French Curves 2012 - 13
”… Beginning with images pulled from mass media sources such as décor and fashion magazines, Van Halm replaces large portions of the image with smooth expanses of pure colour, borrowed from the delicate tones of origami paper. By using the existing proportional and compositional material given by the background material – straight lines, right angles, regular curves and parabolic curves – the artist is able to build subtle tensions between figuration and abstraction, thus disrupting the classic figure/ground, subject/object relationships...
Sophie Brodovitch, 2013
Light Up (red and blue), 2012. Oil on canvas, 72" x 60". Collection | Bank of Montréal
Ground Up, 2013. Oil on canvas, 72" x 60". Collection | Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
Sidelines, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36x 30 cm.
Water falling, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Tuft, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 26 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Corner. 2013, acrylic on canvas, 77.5 x 45 cm. Collection: National Gallery of Canada
Platter, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 28 x 30.5 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Rollover, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 23cm. Collection |National Gallery of Canada
Gift, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 cm.
Façade, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 41 x 30.5 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Tongue and Groove. 2013, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
View, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, x cm.
Lightness, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Inside Under, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, Private collection.
Sidelines II, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 22 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Beam, 2012. Acrylic on canvas. Private collection.
Building, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 77.5 x 45 cm .
Sofa, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, x cm.
2012 Collection | National Gallery of Canada
