Andrea Freckmann (1970) and Dodo Albrecht (1972) present their works in a homely atmosphere at Galerie Maurits van de Laar.
Albrecht’s ceramic works all have a character of their own, and if you see more of them they are a sometimes awkward but intriguing company.
They are vases that don’t want to identify as vases.
They are a bit like human beings who are constantly worried about their identities, while they still remain human beings after all.
They are also works that go back to the historic basics of ceramics, in which pottery was not just practical but also spiritual.
They fit in very well with Freckmann’s paintings of interiors, in which they now and then appear.
You may call them genre paintings, but that sounds much too stuffy and old-fashioned for Freckmann’s interiors which are full of wonder and magic.
Birds play an important role in these interiors, but also in smaller paintings which come as a kind of extras to the big ones.
Especially the blackbird seems to be a favourite of Freckmann’s, as a messenger from the outside world, with its pride, constant attentiveness and its lyrical singing.
Here you see the blackbirds as far as i could spot them in the show; it’s up to you to find the paintings they belong to.
Apart from blackbirds there are more birds in the paintings; i spotted song thrush, white wagtail, blue tit, nuthatch, tree creeper, robin, jay, African grey parrot, an indefinable song bird species, a kind of gull, a decorative bird and the swallow of the famous matchbox.
They intermingle with Albrecht’s vases and with other objects, who, in spite of their different characters, become part of the fabric of both the real world and the interior world.
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Contents of all photographs courtesy to Dodo Albrecht, Andrea Freckmann and Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag.
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