Artists:		Aad Hofman & Robert Daalmeijer
Technique:		oil paint
Date of exhibition:		March 22 - May 5, 200

Duo-exhibition Aad Hofman & Robert Daalmeijer
parallel there's a group exhibition of 35 realists, each with ± three pieces.

For some years now Museum Møhlmann has been striking a blow for realistic and figurative art. The museum is run by the realistic painter Rob Møhlmann, together with his wife Laura. So things are a little different here, as there are no artists who exhibit in this museum, but colleagues. Most of them have been in the business of making fine art for 20 years or more, but now and again there is a younger talent.

Aad Hofman, Can with dried roses, 2000, o/d, 40x24cm. | zoom |

This duo-exhibition is a fine example of this, for Aad Hofman has been a painter for three decades, while Robert Daalmeijers first decade isn't over yet. In spite of this difference there is much similarity. First of all, a firm family tie. Uncle Hofman taught his nephew the tricks of the trade. Teaching is something Aad Hofman has done for a long time, but recently he passes this baton on, in order to have more time for his art. Robert Daalmeijer took over and is now teaching a group of enthusiastic students. The strong family tie is echoed in the choice of similar subjects, albeit the accents put by both of them lead to a different result.

Robert Daalmeijer, Dried flowers, 2001, o/d, 30x24cm. | zoom |

Aad Hofman once started off with pictures of buildings that were due for demolition, but he soon switched from this spectacular decay to sensitive still lifes of worthless material like dried leaves, rusty pieces of metal, shells and old wood. As a contemporary monk he is filling up his small canvases with tender care in sober earth colours right up to the last vein. And full is not jam-packed but richly filled. Wonderful and fine-mesh landscapes are created in which one can wonder.

Aad Hofman, Rust, 2000, o/l, 45x35cm. | zoom |

Robert Daalmeijer shares this passion for this transitoriness, but is a little more grim. The contrasts in his colouring are stronger and the fields around the detailed objects are usually larger and more empty. The result is often a modern look. Where the older generation is integrating the detail, the younger is accentuating, but the similarity is found in a unconditional love for detail.

Robert Daalmeijer, Jezus, 2001, o/p, 7x7cm. | zoom |