Marc Nagtzaam
Biography
Born in Helmond, The Netherlands, 1968
Lives and works in Sluiskil, The Netherlands
Marc Nagtzaam has been producing a body of work that is based on one main subject: the idea of pattern, the repetition. He draws lines, grids, circles, words or sentences as in an endless search for collecting pieces of information. The repetition and the graphic structure of his works seems reminiscent of minimal and conceptual aesthetics. Most of Marc Nagtzaam´s drawings consist of colourless, darkly filled in graphite surfaces. Abstracted elements from architecture, graphic design, details from found photographs, or parts from previous drawings are starting points for every series of works. This source material is being reduced, with basic, elementary means: dots, lines and flat surfaces, to construct a sort of structure. As Nagtzaam himself points out: “I’m looking for representations of a (seemingly) concrete reality as well as I search for images which can only exist as a drawing.”
Selected Texts
- 2014Francesco StocchiGraphitic Assemblages
- 2011Ricardo Martín ColomaMarc Nagtzaam
- 2008Neus MiróMarc Nagtzaam
- 2008Dieter RoelstraeteTwittering Machines
- 2007Terry Van DrutenFundamental Drawing as Sanctuary
- 2007Leen BedauxToo Slow (text from catalogue ‘Van de Nieuwe Dingen’ guest studio)
- 1999Ann DemeesterRegelmaat. Orde. Cadans. Ruis. Ritme. Verstoring
Exhibitions
- 15 February — 19 March 2020
- 11 May — 02 July 2016
- 01—28 February 2023
- 15 February — 19 March 2020
- 10 September — 14 November 2020
News
- 4 May 2022
Group show: 112LAB Projectes Culturals, Barcelona
- 2 February — 7 March 2020
GROUP SHOW: VALERIE TRAAN, ANTWERP
- 31 August 2019, 14:00—18:00H
BOOK LAUNCH: ARCHIV & UC BOOKS, ZURICH
- 29 June 2019
CATALAGUE: ROMA PUBLICATIONS
- 24 May — 27 July 2019
SOLO SHOW: ART3, VALENCE
- 27 January — 21 April 2019
GROUP SHOW: DE WARANDE, TURNHOUT
- 22 September — 18 November 2018
GROUP SHOW, CENTRAAL MUSEUM UTRECHT