Het heden, het verleden by Harrie A. Gerritz

Het heden, het verleden 1950 - 2009

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Harrie A. Gerritz

1940

Location

Rijksmuseum
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Artwork details

Medium
drawing, paper, watercolor
Dimensions
height 654 mm, width 505 mm, height 355 mm, width 275 mm
Location
Rijksmuseum
Copyright
Rijks Museum: Open Domain

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drawing

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contemporary

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water colours

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landscape

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paper

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abstract

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watercolor

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geometric

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line

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watercolor

About this artwork

This work, "Het heden, het verleden" by Harrie Gerritz, is a print, and it feels like a journey through time, or maybe just a very thoughtful to-do list. I’m drawn to the simplicity of the marks, those horizontal bands of color, like earth strata, or maybe the stripes on a very minimal flag. The green square anchors the piece, a vibrant ground for that skeletal horse, all straight lines and angles. It’s like a cave painting done with a ruler. And it’s that horse that gets me. How Gerritz boils down this animal to its barest essence. There's a real tension between the flatness of the graphic shapes and the illusion of depth. It reminds me a little of Agnes Martin's grids, but with a playful twist. It's like Gerritz is saying, "Here's the past, here's the present," but leaving us to figure out how they connect. And isn't that what art's all about? Not giving answers, but sparking questions.

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