Long Live Art! | 31 October 2023

Anyone may read and uncover the figuration every day anew: ‘I am still alive’. As well as celebrating life, the work of art offers a tribute to art. The artwork itself declares: ‘I am still alive’. Long live art!
In the exhibition ‘Cut Painting!’, ‘I am still alive’ is located near a painting by Maarten Ploeg and by René Daniëls. These are two works of art I have selected from the BPD Art Collection. In this context, ‘I am still alive’ is also to be seen as my little ‘hidden’ ode to the work of both artists. It is the artwork that speaks for itself, it is the art that says ‘I am still alive’.

MS

Iedereen kan dit kunstwerk elke dag opnieuw bekijken. Telkens weer kun je in de figuratie de letters lezen en ontdekken: ‘I am still alive’. Naast het vieren van het leven, is het kunstwerk een ode aan de kunst. Het kunstwerk zelf verklaart: ‘I am still alive’. Lang leve kunst!
In de tentoonstelling ‘Cut Painting!’ is ‘I am still alive’ geplaatst in de buurt van een schilderij van Maarten Ploeg en René Daniëls. Het zijn twee kunstwerken, die ik heb geselecteerd uit de BPD Kunstcollectie. In deze context, is ‘I am still alive’ mijn kleine ‘verborgen’ ode aan het werk van beide kunstenaars. Het is het kunstwerk dat voor zichzelf spreekt, het is de kunst, die zegt ‘I am still alive’.

MS

Text from: ‘Cut Painting!’, digital publication (NL/EN), page 24/34. PDF:

BPD Martijn Sandberg Cut Painting.pdf

‘Cut Painting!’ is the title of the online publication, published as a sequel to the eponymous exhibition in 2022 at Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam.
Martijn Sandberg has made a selection of his own works – the cut paintings – for this exhibition, as well as works of art from the BPD Art Collection.

More info and photos of the exhibtion ‘Cut Painting!’ can be found here, in section ‘cut paintings’.

‘I Am Still Alive’ (2005), Martijn Sandberg, perforated aluminium, 100cm x 100cm.

‘Cut Painting!’, Martijn Sandberg, digital publication (Dutch/English), page 23/34, PDF.

‘Cut Painting!’, Martijn Sandberg, digital publication (Dutch/English), page 24/34, PDF.

‘Cut Painting!’, Martijn Sandberg, digital publication (Dutch/English), page 25/34, PDF.