11 March – 6 May 2022 - NLMagazine Kunst & Cultuur – The Merchant House (TMH) returns to the art of painting with the exceptional recent work of Beppie Gielkens (1942, NL). The title refers to Gielkens’s singular view of her métier developed over five decades of artistic dedication. Her paintings can only be about the capacity of the body, and of her own body as a maker, for art: her life (split between her studio in the North of Friesland and long stays in Egypt) is intrinsically tied to her paintings; and so is life in general—impossible otherwise, that is, without painting.
For this prolific artist, idiosyncratic color and line constitute a powerful narrative structure that continuously invites new readings. Between 1986 and 2008, a large part of her oeuvre was made during extended stays in Egypt. She has since continued to have regular shows with Dutch galleries as well as with the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, and Museum Belvédere, Heerenveen. Gielkens lives and works in Friesland.
More information
https://merchanthouse.nl/projects/files/beppie-gielkens/
