RFA X émergent magazine

April 25, 2020

Printed and internationally distributed publication focusing on contemporary painting. émergent brings together both established and developing contemporary painters. émergent can be found in institutions and galleries around the world world such as MoMA PS1in New York and the Tate Modern in London.

Issue 5 / Guest editor Gallery director Emma Richeldis North

R E I T H Untitled, 2017 | Soil on wood panels | cm. 161 x 107,6 x 3 / b. 1983 in Hengelo, NL; Lives and works in Zetten, NL / Louis Reith constructs shaped wooden panels to which he applies soil in a staining process that results in a highly contrasting geometric composition. These works balance the mechanical and the natural, the figurative and the abstract while addressing the unique relationship between architecture and nature. For the artist's works on paper, he sources vintage printed material and typographic forms to achieve a sharp, stylized approach to collage. #louisreith #relief #woodenstructure #typography #form #loomgallery #artwork #louisreithmassyklien

V A N D E R T U I N Grey / blue 59 x 59cm Contact gallery for full catalogue and details of artwork bio / Harmen van der Tuin is a full-time visual artist and makes monumental paintings, drawings, watercolors, mixed techniques, canvas and panel on different surfaces and he also makes commissioned work. Some recently completed assignments include design for the Dutch entry of the horticultural world exhibition in China 2006, design and execution of large monumental canvases, Monuta Foundation Zoetermeer. He won the design and execution architecture prize Zwolle, Netherlands. "The spontaneous gesture of the brushstroke is becoming the subject of the painting. I work in the tradition of abstract expressionism and action painting. What you see is what it is, it’s not referring to other places or other ideas. Through my working with thick impasto I have also brought in another element, and that is light and shadow. I also have the opinion that an art work is a carrier of energy, you can feel the energy in which the artwork is originated. You can feel the energy of the state of mind of the artist. " #impasto #painting #art #artwork #gallery #paulsmith #netherlands #dutch #oil #board #minimal #privatecollection Contact gallery for full catalogue and details of artwork bio / . Harmen van der Tuin is a full-time visual artist and makes monumental paintings, drawings, watercolors, mixed techniques, canvas and panel on different surfaces and he also makes commissioned work. Some recently completed assignments include design for the Dutch entry of the horticultural world exhibition in China 2006, design and execution of large monumental canvases, Monuta Foundation Zoetermeer. He won the design and execution architecture prize Zwolle, Netherlands. "The spontaneous gesture of the brushstroke is becoming the subject of the painting. I work in the tradition of abstract expressionism and action painting. What you see is what it is, it’s not referring to other places or other ideas. Through my working with thick impasto I have also brought in another element, and that is light and shadow. #hrmenvandertuin #impasto #collecting #zwolle #texture #painting

M A N C I N I Clement Mancini Untitled, Mixed media on canvas 114 x 146cm #emerging #mancici #create #paint #artist #together #clementmancini #french #paris

H E P L E R Shaman, 2017, ceramic, glaze and paint, 9.5 x 10 x 8" “At what point is a form reduced to nothing, and at what point is a reduced form hyper articulate? It is hard to know. I strive for the origins of forms that interest me, as if there might be a clear message there. But one runs the risk of taking away too much and leaving nothing. There is something about restraint, and a kind of containment that feels powerful and frightening to me. I want my sculptural forms to show simplicity and struggle at the same time. I don’t think my work is pointing to the past or the future, but a kind of basic psychological state containing contradictions… not conflict necessarily, but competing elements that are at loggerheads with each other.” From a remote island off the coast of Maine, sculptor Anna Hepler uses solitude and freedom to build her own private universe. DM for a collection of ceramics available with @richeldisfineart #maine #artist #annahepler #hepler #ceramic #installation #gallery #exhibit #global #studiovisit #interview #take #magazine #maine #studio #angelaadam #interview #annahelper #installation #form #artistsoninstagram

Z O B E L Fernando Zobel de Ayala Montojo (Spanish/Filipino, 1924-1984) .Caesata, oil on canvas, 73.5 x 100.5cm #spanish #series #auction #collecting #workonpaper #abstract #zobel

H A L L ALISON HALL b. 1980, Martinsville, Virginia Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Madonna of the Long Robes oil, graphite and venetian plaster on panel 13 x 11 inches For the past year and a half I’ve been stealing patterns out of the work of Giotto. It makes a lot of sense that I would be in love with pattern. Generations of my family worked in factories and farms where pattern, repetition and ritual are at the core of these activities. One would think that, in making paintings about pattern, there would be a defined beginning and end, an image that’s certain and void of breathing room. But that’s wrong. I feel as if I never know the ending.

Z H A N G Emerging artist Emma Zhang was born in Wuhan, China in 1982. She studied in China at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, and then in France at the École supérieure d’art Annecy Alpes and the École supérieure d’art et de design Marseille-Méditerranée. Zhang now works from her studio in the Daxing district of Beijing City. Talking about her artistic practice, Zhang explains, “I want to pull away from the so-called ‘meaning’ of artistic expression. I want to avoid many ideological and complex things, and make the painting as pure as possible. So I don't even name my works, they have their own expression.” Zhang is a purist - in thought, technique, composition and materials. Typical of many a minimalist artist, but not perhaps for an emerging young painter, she has devoted her practice to developing one major theme in a growing body of work for over six years. Her trademark is an earthy reduced palette of beiges, browns and soft hues. Her media are acrylic paints, handmade paper, antique books/magazine and various fabrics. Her studio floor is covered in piles of paper sheets, fabrics and cuttings. There is an effortless stillness and satisfaction achieved through her reduced compositions, organic nature and tonal limitations. Zhang’s work seems purely monochromatic, but upon closer inspection there are a network of layers, typography, subtle tonal shifts and textures. They are in understated combinations which encourage the viewer to take time to explore and enjoy the work. Zhang’s work turns out to hold a surprising, pleasurable challenge. Viewers are invited to tune into the work and – in effect – complete it for themselves. Once they have snuck into the viewers’ inner eye, they will probably stay there as welcome guests. #emmazhang #richeldisfineart #gallery #collecting #emerging #artists #art #canvas #2020 #chineseartist #collecting

Living with art Art collectors home in Beverly Hills / LA studio Los Angeles #artcollecting #la #StudioWilliamHefner #Californian #modernism #artcollector #livingwithart #minimal #interior #light #la #space

M A N C I N I Clement Mancini, Vestiges, series de sculptures, Plâtre bêton / contact for catalogue of available artworks #emerging #sculpture #form #material #texture #mancici #create #paint #artist #together #clementmancini #french #paris

J A N S S E N New series ‘Loose’, 2020 oilieverf op doek see 120 x 90cm In his pared back monochromatic studies Janssen skilfully traverses the intimate line between minimalist composition and expressive mark creating meditative works, which continuously tremble on the edge of movement. Dutch #richeldisfineart #artist Contact gallery for viewings #painting #picofday #instagram #instagood #art #minimal #minimalism #interior #artadvisory #artist #instagoodness #instagood #inspire #gallery #canvas #paint #art #instagood #pic #colour #palette #janssen #consultant #netherlands

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