We are happy to participate in Art on Paper, the international fair for contemporary drawing in Brussels, that will take place from 6 to 9 October 2022 in the Vanderborght Building. For tickets and how to get there, visit this website. At the fair we present a solo booth with drawings and a mural by Dutch artist Mai van Oers (NL, 1953).
The drawings of Mai van Oers are worlds in which familiar elements together form an alienating image. Cathedrals, tombs, fairytale figures and animals live in environments full of structures that can sometimes be traced back to reality and sometimes follow their own logic. Mai starts her drawings without a preconceived plan, during the process references arise, such as her childhood with the nuns, art historical sources of inspiration are integrated, such as the Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry, but also what influences her life at that moment finds a place on the paper.
Mai van Oers’ work is included in several corporate and museum collections, for example Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Teylers Museum and Centraal Museum Utrecht, among others. In 2000 she was awarded the Jeanne Oosting Prijs voor de schilderkunst. In 2022 she had a solo exhibition at the Fries Museum.