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Jan Beutener

Double Package, 1982

Jan Beutener is laconic about recognition and abstraction. One imagines his gaze getting caught on a packaging box. He frames it photographically, transforming it into a serious composition with diagonals. We see broken strips of plastic, a snippet of clothing (?) snagged under the lid, pubic hair-l ... ike clumps of grass. Funny. The mild, summer colour palette with some grey reassures us curious viewers. Yet something is going on here. But what? This Pandora’s box remains tightly shut. Text: Chris Reinewald From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
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Artist
Jan Beutener
Title
Double Package
Year
1982
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
91 x 117 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
© Pictoright

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