Corné Akkers

Joined Artfinder: June 2015

Artworks for sale: 777

(8)

Netherlands

About Corné Akkers

 
 
  • Biography
    Born in 1969 at Nijmegen. Corné's work can be seen in many countries all over the world. Corné employs a variety of styles that all have one thing in common: the ever search for the light on phenomena and all the shadows and light planes they block in. His favorites in doing so are oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. He states that it’s not the form or the theme that counts but the way planes of certain tonal quality vary and block in the lights. Colours are relatively unimportant and can take on whatever scheme. It’s the tonal quality that is ever present in his work, creating the illusion of depth and mass on a flat 2d-plane. Corné combines figurative work with the search for abstraction because neither in extremo can provide the desired art statement the public expects from an artist. Besides all that, exaggeration and deviation is the standard and results in a typical use of a strong colour scheme and a hugh tonal bandwith, in order to create art that, when the canvas or paper would be torn into pieces, in essence still would be recognizable.
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  • Education

    1971 - 2015

    Self taught

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    Previous events

    Event: Double exhibition with colleague Michael Burgers

    Dates: 1 Sep 2015 - 30 Sep 2015

    Venue: Gallery Brugman, Voorburg

    exhibition of my cubist and roundish oil paintings, pastels and graphite pencil drawings at Gallery Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands

    Event: Gallery Dabekaussen

    Dates: 1 Nov 2014 - 1 Feb 2016

    Venue: Gallery Dabekaussen, Sittard, Netherlands

    Gallery Dabekaussen

    Event: Flowerport, Shanghai

    Dates: 1 Apr 2012 - 1 Jun 2012

    Venue: Flowerport, Shanghai

    Flowerport, Shanghai

    Event: Gallery 'Globe'

    Dates: 1 Oct 2009 - 1 Nov 2009

    Venue: Gallery 'Globe', Nijmegen, Netherlands


    Gallery 'Globe'

    Event: Museum 'Het Marishuis'

    Dates: 1 Sep 2008 - 1 Oct 2008

    Venue: Museum 'Het Marishuis', Heumen, Netherlands

    Museum 'Het Marishuis'

    Event: Galerie Het Licht' at Valkenswaard, Netherlands

    Dates: 1 Sep 2007 - 1 Oct 2007

    Venue: Gallery 'Het Licht', Valkenswaard

    Galerie Het Licht' at Valkenswaard, Netherlands

Links

Like me on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

Follow me on Pinterest

Follow me on Instagram

Visit my website

Education

1971 - 2015

Self taught

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Double exhibition with colleague Michael Burgers

Dates: 1 Sep 2015 - 30 Sep 2015

Venue: Gallery Brugman, Voorburg

exhibition of my cubist and roundish oil paintings, pastels and graphite pencil drawings at Gallery Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands

Event: Gallery Dabekaussen

Dates: 1 Nov 2014 - 1 Feb 2016

Venue: Gallery Dabekaussen, Sittard, Netherlands

Gallery Dabekaussen

Event: Flowerport, Shanghai

Dates: 1 Apr 2012 - 1 Jun 2012

Venue: Flowerport, Shanghai

Flowerport, Shanghai

Event: Gallery 'Globe'

Dates: 1 Oct 2009 - 1 Nov 2009

Venue: Gallery 'Globe', Nijmegen, Netherlands


Gallery 'Globe'

Event: Museum 'Het Marishuis'

Dates: 1 Sep 2008 - 1 Oct 2008

Venue: Museum 'Het Marishuis', Heumen, Netherlands

Museum 'Het Marishuis'

Event: Galerie Het Licht' at Valkenswaard, Netherlands

Dates: 1 Sep 2007 - 1 Oct 2007

Venue: Gallery 'Het Licht', Valkenswaard

Galerie Het Licht' at Valkenswaard, Netherlands

 

Biography

Born in 1969 at Nijmegen. Corné's work can be seen in many countries all over the world. Corné employs a variety of styles that all have one thing in common: the ever search for the light on phenomena and all the shadows and light planes they block in. His favorites in doing so are oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. He states that it’s not the form or the theme that counts but the way planes of certain tonal quality vary and block in the lights. Colours are relatively unimportant and can take on whatever scheme. It’s the tonal quality that is ever present in his work, creating the illusion of depth and mass on a flat 2d-plane. Corné combines figurative work with the search for abstraction because neither in extremo can provide the desired art statement the public expects from an artist. Besides all that, exaggeration and deviation is the standard and results in a typical use of a strong colour scheme and a hugh tonal bandwith, in order to create art that, when the canvas or paper would be torn into pieces, in essence still would be recognizable.
 
 
 

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