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Ivo
Schouten



Whether crossing the street or driving from place to place, we rely on painted lines and symbols on the road’s surface to delineate lanes, turns, or stopping places. Amsterdam-based artist Ivo Schouten is interested in the way these markings show us the way, provide instruction, and let us know we’re on the right track. Disrupting them and effectively making them useless, he translates them from a language of functionality to a geometric one, highlighting the ubiquitously bright yellow hue and the textured surface of the concrete itself. “ The results of this are twofold,” he says, as removing the original purpose of the lines opens one up to new directions. “It inspires to explore new directions and create new compositions, and it stimulates to keep an open mind in general.”

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Pieter Calandlaan 1, 2020. Acrylic spray paint and concrete tiles on wooden panel, 4 x 6 in. Pieter Calandlaan 4, 2020. Acrylic spray paint and concrete tiles on wooden panel, 4 x 6 in. Ruysdaelkade 3, 2020. Acrylic spray paint and concrete tiles on wooden panel, 4 x 4 in. Concrete mix, 2020. Concrete tiles on wooden panel, 6 x 8 in. Ruysdaelkade 1, 2020. Acrylic spray paint and concrete tiles on wooden panel, 6 x 8 in.
 


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