Just Another Artistic Motif This graphite pencil drawing ‘Venus Lamenting – 13-01-23’ is a special one. It is an indictment of prudishness. My second to last one ‘Roundism – 30-12-22’ apparently shook up a bunch of people. Comments varied from great to ‘yet another tit pic’. There also were prudes from various countries who scorned me for the subject nudity anyway. Throughout the years I became used to these reactions somehow. I also take into account the fact people from each and any nation are present on social media nowadays. With this variety comes a whole set of different opinions and views of life. I cherish them all. That is, as long as they cherish my opinion back. If they don’t, then this art statement is for all those who lack the word reciprocity in their dictionary. Climbing the Barricades Personally I think the nude can be as much an artistic motif as any other. In fact I don’t complain in the least about a world of other motifs. One could like to depict golden retrievers, red roses and other darling, save and sound themes. I see them on a daily basis on Instagram and Facebook among others. I probably wouldn’t have made a big fuss because of contempt shown in the past. That’s what an artist is all about. I even like to provoke with my nudes a bit. A bit of sexiness but not too much. Just to be able to deny the presence of too much of it by underligning artistic aspects as well. Hmm, a bit of risque here an there. I love it! Why climb the barricades once again? Here’s why. ArtKitchen In a dutch paper, called ‘NRC’ there was this item on Jeannette Dekeukeleires. She is the gallery owner of ArtKitchen in Amsterdam, known for its stimulating and provocative art. After 20 years she will close the doors because of the effects cancel culture has on her business. Apparently there are many people – visitors and people passing by – who complain about nude art in her gallery. Faced with threats she came to the conclusion art isn’t suppose to stimulate or provoke anymore. I find this a very sad story. Hence I offer you my lamenting Venus to you all. It would be fun to see someone complaining about this nude on social media right away. Would I be willing to guide him or her through to this art statement for some badly needed re-education? Perhaps the best attitude is to respect the complainer’s inability to respect my view on things. Klimt Something completely different is the execution of this drawing. Last November I visited ‘Klimt – The Golden Boy’ exhibition at The Van Gogh Museum together with my parents. There I saw his painting ‘Judith’ for the second time. Surely that is one of my favorites. Not only for his painting techniques but also because of the excellent framing job. Actually I am a bit jealous. Therefor The Trompe-l’œil frame is to commemorate his skills of using gold leaf in paintings and frames. Last but not least, the reference picture I used is a photo from1927 made by Swedish photographer Moisé Benkow. Graphite pencil (Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt pencil 14B) drawing Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers
Venus Lamenting – 13-01-23 was created by artist Corne Akkers in 2023. This art piece , which is part of the Drawings - Corne Akkers portfolio, is a Drawings / Sketch artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Cubism, Fine Art, Realism. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Anatomy, Composition, Figurative, Inspirational, Narrative, Nudes, People. The artwork was created in Pencil. The size of the original art is 30 (cms) H x 21 (cms) W.
Words which artist Corne Akkers feels best describe this work of art are: arte, art, artprint, print, artposter, poster, artdeco, deco, neodeco, cubism, kunst, فن, 艺术, कला, chiaroscuro, clairobscur, femaleform, finearts, graphite, roundism, rondisme, monochrome, drawing, pencildrawing, pencil, potlood, bleistift, crayon, realism, cubiste, искусство, cubismo, cubistic, アート, الرسم, кубизм, Κυβισμός, kubismi, lậpthể, 입체파, ਘਣਵਾਦ, مذهب, קוביזם, 立體主義, キュビズム, արվեստ, művészet, 1930s, 1920s, retro, vintage, retroart, vintageart.
My work can be seen in many countries all over the world. I employ a variety of styles that all have one thing in common: the ever search for the light on phenomena and all the shadows and light planes they block in. My favorites in doing so are oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. It is not the form or the theme that counts but the way planes of certain tonal quality vary and block in the lights. Colours are relatively unimportant and can take on whatever scheme. It is the tonal quality that is ever present in my work, creating the illusion of depth and mass on a flat 2d-plane. I combine figurative work with the search for abstraction because neither in extremo can provide the desired art statement the public expects from an artist. Besides all that, exaggeration and deviation is the standard and results in a typical use of a strong colour scheme and a hugh tonal bandwith, in order to create art that, when the canvas or paper would be torn into pieces, in essence still would be recognizable.
I teach art (drawing / painting) at Voorburg, Netherlands where I have my second studio next to my first at The Hague, Netherlands, where I live.