The Owl and his Boy
In February 2009 a limited first edition was published of John Bradbury Robinson's The Owl and his Boy, featuring 114 magnificent illustrations by Marcel Zalme.
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MARCEL ZALME
The driving force behind Marcel Zalme's work is a duality, not just of identity, but also of citizenship. His work derives not only from his own highly schizophrenic view of himself but from the constant presence in his life of two clashing cultures. He finds the only way to sketch this confusion coherently is by endowing two distinct characters with his various 'component parts'. These represent divisions on two basic levels, internal and geographical, one (Peter) being weak, incoherent and as chance would have it, Canadian, and the other (Slominski) being daring and brilliant and by the way, European. Needless to say, one meets the other and according to Zalme, the results may eventually surprise us.
His media of choice to unite a profusion of ideas into some kind of whole is the written word, which aside from (ostensibly) generating a novel, is the source for whatever images in other media he feels are appropriate to a given context, since very often the place in which he exhibits becomes a backdrop to the unfolding story.
Above the Dam (2007)
oil on canvas, 70 x 80 cm.
'Forest Room 1A' (2005)
Inkjetprint (ultrachrome ink) on Hahnemuhle etching paper, 60 x 90 cm.
'Forest Room 1G' (2005)
Inkjetprint (ultrachrome ink) on Hahnemuhle etching paper, 60 x 90 cm.
'Better than a map' (2004)
photomontage, 50 x 35 cm.
'Peterless Lost' (1997)
oil on canvas, 70 x 80 cm.
'Duel in the Bookshop' (1998)
photomontage, 140 x 60 cm.
'Waiting for Peter'
VPRO television guide, wednesday Oktober 14, 1998
(advertisement)
Marcel Zalme CV
Marcel Zalme (Den Haag 1957)
lives and works in Den Haag, Holland.
Exhibitions from 1992 (a selection)
1992
De Beyerd, Breda (groupshow)
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (g)
KunstRAI 92, Amsterdam (g)
"View Indicator #2", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
Kritzraedhuis, Sittard (g)
1993
"100 Frames, 20 Artists", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
In Situ Gallery, Aalst (Belgium) (g)
"The Lay of the Land", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (solo)
KunstRAI 93, Amsterdam (g)
Maurits van de Laar Gallery, Den Haag (g)
1994
"View Indicator #3", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
"De Ideale Plaats/The Ideal Place", HCAK, Den Haag
KunstRAI 94, Amsterdam (g)
Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (s)
1995
In Situ Gallery, Aalst (Belgium) (s)
"A Chronicle in Seven Parts" HCBK Den Haag Centre (s)
30-40 / Fair for Young Art, Knokke (g)
1996
"Work in progress", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
"A Give Image", de Beyerd, Breda (g)
"What Moves Mountains", Open Space, Amsterda (g)
ART Amsterdam, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (with Robert Wevers)
KusntRAI, Open Space, Amsterdam (g)
"Utopia - Paper, Image and Basis", Paper Biennial, Aalst (Belgium) (g)
"A Chic Place", a show by Geer Pouls, Van den Berge Gallery, Goes
Statengalerie, Den Haag (g)
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/Municipal Collection, Den Haag (g)
"The School at Link", Den Haag (g)
"The Salon", KunstHal Rotterdam (g)
"View Indicator #5", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
1997
"The People’s Choice", KunstHal, Rotterdam (g)
"Omnipresent and Here", The Black Sister's Chapel, Lier (B) (g)
"Peterless Flat", Luxus, Den Haag (s)
KunstRAI/Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (g)
"Automobility", The Veemvloer, Amsterdam (g)
Buro Empty, Amsterdam (g)
" Ice Flowers of Winter", Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam (g)
Lineart, Gent (g)
1998
"Sugar Mountain", Van den Berge Gallery, Goes (g)
"33 Suggestions for the Rembrandt of the 21st C.", Formally The Archive,
Den Haag (g)
"Automobile 2: Licence Number", The Veemvloer, Amsterdam (g)
"Strong is the Language of Words", Brugge (g)
"Blueprint", Van den Berge Gallery (g)
1999
"Peter and the Panorama Painter", Buro Empty, Amsterdam (s)
"Ook de kunstvlaai", Amsterdam (g)
"Featuring the Van den Berge Gallery", Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam (g)
2000
"Peter Enraged/Peters razernij", cc de Werf, Aalst (s)
"Peter Enraged/Peters razernij", Willem III Centre for the Arts, Vlissingen (s)
"No Time", Lier (g)
"Escorting Department - a project by Loek Grootjans, Luxus, Den Haag (g)
2001
KunstRAI/ART Amsterdam, Galerie van den BergeLuxus, Den Haag
2002
PapierBienale, Aalst (B)
'Zuster S. Begina', Voorkamer, Lier (B)'Een anatomische droom', STROOM, Den Haag
2003
'Works on Paper', Galerie van den Berge, Goes
'The New View Indicator', Galerie van den Berge, Goes
2004
'Zie Tekening', Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-van campen, Lier (B)
'Wish you were (t)here', Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst (B)
'Het Hertje', Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag
2005
'Forest Rooms', Galerie van den Berge, Goes
2006
Voorkamer, Lier (B)
2007
ART Amsterdam, Amsterdam Art Fair
Summershow, Gallery van den Berge, Goes
Still thinking about a title, Gallery van den Berge, Goes
Commissions:
1992
"Haagse Kopstukken", a project by the Art Lending Library of Den Haag1993/1994
"De Bocht van Guinee", a project by Stroom HCBK, Den Haag1996
Municipal Collection of Den Haag, limited edition (200 ex.), Leo Delfgauw, ed.1998
"The Tunnel Project", Zoetermeer
1999/2000
Art for the Schorsmolen district, Breda
Bibliography (a selection):
1992"Ijsland-Island", First Floor Foundation, Goes (cat.) Ineke Spaander
"De Bocht van Guinee", Stroom HCBK, Den Haag (cat.) Philip Peters, Gepke Bouma
"Haagse Kopstukken", Artotheek Den Haag (cat.) Dolf Welling, Ingrid van Santen1993
"Hedendaagse kunstsalon", PZC, 16 maart Nico Out
"Menagerie", Haagse Courant, 26 november Cees van der Geer1994
"De Ideale Plaats/The Ideal Place" HCAK, Den Haag (cat.) Philip Peters, Marcel Zalme e.a.
"Paradijs van de verbeelding", PZC, 9 december Nico Out
"Voettocht", Het Financieele Dagblad. 12 december A.C. van Cortenberghe
1995"Warm of koud", Stroom HCBK, Den Haag (cat.) Hans Oerlemans
"Over schone handen", HCAK, Den Haag Marcel Zalme
"In eigen beheer", HCAK, Den Haag Marcel Zalme
"Een Haagse kroniek in zeven delen", Haagse Courant, 18 april Mieke Peperkamp
"Staalkaart op de grens van 2 seizoenen", Financieel Dagblad, 3 juni A.C. van Cortenberghe
"The Ideal Place", Art & Design Magazine profile no. 42/London Henk Oosterling e.a.
1996"Een gegeven beeld", HN, 30 maart Ida Jager
"Het gegeven beeld", de Beyerd, Breda (cat.) Elly Stegeman, Wilma Suto
"Variaties op een surrealistisch spel", NRC Handelsblad, 20 april Mark Peters
"Utopia", Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst (B) (cat.) Luk Lambrecht
"Peterless", (kunstenaarsboekje), Stadscollectie, Den Haag Marcel Zalme
"Bergen", NRC Handelsblad, 26 april Lucette ter Borg
"Aalst wijst de weg naar Utopia", De Standaard, 12 juni Bavo Baeyens
"Hagenaar", Haagse Courant, 27 september Roos van Put
"Vraagtekens bij de werkelijkheid", PZC, 26 november Nico Out
1997"The People’s Choice", KunstHal, Rotterdam (cat.) Bril & van Weelden
"Alom en Hiernevens", De Voorkamer, Lier (cat.)
"Alom en niet erneven", De Morgen Luk Lambrecht
1998"Op zoek naar een bestemming", PZC, december Nico Out
"Kunst in de openbare ruimte", Stroom HCBK, Den Haag (cat.) Lily van Ginneken
"Sterk zij de tale der woorden! @rt words-@rt works", Brugge (cat.) Jan Verhaeghe e.a.
"Moet Brugge ontsmet worden?", De Standaard, 23 december Jan van Hove
1999"Dankzij Gezelle...", Het Nieuwsblad, 4 januari Mark Vlaeminck
2002'Een anatomische droom', Stroom, Den Haag
'Zuster S. Begina', Voorkamer. Lier (B) (cat)
2004
'Zie Tekening', Voorkamer, Lier (B) (cat.)
'Wish you were (t)here', Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst (B) (cat.)
2005
'Het onder-gewone', Stroom, Den Haag (cat.)
Other activities:
1991
co-founder of The Archive Foundation-stichting Het Archief/ Den Haag
1989-1995
co-organizer of various HCAK projecten, a.o. "De Ideale Plaats/The Ideal Place"
1997
guest tutorial, Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich
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