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AT THE CENTURY’S CHANGE-OVER
In the 20th century, when photography was in full achieved. The way of thinking created by the
development, it became a ‘must’ for painting to newly established chaos theory, that gives its own
show more than the visual reality. Contemporary order to an apparent disarray, where chaos is not
art became more intellectual, i.e. art does not considered as a hopeless end, but as a source of
answer questions any longer, but reveals preferably possibilities, covers very well Rien Vörgers’ work.
the emotional conditions of the human soul. It has slowly become known as consensionism,
However, a work of art is the only thing that can although Rien called it himself his ‘mosaic’ style.
RON VAN DER KOLK, PHOTOGRAPHY
create an image of the world. Impressive art does The radiating power of his work provoked by his
not end by revealing the inner structure of the artist, renovating carefully built up technique, shows
but develops in order to ever again renew itself, as thàt emotional tension in his tales, impressions
happened in all past centuries via Renaissance, and philosophies, which have the necessary
Impressionism, Expressionism, Futurism, Fauvism. intellectual news value, that will historically
The complex structure of Rien Vörgers’ original way mark the last decennia of the 20th century. Thus
of painting, initiated around 1980, proofs to be a making his ‘mosaic’ style of Rien Vörgers not only
further stage in this developing movement, after a ‘good’ but foremost a ’big’ painter. (excerpt)
what a.o. Picabia, Balla, Vasarely and Mondriaan R.C.Okel, 2015
7 DAYS A WEEK, 1989 GOUACHES 20X63 IN. | 50X160 CM. (TOP LEFT - SUNDAY)
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