Exhibition paper art, digitally processed charcoal drawings and sculptures

The new season of Kunstpodium ‘t Oude Raadhuis opens with paper artist Bart de Wit from Beek en Donk.

He crafts decorations consisting of small paper parts, often of the same shape that he puts together to form a whole. This can be a spherical shape or a fantasy shape.
They are generally objects that hang in the room, but also flat shapes as wall decorations. He has also used this technique to make lampshades, for both hanging and standing lighting.

Methods:
He usually starts from basic parts that he designs digitally, then prints on coloured paper or photo paper. After this, it's cut, cut, glue, paste, up to a thousand pieces. These days he uses a cutting machine, but in the past he cut and sliced everything by hand. The gluing and pasting is still always by hand. He therefore has endless patience.

Often he does not have an end result in mind, but sees where these particles can lead while working. Often with surprising and very colourful results.

Apart from paper decorations, he has also made sculptures in the past. He was on a campsite during a holiday in France, where creativity was high on the activity list. There, he came across sculpting in limestone. Once home, he continued this in the attic, but in aerated concrete, as it is easier to work with and does not make as much noise for the neighbours.

He also learned model drawing in charcoal from 1994. He had lessons from José Jansen at the CAN in Nuenen. Some of his drawings he edited digitally and printed on canvas. Some of his sculptures and manipulated drawings are also on display at the exhibition.

In 2008, illness prevented him from sculpting or drawing, he then expressed his creativity in paper objects, which form the main part of his not-quite-exhibition.