The oeuvre of Eelco Brand belongs to a pictorial tradition in which landscape and genre scenes play a leading role, but goes beyond the traditional forms of this genre. Realistically looking landscapes are combined with abstract components, absurdity and humour are constantly accompanying the artworks of Eelco Brand.
The landscapes seem familiar to us, evoking the impression of having seen them before – stereotypes, completely virtually constructed, but of a strong expressive power. But is not any form of visualisation of landscapes constructed,
even those we see in our mind’s eye when we imagine a landscape? The artworks of Eelco Brand encourages us to think about our perception of reality.
In Brand’s films the viewer is effortlessly changing perspectives: crawling like bugs, moving below and above a water surface. Mushrooms turn into floating jellyfish-like forms. The slow movements as well as the endlessly repeating loop of the short films are nearly meditative and do not meet in any respect with the expectation that we have of animated films.
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3D animation
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PT.movi, 2018
3D animation continuous
102,3 x 61 x 10 cm -
VWV.movi, 2015
Digital animation, continuous, sound
HD 23” screen
61 x 102 x 12 cm -
Y.Movi, 2010
3D animation, continuous screen
54 x 34 x 9 cm -
N.movi, 2011
3d animation, endless
monitor 35 x 57 x 9,5 cm -
P.movi, 2010
DVD digital animation
54 x 34 x 9 cm -
O.movi, 2004
DVD 3D computer animation
monitor 35 x 57 x 9,5
Printworks
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Land, 2007
C-print
100 x 150 cm -
HEUVELS, 2006
C-print
90 x 140 cm -
Sparheuvels, 2006
C-print
90 x 160 cm
Installations
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Today I would like to be a Tree, 2021
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Today I would like to be a Tree, 2021
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Polygons & Polymers, 2018
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Installation view, 2016
Studio la Città at Arte Fiera, Bologna
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Animatio, 2015
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Persistence of vision. Painting with software, 2012
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona