| 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 Post Partum Garden as both sanctuary and labyrinth, embodying the shifts in identity and emotion. As an observer, he contemplates its ongoing transformation.
Having lived for months in a tent near fertile soil, van den Broek incorporates this element into his layered paintings to evoke themes of growth and decay. In contrast, his new series of velvet works strips away these layers, revealing a raw immediacy akin to a 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.
The garden emerges as a reflective space, inviting viewers to engage with the complexities of motherhood from a thoughtful distance.
November 14 until Noveember 20, 2024
Homecoming Galery
London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom