January 21, 2019, 9:12 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Sakura-III, 2009acrylics on canvas80 x 100 cm. (31.5 x 39.37 in.)signed
private collection
Sakura (Japanes cherry blossom) is the flower of the Prunus serrulata.![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:16 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Het Gevolg van de Farao-2 (In the Retinue of the Pharaoh-2), 2009acrylics on papyrus, marouflé50 x 70 cm. (19.69 x 27.56 in.)signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought -
But no, a butterfly.
(Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)
The Japanese poet of this haiku recognizes the passing of time and freezes it in only three lines for eternity.
A year ago, Poen de Wijs travelled to Japan during the time of the cherry blossom, the Sakura, that slid like a pink cloud from south to north across the country. At its height, he celebrated spring under a roof of flowering cherry blossom and amidst many Japanese people. He celebrated a new beginning without losing the transience of the moment. Poen de Wijs has travelled throughout his career and he assimilated the unforgettable impressions into his paintings. Especially in this time, in which one moves widely and easily around the globe, traveling has become again a major theme in his work. Japan, Egypt, Venice, Indonesia, Moscow, France, impressions, landscapes, wildlife, special meetings, different races and cultures… Each adventure is a series of new moments, of transient impressions that integrate into the fabric of this extraordinary storyteller.
Like a Japanese haiku poet Poen de Wijs has an eye for the beauty of the moment and he gives the same careful observation, loving care and wonder a place in a world where dream and reality meet.
Text: Liesbeth Gerretsen - Gallery De Twee Pauwen - exhibition "The Journey"![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:17 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Tuinconcert-I (Garden Music-I), 2009acrylics on panel 45 x 60 cm. (17.72 x 23.62 in.)signed
private collection
Around 2009 Poen met his very first school friend Frits again. They had not seen each other for over 50 years. He was an amateur violinist and oganized garden concerts, in which he gives a chance to young talent. He painted his distinctive, lived through Jewish head in contrast to the young child with a bird whistle; nature in conjunction with culture.![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:18 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 4 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Tuinconcert-III (Garden Music-III), 2009acrylics on canvas80 x 100 cm. (31.5 x 39.37 in.)signed
private collection
Around 2009 Poen met his very first school friend Frits again. They had not seen each other for over 50 years. He was an amateur violinist and oganized garden concerts, in which he gives a chance to young talent. He painted his distinctive, lived through Jewish head in contrast to the young child with a bird whistle; nature in conjunction with culture.![La imagen puede contener: 4 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:19 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas, pájaro]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Tuinconcert-II (Garden Music-II), 2009acrylics on panel 45 x 60 cm. (17.72 x 23.62 in.)signed private collection![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas, pájaro]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:20 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: una o varias personas y exterior]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Huis in Frankrijk (House in France), 2009acrylics on canvas65 x 80 cm. (25.59 x 31.5 in.)signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought -
But no, a butterfly.
(Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)
The Japanese poet of this haiku recognizes the passing of time and freezes it in only three lines for eternity.
A year ago, Poen de Wijs travelled to Japan during the time of the cherry blossom, the Sakura, that slid like a pink cloud from south to north across the country. At its height, he celebrated spring under a roof of flowering cherry blossom and amidst many Japanese people. He celebrated a new beginning without losing the transience of the moment. Poen de Wijs has travelled throughout his career and he assimilated the unforgettable impressions into his paintings. Especially in this time, in which one moves widely and easily around the globe, traveling has become again a major theme in his work. Japan, Egypt, Venice, Indonesia, Moscow, France, impressions, landscapes, wildlife, special meetings, different races and cultures… Each adventure is a series of new moments, of transient impressions that integrate into the fabric of this extraordinary storyteller.
Like a Japanese haiku poet Poen de Wijs has an eye for the beauty of the moment and he gives the same careful observation, loving care and wonder a place in a world where dream and reality meet.
Text: Liesbeth Gerretsen - Gallery De Twee Pauwen - exhibition "The Journey"![La imagen puede contener: una o varias personas y exterior]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:24 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Het Gevolg van de Farao-1 (In the Retinue of the Pharaoh-1), 2009acrylics on papyrus, maroufflé50 x 70 cm. (19.69 x 27.56 in.)signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought -
But no, a butterfly.
(Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)
The Japanese poet of this haiku recognizes the passing of time and freezes it in only three lines for eternity.
A year ago, Poen de Wijs travelled to Japan during the time of the cherry blossom, the Sakura, that slid like a pink cloud from south to north across the country. At its height, he celebrated spring under a roof of flowering cherry blossom and amidst many Japanese people. He celebrated a new beginning without losing the transience of the moment. Poen de Wijs has travelled throughout his career and he assimilated the unforgettable impressions into his paintings. Especially in this time, in which one moves widely and easily around the globe, traveling has become again a major theme in his work. Japan, Egypt, Venice, Indonesia, Moscow, France, impressions, landscapes, wildlife, special meetings, different races and cultures… Each adventure is a series of new moments, of transient impressions that integrate into the fabric of this extraordinary storyteller.
Like a Japanese haiku poet Poen de Wijs has an eye for the beauty of the moment and he gives the same careful observation, loving care and wonder a place in a world where dream and reality meet.
Text: Liesbeth Gerretsen - Gallery De Twee Pauwen - exhibition "The Journey"![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:25 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014De Reis - Kenia-1 (The Journey - Kenya-1), 2009acrylics on canvas 30 x 30 cm. (11.81 x 11.81 in.)signed Poen de Wijsprivate collection![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:25 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona, sentado e interior]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014De Reis - Bali (The Journey - Bali), 2009acrylics on canvas 30 x 30 cm. (11.81 x 11.81 in.)signed
private collection
A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought -
But no, a butterfly.
(Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)
The Japanese poet of this haiku recognizes the passing of time and freezes it in only three lines for eternity.
A year ago, Poen de Wijs travelled to Japan during the time of the cherry blossom, the Sakura, that slid like a pink cloud from south to north across the country. At its height, he celebrated spring under a roof of flowering cherry blossom and amidst many Japanese people. He celebrated a new beginning without losing the transience of the moment. Poen de Wijs has travelled throughout his career and he assimilated the unforgettable impressions into his paintings. Especially in this time, in which one moves widely and easily around the globe, traveling has become again a major theme in his work. Japan, Egypt, Venice, Indonesia, Moscow, France, impressions, landscapes, wildlife, special meetings, different races and cultures… Each adventure is a series of new moments, of transient impressions that integrate into the fabric of this extraordinary storyteller.
Like a Japanese haiku poet Poen de Wijs has an eye for the beauty of the moment and he gives the same careful observation, loving care and wonder a place in a world where dream and reality meet.
Text: Liesbeth Gerretsen - Gallery De Twee Pauwen - exhibition "The Journey"![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona, sentado e interior]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:26 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014De Reis - Wereldbol (The Journey - The Globe), 2009acrylics on canvas 30 x 30 cm. (11.81 x 11.81 in.)signed Poen de Wijsprivate collection![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:27 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 5 personas, planta]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Sakura-I, 2009acrylics on Japanese paper (marouflé)55 x 70 cm. (21.65 x 27.56 in.)signed
private collection
Sakura (Japanes cherry blossom) is the flower of the Prunus serrulata.![La imagen puede contener: 5 personas, planta]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:31 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Cirkels van de Tijd-5 (Circles of Time-5), 2004acrylics on papyrus 20 x 30 cm. (7.87 x 11.81 in.)signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
© copyrighted work, shared with courtesy of Poen de Wijs
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:32 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 6 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014De Vier Jaargetijden - Spring (The Four Seasons - Spring), 2004acrylics on canvas65 x 80 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 6 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:33 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 3 personas]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014De Vier Jaargetijden - Herfst (The Four Seasons - Autumn), 2004acrylics on canvas65 x 80 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 3 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:34 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 4 personas, interior]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Drieluik van de Tijd - De Tijd Zal Komen (rechts) (Triptych of Time - There Will Be a Time (right)), 2004acrylics on canvas100 x 100 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 4 personas, interior]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:35 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Drieluik van de Tijd - Er Was een Tijd (links) (Triptych of Time - There was a Time (left)), 2004acrylics on canvas100 x 100 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:40 am
Poen de Wijs - Inicio![La imagen puede contener: 5 personas, personas sonriendo]()
Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Sterrenkind (Star Child), 2004acrylics on papyrus100 x 120 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 5 personas, personas sonriendo]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:41 am
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Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Gevleugelde Scarabee (Winged Scarab), 2004acrylics on papryrus30 x 40 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 2 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:43 am
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Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Koptische Vrouw (Coptic Woman), 2004acrylics on papyrus30 x 40 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 3 personas]()
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January 21, 2019, 9:44 am
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Poen de Wijs (Dutch artist) 1948 - 2014Cirkels van de Tijd-2 (Circles of Time-2), 2004acrylics on papyrus 20 x 30 cm.signed Poen de Wijs
private collection
TIME AND SPACE
I do not know what time is. When it started. If it is reversible. Whether time moves along a straight line or in a circle. If ‘timelessness’ exists. Instinctively it is clear to me what time is: I live in it, I live with it. I can see that time goes by. Even if I cannot describe exactly what it is, time proves to be subject to very precise measurement. Astronomy is the key to timekeeping.
I am fascinated by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and the Classics, the Greeks and the Romans. Their mythical art and the complexity of their pantheon amaze me. I am stimulated not only by their confusing stories, but also –and especially- by the connection between their deities and the sun and the moon, the stars and planets. Why is there a supreme Sun god, a Moon goddess and gods with names of planets? Astrology is a second key to time.
Ancient cultures related their existence to the circular course of the various celestial bodies. And that was not very surprising, after all the sun laid down the rhythm of night and day, the moon divided the year into seasons, and the planets had cycles that could also be recognized in nature. The cycles of space were linked to time and thus heaven directed earthly life. The Pharaohs of Egypt, the Kings of Mesopotamia and the Emperors of China were not only worldly rulers, but they also controlled time: they and their astrologers alone knew the calendar. That is how they knew the cycle of nature and they were able to foretell events accurately. Thus the Pharaoh of Egypt had great power because he knew to predict the exact moment of the flooding of the Nile. The position of the star Sirius near the Orion constellation gave him that information. This made the Pharaohs messengers of the gods. Those gods were stars: Sirius is the Egyptian goddess Isis and Orion her brother Osiris. The exact measuring of time had started with studying the sky. Time and space turned out to be inextricably linked.
Also in later centuries, when a precise calculation of time was sought, it was the sky which solved that problem. Galilei, Newton, Harrisson, Einstein, time and space remained a unit to them.
In the series of paintings with the ‘TIME AND SPACE’ theme I show how people were seeking time. How people looked up at the skies and related their earthly existence to the stars and the gods. Time is represented as a cycle in the four seasons and the circle of life. Time as a straight line can be seen in the process of growing older and in the series of past, present and future (in ‘Triptych of Time: There was a Time – It is Time – There will be a Time’).
I have quoted from ancient works of art and, sometimes in jest, referred to classical gods. A little boy carrying a globe is model for the Greek god Atlas and a girl blowing bubbles represents Kronos, the god of time (in the painting “Seekers of Time”). Playful elements such as a timepiece, a sun dial and a shadow clock, a pendulum, a sextant and an astrolabe are direct references to the recording of time. Animals and flowers link nature to culture. And there is more: in this series gold, silver and copper paint has been used, which results in an almost three-dimensional effect. A metaphor for space.
All my studies have been painted on the original, hand-made papyrus, which I bought during a tour of Egypt. It took a lot of research to find out how papyrus could be prepared acid free, primed, worked and preserved. My refined technique on the coarse structure of this ancient material is an extra allusion to Egypt where the seeking of time once began.
Painting this series was not an attempt to grasp the concept of time. I would rather leave that to the great philosophers, who have bent their minds over it. I had been forewarned by a joke of the Holy Augustine (in Confessions – 397 A.D.): “ What was God doing before he created heaven and earth? …….He was preparing hell for those who stick their noses into such deep mysteries.”
Text: Poen de Wijs (from the book “Poen de Wijs – Schilderijen/Paintings – 1999-2005)![La imagen puede contener: 1 persona]()
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