Pepijn Simon

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MONSTERCHILDREN

“The paintings of Pepijn Simon”

Article by Sarah Wasko

http://www.monsterchildren.com/38196/the-paintings-of-pepijn-simon

TV :

Binnenstebuiten NPO2

https://www.npostart.nl/gemaal-rotterdam/09-09-2020/WO_KN_16282823

NEWSPAPER:

Algemeen Dagblad

https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/eugenie-woont-in-een-werkend-gemaal-in-rotterdam-overschie-haast-niet-te-geloven-dat-ik-hier-woon~acebeade/

GANYMEDESROCKS:

http://ganymedesrocks.tumblr.com/post/173091532967/pepijn-simon-study-after-velázquez-francis-bacon
Study after Velázquez, Francis Bacon & Sergej Eisenstein. Pope Innocent X
100 x 140 cm
Pepijn Simon

There seem to be a ‘Predestined’ affinity to the emotions Light creates, in the Lower Countries, that Northern side of Europe, from where the world inherited some of the finest paintings, throughout centuries of Art History.  As I learned of @pepijn-simon, inspirational affinity for Auguste Rodin, I come to better sense the three dimensional depth of this excellent work, which further infused by a certain ‘irreverence’, we first saw in Francis Bacon, who was not afraid to challenge that ‘establishment’ for which the great Velázquez painted.  It is not surprising that a 1967-born artistic soul would have been the one to best translate this highly naturalistic oeuvre to such a three dimensional structure and layered depth.  As an earlier @ganymedesrocks post suggested, Simon’s interpretation is actually more ‘architecturally’ visual than Bacon’s rendition.  That is because @pepijn-simon erects that emotion, from within the layering, instead of a simple fusion of realism and abstraction, which enhances both the figurative and the naturalistic force.  The surface, from the vibrancy of its colours, light and shadows, now becomes a statue-on-canvas, whereto it rallies the Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) eye; both a cinematic and an architectural sense of perspective.

ARTHABENS: 

https://issuu.com/artpress/docs/nn2016/82

https://www.facebook.com/arthabens/posts/143511493008728

DISCLAIMERMAG: 

http://www.disclaimermag.com/arts/tenebrism-lives-on-through-the-powerful-abstraction-of-pepijn-simon-3675

RIGHTONWRITERSBLOCK:

https://www.rightonwritersblock.com/dailies/2017/6/21/the-hauntingly-beautiful-paintings-of-pepijn-simon

THE HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS OF PEPIJN SIMON

I love art with a passion. Sometimes I wish I was skilled with my hands. Maybe with practice…but my first love is writing, and I can’t bring myself to try new things because I feel guilty for not writing…

Enough of that.

There’s a wonderful artist whose work stirs all kinds of emotions within me. His name is Peijn Simon and he’s from the Netherlands. Simon turned to photography as a means to escape his turbulent childhood, but he quickly switched to painting.

What’s amazing about his work is that he doesn’t use a paintbrush. He uses old twisted credit cards. According to www.monsterchildren.com, “He begins with a black painted canvas and paints while it’s still wet. He applies the white paint without any sketching or use of photographs.”

You can read more about Simon here, and if you fall in love with his work, you can actually purchase his paintings.
This guy is up there with the greats.
I can’t wait for his work to be featured in the United States.

THEVANDERBILD:

http://www.thevanderbild.com/collection/pepijn-simon

ARTSLANT:

Under The Radar

https://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/44636-bunder-the-radar-athar-jaber-melis-buyruk-pepijn-simon

ARTSLANT: 

https://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/473972-pepijn-simon?tab=AWARDS  (Account deleted)

GANYMEDESROCKS:

http://ganymedesrocks.tumblr.com/post/172637965977/ganymedesrocks-pepijnsimon-2nd-study-after
2nd Study after Velázquez, Francis Bacon & Sergej Eisenstein. Pope Innocent X
100 x 140 cm
Pepijn Simon 2016

Born from the 1967 Netherlands cradle of artists, felt those emotions that often lead to a call as early as the age of 5.  He turned to art in order to foster his own safe haven.  Simon knew rapidly that each emotion is a fusion of realism and abstraction, from which that instant becomes portrayed by it through the hands of the artist that vehicles them.  Simon paints without the use of any brushes. In fact, he is using old twisted credit cards as a kind of vehicle to lay down the vision; the sketch if you will.  Particularly because he paints from a felt emotion, the process is very fast, revealing the characters shortly thereafter, which he then accents while the paint is still wet; deciding what can stay and what is superfluous to “the message” he pursues.  Some may look at his work and feel it very “Bacon”, very  “Velázquez” and therefore very influenced.  Now, the lest we forget, most great Masters, never shied away from copying ‘miles’ of existing works prior to let their voice render there more personal message.  What counts is the force within how these influences are rendered.  The result is striking; the artist worth watching.

VERVEMAGAZINE: 

http://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/group-exhibition-around-the-world-in-seven-days-saffronart-new-delhi

VERVEMAGAZINE:
https://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/group-exhibition-pandoras-box-great-banyan-art-the-stainless-gallery-new-delhi

BOOK

THE CONTEMPORARY ART OF EXCELLENCE VOLUME II:

 http://www.gaapublishing.com/volume-ii/

ARTSTACK:

https://theartstack.com/artists/pepijn-simon

PUBLICATION in magazine “Lucide” 2016

By Pierre de Winter

ALBUMCOVERS-VIDEOCLIPS

SUMERIAN RECORDS Los Angeles

The Kindred
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DxYrVByjU2DLgYs6YZqbQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXPObMqNUdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXUJJ4v6Dew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqE5r1lxDKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A37dC0XyzQI

ARTSY

https://www.artsy.net/artist/pepijn-simon/cv

ARTRABBIT

https://www.artrabbit.com/people/pepijn-simon/artist

ARTPRICE
https://www.artprice.com/artist/727773/pepijn-simon

SAATCHI ART

Several times Featured  on the  SAATCHI  ART'S  HOMEPAGE.
Curator: Rebecca Wilson

Examples:

http://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Collage-Photography/New-This-Week-10-12-2015/153961/115957/view

SAATCHI ART 11-01-2016

Chosen to be featured in the New This Week 1-11-2016 Collection on Saatchi Art’s homepage. You can see the collection here: http://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Collage-Drawing/New-This-Week-1-11-2016/153961/123641/view

SAATCHI ART 24-01-2016

Artist of the Day feature 24-01-2016

Chosen to be featured in Saatchi Art ‘Artist of the Day’ series. The artworks are going to be featured within the following weeks on all of the social media accounts Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, etc

ARTSLANT 02-12-2015

Chosen to be featured in the curated ” Under the radar” of Artslant by the Senior Editors.
Under the Radar scours ArtSlant looking for the best work uploaded by its users.

www.artslant.com

BOOK

INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ART

Selected for inclusion in “International Contemporary Artists” art book, volume XI.
I.C.A. Publishing

ART HABENS 21-10-2015

Selected for publication in the next Special edition of ART Habens Contemporary Art Review

https://issuu.com/arthabens/docs/vol.49
https://www.facebook.com/arthabens/posts/143511493008728

More:
Arthabens

ARTSLANT 19-10-2015

Selected as a WINNER in the 6th 2015 ArtSlant Prize Showcase competition

http://www.artslant.com/ew/works/show/936693-the-anatomy-lesson-of-the-painting

BANT MAG. 16-10-2015

An independent music, film and arts magazine from Istanbul

http://bantmag.com/web-galeri-pepijn-simon

SAATCHI ART 12-10-2015

Chosen to be featured in the New This Week 10-12-2015 Collection on Saatchi Art’s homepage. Curator: Rebecca Wilson 

You can see the collection here: (Artwork removed)
 http://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Collage-Photography/New-This-Week-10-12-2015/153961/115957/view

CONTEMPORARY ART OF EXELLENCE BOOK 26-09-2015

Selected to get featured and promoted in the “Contemporary Art of Excellence Book” investable art 2016 by GAA Publishing

ARTSLANT 10-9-2015

ArtSlant Awards

Selected as  part of the Newest Originals Curation Category

SAATCHIART 8-9-2015

“Inspired By Old Masters”

Curated by:
Katherine Henning
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Katherine Henning is the Associate Curator at Saatchi Art. She received her MA in History of Art and the Art Market: Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie’s Education, New York, and her BA in English Literature (Creative Writing) from University of Southern California. Some of her favorite art historical movements are Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and Fauvism. She includes in her list of favorite contemporary artists Yayoi Kusama, Richard Serra, James Turrell, and Kehinde Wiley

MONSTERCHILDREN 7-9-2015

“The paintings of Pepijn Simon”

Article by Sarah Wasko

Monster Children was founded in 2003 in Sydney, Australia, as an alternative to the standard action sports titles in the market, expanding the content of traditional surf and skate magazines into art, photography, design and music and forever changing the genre.

Since its inception, articles on surfers and skaters have featured alongside interviews with ground breaking artists, photographers, filmmakers and musicians.
In 2010, a US edition was launched with offices established in Los Angeles and New York, and now in 2013 Monster Children is stronger than ever, having become a leader in youth lifestyle publishing the world over.

http://www.monsterchildren.com/38196/the-paintings-of-pepijn-simon

SAATCHIART 17-8-2015

http://www.saatchiart.com/pepijnsimon

On behalf of chief curator Rebecca Wilson and the Saatchi Art curation team, the work “The Anatomy Lesson of the painting” has been chosen to be featured in the New this Week 8-17-2015 Collection on Saatchi Art’s homepage.

THEVANDERBILD
https://www.facebook.com/thevanderbild

Curated by Dimitris Manolas,
Explores Contemporary Aesthetic Directions and serves as a platform to honor a select few
inspirational contemporary works across all mediums from every part of the world.

Exhibitions

LONDON 16-01-2016

Gallery Gabriel Fine Art 

ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE

Show inspired by William Blake

ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2016

Rotterdam International Art Fair 2016 september

INDIA

Pandora’s Box 2017
Great Banyan Art, New Delhi
https://hobbydocbox.com/70036888-Painting/Great-banyan-art-presents-pandora-s-box.html

INDIA

Around the World in 7 Days   2017
Great Banyan Art, New Delhi

INDIA

New Delhi

Tales of Art 2016
Great Banyan Art,
https://www.artsy.net/show/great-banyan-art-tales-of-art

SpijkerExpositie Breda 2011
VAK (Vereniging Ateliers Kunstenaars)
The Netherlands

Artenade 2008
The Hague, The Netherlands

Galerie Hein Kocken 2009
Oude Leye The Netherlands

PiliPili Art Gallery 2009
Knokke
BELGIUM

ART COLLECTIONS

Part of art collections in:
Germany, England, United States of America, India, Belgium,
United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands