Barend Blankert (1941-2023)
Framed by a doorway
2007 | acrylic paint, alkyd on board | 153 × 168 cm
In this painting, Barend Blankert stands behind a doorway, but the wall before him is still there.
The people in Blankert’s work are often so occupied with their own thoughts that they are separated from the world around them. Here, that sensation is heightened by the bright foreground and very dark background. And by the diagonal shadows of the table and chair, which run counter to the floorboards where the artist is standing.
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