Jeroen Jongeleen
04 February - 17 March 2012
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JEROEN JONGELEEN
No Style
reflections of public statements on art..
4 February - 17 March, 2012
Upstream Gallery proudly presents "No Style, reflections of public
statements on art..” a solo exhibition with new works of the Dutch
artist Jeroen Jongeleen (Apeldoorn, 1967).
Jeroen Jongeleens’ work generally evolves in public space. He leaves
traces in the urban landscape which he documents with photographs and
films. He labors under the alias "influenza”, creating various icons,
signs and texts as an anonymous signature. With his interventions he
promotes the free use of urban public space and criticizes the way
advertisements, architectural structures and signs regulate public
behavior. He chooses to counterattack by bringing subversive forms of
creativity into publicity.
In this exhibition Jongeleen brings the street within the walls of the
‘white cube’. The works, made of discarded Ikea cupboards on which short
quotes are sprayed, criticize the regulated, engineered society in
which we live.
The composition of the works shows that Jongeleen carefully selected and
matched his material. The layout of the works and the colors of the
cabinet doors are clearly inspired by the minimal compositions of
Mondrian and De Stijl.
Also in his texts Jongeleen refers to icons of modern art, as
demonstrated by the quote on one of the pieces: At least before we used
to have real artists like Mondrian, Rietveld, Van Gogh etc.. Jongeleen
finds many of his texts on Geen Stijl, a weblog that publicizes sharp
opinionated pieces focused on news, actual events and politics. He
selects opinions on contemporary art, spraying these quotes onto the
sterile minimalistic surfaces of his artworks. The texts critically
address the economic underpinnings of contemporary art, framing the
latter as a complex system of patronage that forges its own exclusive
habitus and undermines the freedom and creativity of art. Through this
Jongeleen asks attention for the public ideas on art.
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