JAN DE POOTER

"The spectator takes it all in" - the works of Jan De Pooter


An artwork can be the result of years of labor, but can  just as well derive from a sudden inspiration where the realization hardly took any time at all. The investment of   time, energy and cost of materials tells us nothing  about the quality of  the work,  and the discovery of minimal art  shook the art world as profoundly as the biblical story on that famous ceiling. But usually art falls somewhere between these extremes, created on a human scale, making no great demands for art philosophical insights.
The observer can, without much effort and uncertainty, basically grasp what it’s all about.
Such is the case with the work of Jan De Pooter.

 

Fragment text by Paul Ilegems