DORIS HARDEMAN WORKS

ABOUT Doris Hardeman (1993) born in Arnhem and raised in the USA and The Hague is a young artist and graduate from the Royal Art Academy in The Hague where she studied Fine Arts. EXHIBITIONS 2017/ Brice Abernethy: Missing, SID YOUNG, Glasgow 2016 / OPZICHT presentation, Stroom Den Haag, Den Haag DIRTY DAISIES, Fokkerterminal, Den Haag I LOSE YOU, Milk In Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam A PURSUIT OF THE UNGRASPABLE, Electron, Breda JUST EXCELLENT, Fine Arts, KABK Graduation Festival, Den Haag DRIFT, In Staat Tot Natuur, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam AS CLOSE TO BLACK AS BLUE CAN BE, Megastores, Den Haag 2015 / MOTHERLODE;/;/;/;/;/;/ Den Haag BLOODY MARY, Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam WOODEN WEB, KABK, Den Haag 2014 / BACK STAGE ON STAGE, Salone Internationale Del Mobile, Milano 2013 / UITGELICHT, Filmhuis, Den Haag PUBLICATION 2016 / KABK X MOTLEY, Radio Expansion, radio show on Mister Motley MISTER MOTLEY.NL, publication of graduation work METROPOLIS M.NL, graduation work mentioned BK-Informatie edition 2016-4, picture of work: expanding fields BRING YOUR CHANGE, catalogue of group-show "AS CLOSE TO BLACK AS BLUE CAN BE" GRANTS 2016/ Awarded with the STROOM KABK INVEST program

Everything around us bears the marks of time. In my installations, I explore how these marks belong to a language of materials and gestures, that speak to the way time leaves its fleeting traces on our lives. I long to catch the moment, when clay takes shape, moulded by my hands, determined to become a conserved momentum. As if existing inside a newtons cradle, swaying back and forth through time and space. There is no beginning and there is no end, there is just the momentum, the act of the hands, as they attempt to create an environment where the ticking of the clock becomes trivial and there is no distinction between to- or yester- day. Becoming aware of the time span of objects around me is a reoccurring element in my work. We all take part in an everlasting repetitive routine that lingers on at its own pace, yet one I cannot keep up with as it seems to be always one step ahead. Through my work I try to set still an action in time, and enable myself to catch up, even though the moment I confirm the existence of a happening it seems to have already dispersed. As if I were trying to grasp the ungraspable, my sculptures are literally print offs of my working process, a process that only exists due to the execution of it. I knead the clay and pour it into unalterable shapes, leaving my prints as marks behind, as if without this evidence they do not really exist. Picture a dustball tumbling across an empty desert, or an empty plastic bag which disappears into thin air, grabbed by the arms of a squall. Think of the simmering Fata Morgana lurking at you in the distance. These displays are examples of simple events, a decor where an object moves with minimal motion across the frame. Simple gestures are pushed into materials, giving you just enough recognition to create familiar sites. As if in dialogue with a pen pal, my works often arise after having written or having received a letter regarding my thoughts. Making use of narrative in a suggestive way, my work pushes you in a certain direction and encourages you to get into the mind of someone else, somewhere else. Storytelling with mixed up chapters and torn out pages gives you little bits of information, yet just not enough to put all the pieces into place.

Detail, As his body molds, by the scars of its erosion extract from a group show, 2017

Overview of installation, EX-SQUEEZE ME SIR, on letters from a pen-pall, 2017

Detail of installation, EX-SQUEEZE ME SIR, on letters from a pen-pall, 2017

Detail of installation, DEAR MOMENT, 2016

Detail of installation DEAR MOMENT, 2016

View of installation, DEAR MOMENT, 2016

Detail of installation, DEAR MOMENT, 2016

Detail of installation DEAR MOMENT, 2016

Detail of installation, DEAR MOMENT, 2016

View of installation, Can you here the stones' whisper? 2015

Detail of installation,can you hear the stones' whisper? 2015

Time Capsules, Rocks on molds, 2015

Time Capsules, Rocks on molds, 2016

Expanding Fields, plaster and rope, 2016

Expanding Fields, 2016, plaster and rope