Human forms, women and men bodies in positions often complicated in fall back or rotation, constitute the basic patterns of paintings and sculptures of the Dutch artist Henk van Boekel, that will be exposed from 19th to 23rd of April 2005 in his solo exhibition in Art Gallery ASTROLAVOS dexameni

The human forms dominate in artist paintings in two levels - bodily and intellectual. Their corporeity is expressed through compact volumes of the monumental dimensions of bodies and even if they are not distinguished from flaccidity they are particularly plethoric. The dimensions and the analogies of the members of bodies are rather attributed by the artist in a subjective way. Despite however their not realistic output, the forms maintain a direct and familiar relation with the spectator. In their faces, the disposal of inwardness and meditation and the evident search of tenderness cooperate with each other and also with the spectator. The members, that appeared particularly, embrace the body, which in design level is attributed in the type of a ball. Attitudes closed in their majority create curvilinear forms with intensively plastic character. The children’s naivety is erased evidently so much in the naif characteristic of faces, as much as in soft volumes of their bodies that are mixed crossed between them.

Forms intensely expressive, full of life, elect humans love for himself, his fellowman and the world that surrounds him. The positive breeze that they exude submits the sentiment of creatively encouraged survival of the person that has managed to find his balance and has captured the meaning of life. The style of artist, even if at first sight is simple, includes an intellectual background. His oil or coal paintings and also his sculptures of bronze or clay elect the exceptional metie of the artist who is an excellent holder of his means and without being focused in the demonstration of technique he lends one authentic and peculiar poetic identity in his work.

Evening of opening at 9 the Historian and Critic of Art Athina Shina will present the book – artistic monograph of Henk Van Boekel.