José Heerkens, 2010-L8, Written Colours. oil on linen, 150 x 150 cm, courtesy the artist
August 1 – October 31, 2011
José Heerkens, who lives and works in Zeeland – Noord Brabant, the Netherlands, is invited by The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for an artist residency. From the beginning of August until the end of October she has the great opportunity to work and live in a studio of the Foundation in Bethany CT. It is a place for concentration. The work of José Heerkens is non objective. She states: “I search for simpleness and clearness in my visual language; for the balancing dialogue between a line and the movement of color. In my work the line is always an important means to visualize space. Lines are open and at the same time they create form and rhythm. Lines also convey the colors over the canvas.”
