Exhibition (In)visible
About this activity.
This exhibition brings together three artists who each, in their own unique way, make the invisible visible. Eveline Bekkering explores the inner force of form in stone, allowing emotion to solidify into spatial lines. Edzer Dillema’s abstract-geometric works leave room for interpretation, shifting our perspective through interplay of light and line. Through the lens of his microscope, Jelte Prins reveals a hidden world of crystalline beauty.
What we see is just the beginning!
Eveline Bekkering Hidden in Stone
Eveline Bekkering is a sculptor in the classical sense of the word: she carves her sculptures by hand from large blocks of natural stone. She began working with clay at a young age. Although attending an art academy was not feasible, she trained as a teacher in arts and crafts and drawing, and later taught through her own institute, KlankKleur. Since 2003, she has been intensively working with stone, studying with, among others, Klaas Kuiper and at the Free Academy of Sculpture in Driebergen.
For Bekkering, sculpting is a meditative and intuitive process. She does not seek control but rather cooperation with the material, allowing form to emerge from silence and patience. The slow interaction between action and restraint requires full attention and openness to what wants to unfold.
Her sculptures range from abstract to figurative, characterized by powerful lines. While she sometimes works from a design, she often lets the shape of the stone guide her. Recurring themes include torsos, stylized figures, and natural forms, where tension arises between sharp lines and soft contours. In everything she does, she seeks the essence of what she wishes to express, always in dialogue with the stone.
Edzer Dillema Between Line and Light
Edzer Dillema is a Dutch visual artist focused on abstract geometric art. After decades of working as a graphic designer with digital drawing software, he now applies that experience to his visual art. His works are digitally created without the use of artificial intelligence; every composition and color choice is personally determined by him. The resulting artworks are printed in small editions on aluminum using sublimation printing.
Dillema’s abstract pieces are open to multiple interpretations, inviting viewers to find their own meaning. Light plays a key role in his images, where refined line play creates depth and layering. His work has been exhibited in numerous shows both in the Netherlands and abroad. He is a member of the professional association of visual artists FRIA.
Jelte Prins What the Eye Cannot See
Jelte Prins is a retired occupational physician with a background in chemistry. He has been passionate about photography for over forty years. What began as vacation snapshots evolved, after several photography courses, into a deep fascination with microphotography using a microscope. He also creates abstract photographic work.
According to Prins, microphotography is a unique form of photography: it opens the door to worlds hidden from the naked eye. Through his images, he aims to reveal and share the beauty of the micro-universe.
His microphotos of chemical crystals are created by crystallizing substances dissolved in a solvent or melted onto a glass slide.
He uses a Leitz Orthoplan microscope with 10x, 16x, 40x, or 100x objectives. The shapes and colors emerge through the use of polarizing filters, differential interference contrast prisms, or a quarter-wave plate. The images are captured with a Canon R6 camera and edited in Lightroom and Zerene Stacker.
Exposition information:
- Period 11 june until 13 july
- Opening exposition 15 june 16:00
- Opening hours Wednesday until sunday 13:00 - 17:00
- Admission free
Galerie Forma Aktua.
Al decennia lang functioneert Forma Aktua Pinakotheek als een platform voor al het opkomend talent in Noord-Nederland. Tegelijk volgt de galerie ook de ontwikkelingen in de wereld van de reeds meer gevestigde kunstenaars op de voet.
Location.
Forma Aktua
Nieuwstad 10
tel 050 3133342
www.forma-aktua.nl/