Exhibition Sam Drukker - On the Road
Sam Drukker - Onderweg (On the Road) displays paintings and drawings by artist Sam Drukker (1957, Goes), created between 2010 and 2021. Drukker is known for his portraits, painted with loose brushstrokes on old and found materials. In his work, he captures people in all their facets. Uncertainty, strength, beauty, and old age are evident in paintings in which the subjects appear to be in motion; sometimes consciously and sometimes uprooted, with a destination yet unknown.
"The perfect beauty of human beings lies in all their imperfections," according to artist Sam Drukker.
People have been the main theme in Sam Drukker's work for years. Portraits are painted vividly, with the subject sometimes looking defiantly at the viewer and sometimes looking away, as if lost in thought. Since 2010, Drukker has been painting people who are searching: displaced, uprooted, and on their way to a new, unknown chapter in their lives. They literally stand with suitcases and plastic bags in their hands, or row in a boat on their way to freedom. The Minje series from 2014 shows ten Jewish men who experienced and survived World War II as adults. Sam Drukker paints and draws on wooden planks and pieces of canvas or tent fabric that he has found. Used materials that already tell a story. Sam incorporates that story into his work. Recent work, such as the paintings
Pest and Falling Man is being exhibited for the first time at Museum JAN. Sam Drukker has previously exhibited at venues including the Rembrandt House Museum, Museum van Loon, and the Jewish Historical Museum.
"The urgency is so evident in this canvas. At a time when so much is unpredictable and uncertain as a result of the pandemic, you see some people moving flexibly while others are weighed down by it. Sam Drukker depicts this recognizable, intangible burden in a compelling manner," says Marieke Uildriks, director of Museum JAN, about Sam Drukker's most recent work 'Plaag' (Plague).
PODCAST SAM PRINTER
LISTENING TIP(S) — In the podcast series "In Sam Drukker's Studio," artist and interviewer Jeroen Steinmetz takes you on a seven-part journey to Sam Drukker's studio.
Amidst the clutter of boards and rags, stacks of books, and the smell of paint, Jeroen questions the painter about observation, concentration, the model, choice of materials, and many other topics that arise between these two talkative artists in Sam Drukker's studio.
Listen to the podcasts at
https://linktr.ee/samdrukker
Would you like to see more paintings by Sam Drukker?
Then pay a visit to the exhibition Sam Drukker - The Man in the Mirror at the Drents Museum. In this exhibition, you can learn more about Drukker's self-portraits. On view: April 10 to July 17.