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Thijs Zweers, Site-specific installation, Out of Element, 2021

Out of Element

17 June - 31 July 2021


Thijs Zweers



About "Out of Element"

Amsterdam Art Week: 17 - 27 June. Artist Talk Thijs Zweers: Sunday 20 June, 14.00-15.00. Reservations: [email protected]

TORCH Gallery presents 2 simultaneous exhibitions by Monty Richthofen and Thijs Zweers, both featuring site-specific installations that were constructed in the days before opening the show. In the front space, Thijs Zweers (1986, NL) presents his installation as well as a new series of works that combine charcoal with neon lights.

Zweers examines the boundaries between our world and the virtual one. Out of Element, the installation he creates specifically for his exhibition at TORCH, is a collage of artificially simulated natural elements. Light, matter, movement and time represent the building blocks of a new reality that is shaped by online mass media, which are an increasing influence on our daily lives.  At the same time the installation is a dissection of his artworks: all elements are taken apart to be studied independently.

Zweers also shows the brand-new Siren Song series, smaller and intensified works that can be regarded as a distillate of his previous Dance Dance Revolution project. The artist turns digitally designed sceneries into charcoal and chalk drawings, after which he adds neon. Electronics and traditional techniques intertwine, enforcing the idea that we are looking at a digital image.

Zweers recently released A World Apart, a completely digital artwork with which he takes a next step in embracing the virtual world.

Art/Images in "Out of Element"

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, LED screen, plexiglass on wood, Data Stream,

    DATA STREAM

    Chalk pastel, LED screen, plexiglass on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    DATA STREAM

    Chalk pastel, LED screen, plexiglass on wood

    Thijs Zweers

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, neon on wood, Siren Song 1, 2021

    SIREN SONG 1, 2021

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    SIREN SONG 1

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood

    Thijs Zweers

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, neon on wood, Siren Song 2, 2021

    SIREN SONG 2, 2021

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    SIREN SONG 2

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood

    Thijs Zweers

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, neon on wood, Siren Song 3, 2021

    SIREN SONG 3, 2021

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    SIREN SONG 3

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood

    Thijs Zweers

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, neon on wood, Siren Song 4, 2021

    SIREN SONG 4, 2021

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    SIREN SONG 4

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood

    Thijs Zweers

  • Thijs Zweers, Chalk pastel, neon on wood, Siren Song 5, 2021

    SIREN SONG 5, 2021

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood
    Thijs Zweers

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    SIREN SONG 5

    Chalk pastel, neon on wood

    Thijs Zweers

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

  • Thijs Zweers, Site-specific installation, Out of Element, 2021

    OUT OF ELEMENT, 2021

    Site-specific installation
    Thijs Zweers

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    OUT OF ELEMENT

    Site-specific installation

    Thijs Zweers


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