IF I’M ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS / Willem Van Hooff

OUTSIDERS PRESENTS I’M ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS, A SOLO EXHIBITION BY DUTCH ARTIST WILLEM VAN HOOFF, OPENING ON 2 JULY AND ON VIEW THROUGH 30 JULY.

THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER A NEW SERIES OF HAND-CRAFTED CERAMIC WORKS INSCRIBED WITH PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND FRAGMENTS OF THOUGHT BY THE ARTIST WHILE WORKING AT THE RESIDENCY.

MOVING BETWEEN SINCERITY, HUMOUR, VULNERABILITY, AND QUIET INTROSPECTION, EACH PIECE TRANSFORMS LANGUAGE INTO A PHYSICAL OBJECT WHERE HANDWRITTEN WORDS BECOME INSEPARABLE FROM THE CLAY ITSELF. RATHER THAN OFFERING DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS, VAN HOOF’S WORKS INVITE MOMENTS OF PAUSE AND CONTEMPLATION. THE CERAMICS FUNCTION AS INTIMATE COMPANIONS, CAPTURING FLEETING THOUGHTS THAT RESONATE FAR BEYOND THE ARTIST’S OWN EXPERIENCE. TOGETHER, THEY FORM A POETIC LANDSCAPE OF SHARED EMOTIONS, REMINDING US THAT OUR MOST PRIVATE REFLECTIONS ARE OFTEN THE ONES WE HAVE IN COMMON.

I’M ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS CONTINUES OUTSIDERS’ COMMITMENT TO PRESENTING CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHOSE PRACTICES CHALLENGE THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ART, CRAFT, AND EVERYDAY LIFE.