VanDonKelaAr.ca
Title
van Donkelaar Studios
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Christopher van Donkelaar
- Ignoring the perceived boundaries of the many, "ists" - artist, geologist, botanist, chemist ... to name a few - that our current culture prescribes, Christopher van Donkelaar aims to reclaim wholeness within his art. In doing so, van Donkelaar presents everything he interacts with, whether it be a bit of bone or a handful of dirt, in a new way that challenges his audience to work out a new perception of what they have always seen. Cutting through our economic framework, this same process demonstrates that what is freely available can also be unique and valuable. But, the most significant difference about his art, is that the results are not the common and predictable condemnation of humanity’s actions (so prescriptive today). Instead, van Donkelaar’s work is a celebration of the good a person can do within the world.
