Jan van de Pavert

Datum: 1 november - 21 november 1991

The presentation by Jan van de Pavert (1960) consisted of documentation material displayed on trestle tables and a Place for Fictitious Books (1991), a cabinet constructed from plywood, MDF, silver leaf, and mirror (186 x 174 x 36 cm).

Folded leaflet: "What physics is for Victor Wentinck, architecture is for Jan van de Pavert. What for one is the dramatized end of a life, is for the other what is evoked by a certain constellation of architectural elements. The multilayered meanings in Wentinck’s work find their parallels in Van de Pavert’s."

The theme of this series was the so-called "undercurrent" of the artwork. Artists were invited to give form to or arrange the underlying context of their work. The presentations (over the course of three weeks) aimed not only to provide insight into the artist's interests, frames of reference, and sources of inspiration, but also into their way of thinking, searching, choosing, and organizing. At the same time, the series sought to contribute to the discussion about how art is presented - both in terms of concept and as a spatial and physical "installation." Each presentation was accompanied by an evening conversation between the artist and a guest of their choosing, as well as the publication of a folded leaflet, which each artist could design and shape in their own way.