Jochem Rotteveel NL, b. 1976

Jochem Rotteveel describes himself as a painter, who utilizes special materials: adhesive foil and tape. For more than ten years, these materials have served as Rotteveels ‘paintbrush’ and ‘paint’ as he continually refines his technique with each new work.

With foil and tape, Rotteveel investigates several boundaries. By folding the foil, they add volume onto flat surfaces, stretching the boundary between two-dimensional and three-dimensional. The material becomes pasty but does not reveal its origins. The spectator does not know whether it is metal, plastic or ceramic.

As Rotteveel is not able to physically blend colors, he aims to blend the colors optically. By following the creases, the viewer blends the colors optically. Whether the colors lie in line of each other or they clash, they always teach the viewer something new about themselves and each other. On his works on dibond panel, Rotteveel folds the foil around the edges of the panel. This raises the question: where does the work stop and where does the carrier start? Is there even a front and a back?

Rotteveel works on dibond panels but also creates large murals. The murals address all the questions raised above yet add another question around eternity value, since all murals are temporary. After each exhibition, Rotteveel takes them down and the only image that remains is the image inside your head. These murals make a statement, to prove that art should not necessarily hold eternity value, for the real value of art lies in the moment that you experience it.