COL 001 Collages herman de vries *1931
Header image:
From the forest floor, 2010
© herman de vries
Text: Mousse Magazine
De Vries aims to realize a visual language that is as objective as possible: a means of expression in which the subjective “creative hand” of the artist is absent. Many of his early (white) works can be regarded as autonomous expressions of art in the sense that they refer primarily to themselves. The more recent works also have an engaged character, partly due to their direct relation with nature. They can be experienced as subtle statements about the relationship between humanity and nature, as well as about the alienation of humanity from nature. Such interpretations are mainly underpinned by the knowledge that human action is threatening nature worldwide. Above all, de vries shows us the beauty and detailed wealth of nature. herman de vries enables us to take a fresh look at things. He registers, collects and arranges. He confronts us with the processes and phenomena of nature: the original biotope of humanity from which we have now become estranged due to technological, industrial and cultural developments.
collected bern 8.11.1976
(gingko biloba), 1976
All following images:
© herman de vries
from under a willow tree, 1984
untitled, 1975
unter der birke, 1983
heilpflanzen aus franken, 1985
fragments, 2010
untitled, 1990
die zweige der bäume, 2003
aus unserem garten, 2004
rasenstück coll. geissleite 01 06 2009
carex flacca, 2009
collected beach of iréo, samos, 2013
im winter auf dem grossen knetzberg.
ein journal, 2013
journal of a visit to the island of samos, 2013
opuntia (from paleochora, crete), 2015
leaves of northern steigerwald, 2016
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COL 001 Collages herman de vries *1931
Header image: From the forest floor, 2010 © herman de vries
Text: Mousse Magazine
De Vries aims to realize a visual language that is as objective as possible: a means of expression in which the subjective “creative hand” of the artist is absent. Many of his early (white) works can be regarded as autonomous expressions of art in the sense that they refer primarily to themselves. The more recent works also have an engaged character, partly due to their direct relation with nature. They can be experienced as subtle statements about the relationship between humanity and nature, as well as about the alienation of humanity from nature. Such interpretations are mainly underpinned by the knowledge that human action is threatening nature worldwide. Above all, de vries shows us the beauty and detailed wealth of nature. herman de vries enables us to take a fresh look at things. He registers, collects and arranges. He confronts us with the processes and phenomena of nature: the original biotope of humanity from which we have now become estranged due to technological, industrial and cultural developments.
collected bern 8.11.1976 (gingko biloba), 1976
All following images © herman de vries
from under a willow tree, 1984
untitled, 1975
unter der birke, 1983
heilpflanzen aus franken, 1985
2109× [vaccinium], 1986
fragments, 2010
untitled, 1990
die zweige der bäume, 2003
aus unserem garten, 2004
rasenstück coll. geissleite 01 06 2009
carex flacca, 2009
collected beach of iréo, samos, 2013
im winter auf dem grossen knetzberg. ein journal, 2013
journal of a visit to the island of samos, 2013
opuntia (from paleochora, crete), 2015
leaves of northern steigerwald, 2016
Related Projects