Romee van Oers (born 1993, Leiderdorp, NL) makes paintings with forms that seem to want to move together, attract, or repel. It’s this dynamic that Romee explores in the arrangements she makes and studies. Here, as materials overlap, fold and bend, new relations between the emerging shapes are laid bare. These are transferred to canvas in a direct and spontaneous manner.
Romee: “For the h3h biennial, I’m making an outdoor-painting-object to be placed at the end of a path in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Abdij gardens. In summer, the path leading up to the work is like a tunnel with a wonderful sunlit clearing at the end, lighting up a grassy path. I’ve visited this spot together with Rebecca and Hendrik, the curators. We discussed an upright work along with the possibilities in terms of shape and size. In the end, I’ve opted for a cylindrical painting, a painting you can walk around, showing a picture without beginning or end.
The form of the painting and the fact that it’ll be placed out in the open are two challenges for me. To guarantee that it’ll be weather-resistant, I’ve done material tests on works currently positioned outside. The cylinder shape will be made up of two slightly overlapping halves, like two sheets of paper wrapped around each other. I’ve produced a cylindrical work before, which consisted of sheets of painted tracing paper rolled together. The material’s transparency allows the colours of the underlying layers to come through. The suggestion that the brushstrokes continue into the inside of work is something I’m also keen to incorporate in my work for the h3h biennial.”