Mattie Schilders (1951)
- Academy for Industrial design, Eindhoven (NL)
- Academy for Modern Art, Tilburg (NL)
'I CONSIDER THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL ‘PRIMAL LANDSCAPE’ TO BE THE SUBJECT OF MY RESEARCH. IN THIS UNDERLYINGSCENERY THAT DRAWS ME, STRIPPED OF ALL ITS GLAMOUR AND SPLENDOUR. SEARCHING ONCE AGAIN FOR WHAT THIS ‘ALL’ IS AND WHERE ITCOMES FROM. HERE AND NOW REDUCED TO A HANDFUL OF COLORS AND SKETCHY STRUCTURES. COMPOSITE ELEMENTS CREATE AN ALIENATINGIMAGE, WHEREBY NATURALISM AND A CERTAIN ABSTRACTION CAN EXIST HAND IN HAND.'