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 Global Affairs, Ottawa
Façade, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 41 x 30.5 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Lightness, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Reversal, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Sidelines II, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 28 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Corner. 2013, acrylic on canvas, 77.5 x 45 cm. Collection: National Gallery of Canada
Tuft, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 26 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Water falling, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 cm. Collection | National Gallery of Canada
Rollover, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 23cm. Collection |National Gallery of Canada
Platter, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 28 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
Pillow,
Beam, 2012. Acrylic on canvas. Private collection.
Inside Under, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, Private collection.
Gift, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 cm.
Sidelines, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36x 30 cm.
Building, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 77.5 x 45 cm .
Light Side, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 38cm x 30.48cm
Floor, 2012. Oil on canvas, 111.8cm x 91.4cm
Edge, 2013. Oil on canvas, 101.6cm x 91.4cm.
Field Study, 2013. Oil on canvas, 121.9cm x 91.5cm. Private collection.
Ghost, 2013. Oil on canvas, 121.9cm x 91.5cm. Private collection.
Horizontal, 2013. Oil on canvas, 101.6cm x 91.4cm.
Red Object, 2013. Oil on canvas, 48" x 36".
Ring, 2012. Oil on canvas, 121.9cm x 91.5cm.
Lantern, 2013. Oil on canvas, 101.6cm x 91.4cm
See Through, 2013. Oil on canvas, 121.9cm x 91.5cm.
Setting, 2013. Oil on canvas, 111.8cm x 91.4cm. Private collection.
