 2 Mannen (SOLD) 31.5 x 39 |
Sjer Jacobs Oil on Linen Modest, independent, hard working, open, clearly formulating, a no-nonsense type of person, that's how we could typify Sjer Jacobs. Sjer Jacobs (1963) was born and bred in the city of Tegelen, situated in the province of Limburg in the southern part of the Netherlands the country where he lives and works. Since the moment he could hold a pencil he wanted to be an artist. At that time “art” was a big word, because artists were hardly known and recognized. As a student Sjer Jacobs was an artist interested in the Academic World, but meanwhile following his own path. This independent artistic attitude gave him the opportunity to stay out of the open-ended debates in the art-world and check his own opinion out of his natural reservations and from a certain distance. Sjer observes, combines and makes his suggestive creation of human figures. “I expose my own reality. Often it is not a single, identifiable person. It’s a merging of different people. It’s not the perfect resemblance, but it is the mirror I hold up to myself as well as the spectators who do not have a passive role in this. They should create their own figures next to mine. They should not only look at my figures, but also engage in a dialogue and create a new reality' says Sjer Jacobs. Sjer works with all kinds of materials: ceramic, bronze, pewter, steel glass, wood, plastic, oil paint and ink. Even his techniques do not constrain him in any way. His art is both two- and three-dimensional. Materials and techniques empower him to create a special atmosphere, underlining the intrinsic essence of his art. |
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