Helen Verhoeven
Hoge Raad - Een op Een
concept and design Alon Levin ; bys Maria Barnas, Jasper Gerretsen ; photography Johannes Schwartz

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Author(s)

Maria Barnas, Jasper Gerretsen

Editor(s)

Alon Levin

Publication, year

Den Haag ; Berlin : Alon Levin / Helen Verhoeven, 2016

Scope

352 Pages, illustrated, 34 cm.

ISBN

9789081465700

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Helen Verhoeven's works often explore the theme of ceremonial gatherings. The focus of this book is her monumental painting, 'Hoge Raad' ('Supreme Court'), which hangs in that same institution in The Hague. According to the essay by Maria Barnas, "Rarely have I seen anything so theatrical, so time-transcending and majestic, and at the same time so everyday." Tension pervades the work, with the positioning of various figures lending it a theatrical aspect. This book contains a 1:1 reproduction of the painting: each page shows a surface segment, set in the sequence of a mapped grid. Also included is an index of the painting's historical references.

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Person as subject

Helen Verhoeven

Location

Cabinet 8 - 3: Kunstenaars