Graphic Art of Huguette Hamers (photolitho, collograph, etching, engraving

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Nevertheless she takes care not to let predominate the technique which must serve the concept, not the opposite.  Technique must always be an instrument to express the underlying though and feelings in a better way, never as a expression on itself.  </strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>The prints especially distinguish by their (intentional) simplicity. Forms are reduced to their essence. She plays with lines and shapes, with colour and non-colour and because of that she emphasises a new dimension to something what at first sight seemed to be a figure.</strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>The character of graphic art, namely its multiplying possibilities, isn't hidden. She reuses the same theme (and/or the same plates) in a other context or reduces the printings to a minimum. Sometimes she even makes only one print. </strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>Because of that series are made, in which each print seperately is the result of the meditation over the whole. The ensemble of lines, shapes and colour seems at first sight to be some abstract work, but hides in fact more figures. </strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>Nature, man, and man in nature have a central place in her graphic works. Colour gets a symbolic value.    </strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#800000">|| </font><a href="hugart_gallery1.htm" target="_self">Gallery of Graphic Art</a> <font color="#800000">||</font> <a href="cv.htm">Curriculum Vitae</a> <font color="#800000">|| </font><a href="cv.htm#exhib">Exhibitions</a> <font color="#800000">||</font><br> <font color="#800000">|| </font><a href="graphicart.htm">...and some notes on graphic art</a> <font color="#800000">||</font></strong></p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="79%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="7%"><img src="vinger_r.gif" width="33" height="14" alt="vinger_r.gif (945 bytes)"></td> <td align="left" width="68%"><strong><font color="#008000">Agenda 2001:</font><font color="#FF0000"><br> </font> </strong><font color="#FF0000"><b> - <i> January:</i> in Art Gallery 2000 at Knokke-Zoute<br>    </b>(individual exhibition)<b><br> - <i> June:</i> Casino Art Gallery Oostende - Exhibition<br>    with Huguette Hamers, Daniël Hardijn, Roger   <br>    Meert and Dirk Michiels </b><br> <b> - <i> September:</i> in "De Geuzetorre" at Ostend<br>    </b>(individual exhibition)<br> <b> - <i>November:</i> DC Atelier Kunstgalerij (Art Gallery)<br>   - Dendermonde (group exhibition) (<a href="JavaScript:OpenVenster('Detail','hug_art_detail.htm',300,750)"><i>details</i></a>)<br> </b> </font><strong><font color="#008000">Agenda 2002:<br> </font><font color="#FF0000">- <i>April: Document(a) in Fort Napoleon - Ostend</i></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <hr color="#800000"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.htmlgear.com/wgb/wgbsign.dbm?owner=HugEric" target="main"><img src="images/alg/handschr.gif" alt="Schrijven" align="middle" width="48" height="48"> Sign my Guestbook</a>  <a href="http://www.htmlgear.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=HugEric" target="main"><img src="images/alg/boek.gif" alt="Boek" align="middle" width="67" height="39"> View my Guestbook</a></p> <hr color="#800000"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" width="25%"><p align="center"><a name="stat"></a><strong><font size="2">Visitors:</font><br> </strong><img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=evdleene.dat" align="middle"> </td> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/default.htm" target="_top"><img src="images/alg/ie4get.gif" alt="Get Microsoft Internet Explorer" border="0" vspace="7" width="88" height="31"></a></td> <td align="center" width="25%"><p align="center"> <strong><a href="http://"><font size="2">NedStat:</font></a><br> </strong><a href="http://"><img src="http://usa.nedstat.net/cgi-bin/nedstat.gif?name=graphicartcount" align="middle" border="0"></a>  </td> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="http://www.netart.it/artyou/index.html" target="main"><img src="images/art/art-you.gif" border="0" width="120" height="60"></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr color="#800000"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="40%" align="left"><font size="2"><em>Mailto: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </script>  </em><font size="2"><em>(webmaster)</em></font></font></td> <td align="center" width="20%"><a href="http://www.addme.com" target="main"><img src="images/alg/addme.gif" alt="Add Me!" border="1" width="88" height="31"></a><br> <font size="1">Submit your page to 34 popular sites for free, using one form!</font><font size="2"> </font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><font size="2"><em>Created by © Vandeleene Eric<br> Last modified : 03/02/03</em></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body>