Roland Sohier - Gnome nights

Beautiful etching by Roland Sohier, entitled Gnome Nights, in passepartout (50cmx39cm)

(Image is 20x16cm) Black and white. In good condition. Will be shipped in a suitable box when sold.

Roland Sohier is a Dutch artist who makes etchings, graphics, drawings and watercolors. For more information see: http://www.rolandsohier.nl/

Artist statement from his website:

In my work I shed light on 'the human condition'.

Starting from strictly personal ideas, emotions and considerations, I force the representation to a more general validity during the working process. Traces of this process can be found in the dirty erasing, the cut-away parts in the drawings and in the layering of the paintings. In the works men and women of flesh and blood figure, but there is also room for clowns, gnomes or giants. The use of such (fairy tale) figures gives me the opportunity to approach reality from a side door.

I use humor and a touch of irony to give the sometimes heavy theme a certain lightness. I make both very large and smaller drawings and paintings, make drawing installations and site-specific wall collages and, as in the exhibition 'Bij nijntje op zolder' I take care of the total concept. In addition, I make bronze sculptures, stained glass and wall drawings on commission.

The recent 'Drawings that matter' do not bake sweet buns or hand out bandages for the bleeding. Without wanting to be literal, these works breathe the atmosphere of current events. With a sense of urgency, they tell of impending discomfort and unrest in times of confusion. With the presumptuous title of this group of works, I set the bar high.