Event: Art Cologne

SmithDavidson Gallery returns to Art Cologne for the 57th edition of the fair which takes place from 7 - 10 November 2024.

SDG brings a curated selection of Australian First Nations Masters which include Rover Thomas Joolama, Freddie Timms and Emily Kam Kngwarray resonating with the work of Dutch artist Gerard Verdijk.

Celebrating the 90th anniversary of Gerard Verdijk (1934 - 2005) SmithDavidson highlights the later works by the artist. The late paintings by Gerard Verdijk show a great restraint in minimalist compositions, yet they are filled with layered and sensuous color fields that fill the voids around those solid objects and shapes.

"For me, figuration and abstraction are unclear concepts. They are sooner indications that can be understood by everybody in a strictly personal and therefore different way. The notions with which I work, are therefore based less upon abstraction or figuration than on a similarity shared by these." - Gerard Verdijk