On Paper 2014-2021
Manual collage and drawing, pencil, ballpoint pen, colored pencil and paper on paper.
I have decided to share my artworks on paper with you as well. This is the first in a series that I want to update regularly. They are all collage works or at least works on paper. When I draw I use felt-tip pens, pencil, colored pencil or ballpoint pen. Sometimes I scan the works to print them and then draw on them or cut them in and stick them on so that a collage is created. The sizes of the works are around 30 to a maximum of 50 cm. All table worktop format. These works have not been shown before and they have therefore never been exhibited.
Work on paper
Work on or with paper, whether pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache or collage, shows the artist in the most spontaneous and artistically free moment. The directness associated with this medium brings artist and viewer very close together. In their intimacy and vulnerability, works on or with paper thrive with the exclusive attention they deserve.
Art on or with paper not only has a special artistic character, but is often accessible and attractive in terms of size and price. Beginning art lovers may be able to make one of their first art purchases in this way.
Do you rate your work on paper as highly as the collage works?
Here’s a nice quote from German visual artist Gerhard Richter (February 9, 1932): “Do you rate your work on paper as highly as the paintings?” GR: “Well, to be honest I must say it took a long time. It’s only since 1976 that I have allowed myself to do that sort of small work. Before I insisted that I should be able to theoretically justify everything I did. That theory wasn’t entirely correct, but I did often believe in it. Drawing or painting on paper is more impulsive than painting on canvas. It doesn’t take so much effort, and you can simply throw away anything you don’t like, whereas large canvases take much more effort and time. I found that the directness of the works on paper led to randomness and virtuosity. I didn’t want any of that.”
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collage and drawing
years 2014-2021
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years 2021-2019
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La FĂȘte Galante 5, 2024, h 50 x w 36 cm (h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch), analog hand cut collage, paper on paper
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Since the summer of 2023 I have been working on a new series of works of art entitled âLa FĂȘte Galanteâ.
I recently completed the fifth collage work in this series.
Fete galante paintings were an important part of the rococo art period, in the French 18th century.
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The lush outdoor environments of fĂȘte galante paintings were often borrowed from paintings from previous periods.
Venetian paintings from the 16th century and Dutch paintings from the 17th century were particularly popular for this.
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See also https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/fete-galante/
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Drawing on paper, no.542023, 2017, h 43,5 x w 43,5 cm (h 17.1 x w 17.1 inch), fine liner, pen, felt-tip pen, adhesive tape on six pieces of paper, glued together to form a whole.
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Mon petit poney đŽđ đ§Č
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I was working on a nice assignment at the time. An interested collector wanted to buy three works of art from me. When I read the book âLes trois musquetairesâ (The Three Musketeers), 1844, by the French writer Alexandre Dumas I felt that I had an interesting story. I especially found their famous motto: âOne for all and all for oneâ catchy. Beautifully drawn illustrations by Maurice Leloir provided a good picture of the times. The three musketeers usually traveled by horse. Here I drew another musketeer on horseback, in nice bright colors. I gave the work a subtitle in French: âMon petit poneyâ.
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https://www.patrickkoster.com/portfolio-item/on-paper-2014-2021/
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La FĂȘte Galante 4, 2024, h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch, analog hand cut collage, paper, colored pencil on paper
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Since summer 2023 I take life a little lighter ⊠âșïž and worked on a new series of collage works entitled âLa FĂȘte Galanteâ.
The FĂȘte Galante paintings were a genre within the French 18th century rococo period of art.
I especially like Watteauâs mixing of theater life with real life, so that the boundary between the two is completely blurred.
The lightness of being, the relaxed atmosphere, the costumes and the appreciation for intimacy: I find it all very appealing and tried to catch this joie de vivre, this lifestyle of la vie en rose in my latest art.đčđ
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See also https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/on-paper/
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#fete #vivre #galant #rococo #visualart #collage #collageartwork #lifestyle #cosmo #cosmopolitan #watteau #light #lightness #lightnessofbeing #18thcentury #paper #papercut #papercrafts #theatre #theater #instacollage #contemporarycollage #cosplay #costume #vieenrose #pop #analog #analogcollage #handmade #color
Recently Disturbed Earth, 1995, h 91,4 x w 122 x d 7 cm (h 36 x w 48 x d 2.8 inch), collage of adhesive film on wood panel
This is an older work of art that I made based on photos from the media, a method that I regularly use.
The title of the work is in part a reference to the abilities of modern screen and surveillance technologies to uncover â via satellite, drone and other screening processes â places and locations where earthly ground might indicate evidence of being significantly tampered with by human actions in a way that the technologically unaided human eye cannot easily detect. The detection of disturbed earth is a sign that something is not as it should be, that a systemic effort has been made to disrupt and then disguise the disruption.
The earth is disturbed in multiple ways: by the hidden mass graves, by the still non-deactivated minefields, as well as by the unregulated cutting down of the trees â a process of mass deforestation that jeopardises the natural ecosystem, as is the case in many parts of the world.
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https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/wood-panel/
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