Nothing Is What It Seems – Johan de Wit

A weathered, fragile ladder. A rusty chair. A cabinet crammed with colourful jars. In this exhibition you wandered through the world of Johan de Wit, filled with recognisable objects. Recognisable at first glance, at least. On a second look, there was always something more to see behind the dents and folds. A wink or a surprise.

De Wit's work is about transience, failure, self-mockery and recognising one's own insignificance. His works are gentle, playful, simple, honest and sometimes melancholic.

The more than thirty works, including a specially made variation on the famous Rietveld chair, are made of paper and resin. The Belgian artist Johan de Wit (1960) lives and works in Ghent; this was his first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands.