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GRIMM presents
Tjebbe Beekman Symbiosis
Oct 22 - Nov 22
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GRIMM is proud to present Symbiosis by Tjebbe Beekman, coinciding with the artist's first solo exhibition in the gallery's New York location. Tjebbe Beekman’s paintings are disquiet and complex, comprised of embedded layers of dense paint and found materials. In his latest series of paintings, the artist's approach to his medium and subject matter abolish any set hierarchy when referencing the avant-garde art of the last century.
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Tjebbe BeekmanInvidia, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Tjebbe BeekmanAcedia, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Tjebbe BeekmanGula, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Beekman approaches painting with scepticism, analyzing its function while pushing its materiality forward. The artist's work locate a refined line between figuration and abstraction and allow the viewer an alternative perspective and art historical awareness.
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"After the process of "controlled destroying,” as I like to call it, during which it lies on the floor, I hang the painting on the wall, look at it for a long time and start to react to the image again. That’s also the part where memory starts to play its role in the process. I love how the image appears out of all these layers of chaos. I never look at the original design after this moment. I just react to the painting itself and my ideas about the subject matter."
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Tjebbe BeekmanIra, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Tjebbe BeekmanSuperbia, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 in$ 17,500.00
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Tjebbe BeekmanAvaritia, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel82.5 x 64.4 x 6.5 cm | 32 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 inSold
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The artist refers to being witness to the current cultural climate. An undercurrent of societal commentary is present in a group of paintings in which he interprets the seven deadly sins— a traditional representation of excess— through a painterly language of abstract anthropomorphous forms.
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Luxuria, 2020
Works from the seven deadly sin series, such as Luxuria contains somatic displays of the transgression, or sin, pictured. These extremes of human behavior are wrought within the geometric confines of the canvas, portraying the catharsis of having emerged on the other side of excess.
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Tjebbe BeekmanSymbiosis I, 2019Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel202.9 x 103 x 6.5 cm | 79 7/8 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Tjebbe BeekmanSymbiosis III, 2019Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel202.9 x 103 x 6.5 cm | 79 7/8 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/2 inSold
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Tjebbe BeekmanSymbiosis V, 2020Acrylic, sand and plaster on canvas mounted to wood panel202.9 x 103 x 6.5 cm | 79 7/8 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/2 inSold
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For enquiries regarding the featured works or for more information, please email enquiry@grimmgallery.com
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About the artist
Tjebbe Beekman was born in 1972 in Leiden (NL). From 1993 until 1997 Beekman attended the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (NL) followed by the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (NL) from 2003 until 2004. Awards and nominations include the Wolvecamp Prize (NL), Buning Brongers Prize (NL), and the Royal Painting Prize (NL). Recent exhibitions Beekman was included in are, Amsterdam: Collected, Capital C, Amsterdam (NL); Where is the Madness You Promised Me, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill (US); Discover the Modern, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); Top Floor, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); Van Cobra tot Boorolie, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL); Out of office, Singer Museum, Laren (NL); Freedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager, Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle (NL); and De meest eigentijdse schilderijen tentoonstelling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL).
Beekman’s work can be found in various public, private, and institutional collections including, ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL); Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); ING Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL); Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL); Straus Family Collection, New York (US); and Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL).
This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.
The artist will have a forthcoming solo exhibition in Amsterdam in 2021, which will be accompanied by a published monograph designed by Irma Boom.
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