Rik Meijers / Jeroen van Bergen

19.04-03.07.2011


The presentation of the work of Rik Meijers and Jeroen van Bergen is the second duo presentation by artists working in the vicinity of the museum. In this case, both artists even have studios in Maastricht itself. But the similarity ends there. The exhibition celebrates precisely the difference in their work and working methods. Not only is there a fifteen-year age gap between them, but their difference in views on how to deal with visual means is even greater. 

Jeroen van Bergen makes models out of cardboard, which are cut with laser technology and transformed into real clinical edifices. Stacking or repetition creates mega-structures, mega-towers or mega-cities, in which it is easy to lose one's way. In this case, however, they are just models, so you are guaranteed an overview.
 
Rik Meijers, on the other hand, creates the impression of being a classical, somewhat messy 'artist', for whom no visual material is too strange. Birdseed, feathers, bottle tops and shells, etc. are applied to the paint as if the flea market was his habitat. It is common knowledge that things are sometimes not what they appear. However, it is probably less well known that visual art is an ideal representative of a world of differences. If something like dogma or prejudice, etc. should rise to the surface, it is just for show. Because everything follows the rules of a game. Otherwise it is not reality. 

Models and works on paper are exhibited in the rooms devoted to the work of Jeroen van Bergen. Both paintings and works on paper by Rik Meijers are on show in the presentation. The duo exhibition is accompanied by two catalogues: As if we never knew it by Rik Meijers, and another publication on Jeroen van Bergen's work. Both are on sale in the museum shop. 

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	Rik Meijers Bat, 2011 240 x 180 cm Mixed media on canvas
	Jeroen van Bergen Barrio de chabolas 001 (detail), 2009
	Jeroen van Bergen Remake snackbarfrituurkapel 001, 2010
	Jeroen van Bergen Straat 001, 2005
	Jeroen van Bergen Toren compositie 001, 2009
	Jeroen van Bergen Sociale woningbouw, 2007 – 2008
	Jeroen van Bergen Barrio de chabolas 001 (detail), 2009
	Jeroen van Bergen Barrio de chabolas 001 (detail), 2009
	Rik Meijers S.G, 2009 200 x 300 cm Mixed media on canvas Courtesy Friedman Benda Gallery, New York
	Rik Meijers From the place that is the World, 2002 65 x 50 cm Mixed media on paper
	Rik Meijers Mystical Portrait, 2010 240 x 180 cm Mixed media on canvas
	Rik Meijers Mystical Portrait (detail), 2010 240 x 180 cm Mixed media on canvas
	Rik Meijers Van de plaats die de wereld is, 2001 110 x 150 cm Mixed media on paper Collectie Bonnefantenmuseum