painterly Poetics—an ekphrastic notion. The collaborative project flourished with contributions from across Europe as well as from important American poets and writers.

His photos and poems have been featured in Dutch magazines, In 2014 the art critic and curator Peter Frank interviewed him for a YouTube video titled “Joost de Jonge: A Life of Art,” directed by Juri Koll and produced by the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art.

Author: Joost de Jonge Tags: painting Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry September 22, 2015

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  1. Jonathan Rice says

    September 23, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    Nice work!

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