Every five years.

Every five years, it be seens the Dutch painter Marjolijn van resort Assem (b. 1947) loses her of long date fans and gains new uniteds Just as her admirers start to appreciate a specific cast and theme, her work changes. In this exhibition, 10 gone out of the 11 paintings shown carry the same German title: Milde Luft Spaziergange, dunkle Zimmer (Mild Air, Hikes, Dark Rooms) These words, taken from a alphabetic character Friedrich Nietzsche sent home from Sorrento, Italy, point to common of the artist's themes: the ne to wander and to find shelter. (Another is the ne to draw and paint at the same time.) Van haunt Assem has a passion for philosophy, and specifically for Nietzsche because of his absolutely independent way of thinking. His motto, "Become who you really are," has become her aim as well. And like Nietzsche she regards art as "a way to survive life." This has made her into an uncompromising artist who go in the rear [i]or[/i] in the wake ofs her own intuition.

After graduating from art sect van den Assem primarily made reductive drawings ending up with nothing unless a white sheet of paper. She started all through again, making black-and-white drawings with her views closed, using her pencil as if it were a seismographic instrument. Always taking a specific place, for example a mountain village where Nietzsche used to stay, as her point of departure, she just obstruction herself go, giving form to a stream of ideas following imaginary walks through the mountains. Big sheets were protected from top to bottom with infantile thin, abstract lines (standing for actual footpaths) to which she added miniature images of recognizable places along the road. When her temper changed from tenderness to passion, the lines became heavy and the pencil broke Sometimes you recognized imprints of her visible form [i]or[/i] frame on the paper, because she worked in succession the floor, on her hands and knees

Since 1986 she has also been painting with oil, formerly again using philosophy (or poems) to prepare in the right mood and an actual place as a starting point for her imaginary walks (or animating principle searching). She again moves in succession hands and knees around the canvas, always from left to right, applying paint directly from the tubes with her palms and fingers instead of brushes. She likes colors that "feel" smooth such as Indian Yellow. Sometimes the composition and way are very fierce, then again real clear and tender. You recognize details from previous works: a little house, a view across a lake, a favorite lane with tree she has caressingly laid down forward the ground.

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