Pim Top
The work by Pim Top is probably more influenced by his studies at Erasmus University (Cultural Science, Philosophy, Art History) then by his brief stint at the art academy. Every image he makes comes from studies examining the way we perceive 2d images and the way we have, since the beginning of times, translated our reality to a flat surface and how this is used for communication.
That is why his work could be referred to as a kind of hermeneutic realism and can be seen more as a formal study in image making and language in general. His work asks the viewer to be more mindful of the way he or she perceives his or her own reality in regard to aesthetic assumptions and the different types of value that can be attributed.
His recent collages added a tactile element to his mostly digital work by working with different types of (photo)paper. The compositions are still created digitally, now focusing on a more abstract style. Although the works seem very busy and maximal, he would rather refer to them as his more “minimal” work. Kind of in the same way Steve Reich for example referred to his work as quite “maximal” instead of the “minimal” label it was given. A “minimal maximalism” if you will.
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