The ‘E-Motion Pictures’ project by the Dutch multi-disciplinary artist Ron Weijers, one could review as a series of mixed media video works that are only present in a specific set space and time – as opposed to his regular mixed-media paintings which are constantly there. It actually means these temporary pieces of art can be switched off. In a continuous need to disconnect from and to question the existing on the one hand and to discover new perspectives on the other, Weijers is one of those artists constantly questioning the techniques they use, their meanings, their goals, all the while perfectly aware they shall never be any definite answer and that their work is meant to remain empirical. He’s not an abstract painter using figuration but a figurative painter who is producing abstraction. Over the past years, video has been a medium in search of its own authority within his work. Within the imaginary bounders of his quest to distance himself from figurative aspects in his work and after the development of earlier produced audio-visual projects, a complete integration of disciplines and capacities within his work became inevitable. With the ‘E-Motion Pictures’ project, Weijers proceeds with his work from static into a dynamic level.
The ‘E-Motion Pictures’ project by the Dutch multi-disciplinary artist Ron Weijers, one could review as a series of mixed media video works that are only present in a specific set space and time – as opposed to his regular mixed-media paintings which are constantly there. It actually means these temporary pieces of art can be switched off. In a continuous need to disconnect from and to question the existing on the one hand and to discover new perspectives on the other, Weijers is one of those artists constantly questioning the techniques they use, their meanings, their goals, all the while perfectly aware they shall never be any definite answer and that their work is meant to remain empirical. He’s not an abstract painter using figuration but a figurative painter who is producing abstraction. Over the past years, video has been a medium in search of its own authority within his work. Within the imaginary bounders of his quest to distance himself from figurative aspects in his work and after the development of earlier produced audio-visual projects, a complete integration of disciplines and capacities within his work became inevitable. With the ‘E-Motion Pictures’ project, Weijers proceeds with his work from static into a dynamic level.