In my studio, the sketches, drawings and texts I make mix with the impressions I am exposed to on a daily basis. I combine fragments from newspapers, passages from books and collections, scenes from films and performances as well as exhibitions with what happens online or on television, with what people tell me and what the landscape shows me as I go by. The world is given a place in the studio.
The world is fragmented because my experience of reality is like that. I use words and images to express this in my own way. Although I actually know that the reality is many times greater. She is sovereign and does not need my language at all.
Every day again I relate to the world that is open to me. And always in a different way. From fragments of it, from what moves me and what I remember about the world, I make combinations that encourage me to look, think and make. (read more on the website: www.harryhaarsma.nl)
Wild Summer of Art deel 1
presentation of Van Hier, leporello (part of the Library of the man that I am.
Wild Summer of Art
Van De Stijl bis Boekie Woeki. Kunstpublikationen aus den Niederlanden
Van het een & in het ander
Van het een & in het ander
deelname aan verschillende GRAW weekenden
presentatie ten behoeve van aankoop boeken uit De bibliotheek van de mens die ik ben.
presentation for purchase.
Boek presentatie
Een en Veel (maakt deel uit van 'Humble')
During the group exhibition Humble, Haarsma goes to the Garage every day to take an image from the installation Een en Veel from the cupboard and replace it with the image that was hung on the wall the day before. Every day there is a different work on the wall; At the same time, a lot of images, stored in the shelving unit, are not visible every day. The installation emphasizes the attention for that one image, set against the multitude of wrapped, 'blind' images in the shelving unit.
De bibliotheek van de mens die ik ben
I relate to the world that is open to me every day. From fragments of it, from what moves me and what I remember about the world, I make meaningful combinations that encourage me to think, look and make. Enriched by poetry and philosophy and fueled by a desire for insight and closeness, I build a story that extends across the walls and doors of the studio. This process is reflected in books and leporellos and forms: The library of the human being that I am.
Van de wereld (bijdrage aan Snapshot of a larger order, curator Winnie Teschmacher)
'Of the World' is an investigation into a special connection: the image as world and the world as image. 'From the World' started in 2012 as a collaboration between visual artists Harry Haarsma and Robert Zandvliet, and philosopher Laurens ten Kate. It is a follow-up to their project 'Veronica' (Ketelfactory 2011/2012, in collaboration with philosopher Renée van Riessen). (see website for example)
Lakens, Kranten en Walvisvet
I read the newspaper every day. She gives me a picture of the world. To connect with this, I reflect on this complex reality.
I paste the newspaper on linen, edit it and transform the news of the day into my view of the world. Sixteen images are included in the newspaper that accompanies the exhibition. It is a selection from the series of seventy works that were created in 2013/2014. (see website for example)
Veronica
The collaborative project is a search for the true image. It is an impossible quest. Why impossible? For Robert Zandvliet and Harry Haarsma, the true image does not exist in itself. We only encounter the truth of the image when it is given up to a bearer and thus begins to circulate in the world