NETwork by Janus
About this activity.
From November 1 to 30, 2023, Janus, an artist from Germany, will exhibit a mail art work 'NETwork' in window gallery 'De Prachtvink' at the Vinkhuizen shopping center, Platinalaan 505a, 9743 GZ Groningen.
'NETwork' is a mail art work measuring 21 x 29.7 cm from 2023. Janus uses various
graphic techniques to depict a composition in shades of gray. He executed the work on cream-colored A4 sheet of 120 gr/m. Between two heads, on the left the silhouette of a woman's head and on the right the silhouette of a man's head, two open envelopes with reciprocal arrows and the letters 'NETwork' are printed. Circles, hearts and flower shapes are depicted with dotted lines in the heads. Janus consciously chooses a classical visual language. The heads depict the stereotypical silhouette of a European couple. By displaying the letters 'NET' in capitals, he emphasizes the double meaning of the image: the network between people of different genders and the 'NET' return by choosing reciprocity and connection in a world where this is not always as obvious as one would wish. The shades of gray and the size are expressions of the power of modesty. It's the little things that matter.
Janus is the artist name of Eberhard Janke from Berlin. Janus has been active in the international mail art world for years. The emphasis in his art expressions is on graphics, stamps and text layout. In the series 'Edition Janus', Janus irregularly publishes an artzine around a specific theme that is sometimes accompanied by a mail art call. One of the last episodes of Edition Janus was dedicated to the Groningen Hendrik Werkman, according to Janus the spiritual father of mail art.
The window gallery is an exhibition space that can only be viewed from the outside, but 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The gallery is illuminated until 11:00 PM.
Every month a new work of art by an artist is exhibited.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink is een 24-uurs galerie aan Platinalaan 505a bij Winkelcentrum Vinkhuizen. De galerie heeft als specialiteit internationale mail art.
Location.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink
Platinalaan 505
9743GZ Groningen
tel 050-2302991
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