<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.leopoldvandeven.nl/">Leopold van de Ven</a> </span></span>wrote to me one late afternoon:<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />"I make architectural wall sculptures in response to the white cube space."</span></span><br /><br />Later that evening, I began to write to Leopold a letter, and simply stated <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Perfect, I'd like to move in some(time)."</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6218193619_f634dc1354_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6218193619_f634dc1354_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 473px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6218193449_0a0c4dec0a_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6218193449_0a0c4dec0a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 469px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6218193545_4b6e92f8a0_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"Leopold looks for forms that brace themselves and as such constitute the visibility of space. In his work he intends </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">to make a stand against space</span></span>.<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"</span><br /><br /><br />"In my drawings, objects and collages I constantly search for a sensory confrontation, I look for forms that brace themselves and as such constitute the visibility of space. In my work I intend to make a stand against space. My work is based on the concept of space;<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to show space and rediscover it,</span></span> sometimes even in two dimensional form, but always with the same idea in mind.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is how I see it:</span> two qualities of a drawing are representation and the imagination of depth. An object has a three-dimensional, physical presence and can therefore be an inconvenience. It is tangible, has substance and can hence constitute a drama/tell a story. My wall sculptures I describe as 'two-dimensional sculptures': a combination of the qualities of a drawing and those of a three-dimensional object. In this way I try to give the two-dimensional sculptures imaginary depth, without it becoming an image-like drawing. I call it 'abstract surrealism'. The actual presence as a tangible object forms the three-dimensional element which enhances expression in the piece of art."<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6218193545_4b6e92f8a0_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6218193545_4b6e92f8a0_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 468px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><br /><br /><br />thank you Leopold.....</span><br /><a href="http://www.leopoldvandeven.nl/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leopold van de Ven </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;">portfolio here..</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----------------</span>

Leopold van de Ven wrote to me one late afternoon: "I make architectural wall sculptures in response to the white cube space." L...

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