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Ronald Ophuis

Artist's Bio/C.V.

Ronald Ophuis (1968 NL)
Lives and works in Amsterdam/NL

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Contact information

e: ronaldophuis@xs4all.nl

Involved in

Ophuis: Painting Trauma

Ronald Ophuis - Ronald Ophuis studies single actions sometimes for weeks at a time before he starts to paint. The…

Testimonies

Ronald Ophuis - In 1992 a transport plane crashed into two blocks of flats in the district Bijlmermeer in Amsterdam.

Why do we give fictitious testimony?

Ronald Ophuis - The testimonies may be fictitious but the sentiments we have experienced are not. As a means to…

Methods for painting

Ronald Ophuis - My work consists of the creating and painting of fictitious events. I stage the drama in my studio.

Interrogation of the soul

Ronald Ophuis - As a child I often looked at the images from the life of Christ during mass. Above the altar a…

Thoughts

Ronald Ophuis - In what situation do we conjure up fictitious images. When does our visual phantasy starts to work.

The Game

Ronald Ophuis - Compare it to the games children play. They play war games, play death, they long for a game full…

The artist’s studio and the testimony

Ronald Ophuis - At first the studio is an empty place. As an artist you decide what kind of life will fill your…

Paintings

Studies.

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