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Aldo van den Broek - The Garden, 2024 - Acrylics, soil and mesh fabric and wire mesh on cardboard and wood on wooden panels on wooden frame - 208 cm x 272 cm Aldo van den Broek - The Observer, 2024 - Acrylics on velvet on wooden frame - 180 cm x 135 cm Aldo van den Broek - The Soil That Connects Us, 2024 - Acrylics, soil and mesh fabric on wooden panels on wooden frame - 160 cm x 180 cm
| 2024 | SOON to be released


‘Postpartum Garden’




DUOSHOW with Johnny Mae Hauser 
Curated by Brandei Estes



Drawing from the cycles of nature and motherhood, Aldo van den Broek reimagines the garden in Postpartum Garden as both a sanctuary and a labyrinth, embodying shifts in identity and emotion. As an observer, he reflects on its ongoing transformation.

Having lived for months in a tent near fertile soil, van den Broek incorporates this experience into his layered paintings, evoking themes of growth and decay. In contrast, his new series of velvet works strips away these layers, revealing a raw immediacy akin to direct expression. Symbols of transformation are painted on untouched velvet, as fragile and direct as new life. The softness and tonal strokes juxtapose fragility with strength, encapsulating the resilience of motherhood, as observed by Aldo van den Broek.

The garden emerges as a reflective space, inviting viewers to engage with the complexities of motherhood from a thoughtful distance.



November 14 until November 17, 2024


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Homecoming Gallery
London, United Kingdom