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Lode Pemmelaar
Six erasers, 1978
Once upon a time there were different kinds of erasers; ones for pencil or charcoal, or ballpoint ink or even typed letters. The painter Lode Pemmelaar received these erasers from his father when he was a child. Because of the austere view from above, the enlarged format and the neutral painting met
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hod, you do not immediately recognize these cool little surfaces as ordinary erasers. Jan Leering, director of the Van Abbemuseum, called this movement ‘relativizing realism’: truthful images lose their anecdotal significance when they are rendered abstractly.
Long-term loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Lode Pemmelaar
Title
Six erasers
Year
1978
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
100 x 140 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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