Through that slow paint and images that are both current and timeless, Ronald Zuurmond connects with deep time, time measured in units many times larger than a human life. It is a bid for immortality, without the pretence of history. It is 'here and now,' being in the moment, knowing that every moment in the past and future is a 'here and now.' That is the motivation that forges all these seemingly very different works into a whole.
But ask the artist about the essence of his style, and he quotes Philip Guston: "You know, comments about style always seem strange to me – 'why do you work in this style, or in that style' – as if you had a choice in the matter... What you're doing is trying to stay alive and continue, and not die." - Edo Dijksterhuis
**29 Nov | Sat | 16.00: Exhibition Opening
