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Systems of power

01 Tuesday Apr 2025

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Abuse of power, Dada, Force, gedicht, graphics, philosophy, photography, poetry, Pressure

Those in power know how to gain control:

First, intimidation is an effective means to suppress the voice of opponents.

If necessary, step up and use terror: this works by paralyzing opposition.

Acceptance

If you accept to be beaten
if you dig to be eaten,
then be my guest.

photo of ancient head of wall-sculpture (Stedelijk Museum Breda, NL)

The Pursuit

If you are hunted, and if you are a prey
you better prepare for this fact.
Ignorance and denial are the weak spots in your armour.

The Pursuit, DM, ink transfer under pressure, February 18, 2025

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A Sourcerer on the Way

30 Monday Dec 2024

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gedicht, graphics, kunst, poetry

“A sourcerer must source
the way across unknown
territory and among un-
familiar elements”

sourcerer on the way

monoprint using flat stones plus small etching,

Drager Meurtant, 2022-2024

Nothing // Niets

25 Friday Oct 2024

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Dada, fotografie, gedicht, graphics, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie

I don’t believe in anything anymore.

it wasn’t a fall / not a gradual disappearance / 

but a sudden realization.

there was not a thing / at checking the map “belief”

that’s how simple it can be:

no memory either / and the back-up / was also empty.

this won’t work, I concluded / and decided to go cycling

niets geloof ik meer.

het was geen val, geen / geleidelijke verdwijning /

maar een plotse vaststelling.

er bleek niets te zijn / bij het raadplegen /

van de map “geloof”.

zo simpel kan het zijn: / geen herinnering ook / 

en de back-up was / eveneens leeg.

dan maar niet, dacht ik / en besloot een eindje

te gaan fietsen.

Drager Meurtant, 9-9-24

(monoprint, two elements, size image 12×20 cm
(DM, Sept 9, 2024)

VERS VAN DE PERS!

02 Monday Sep 2024

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's-Hertogenbosch, De Melkfabriek, grafiek, graphics, kunst, Kunstruimte

Expositie grafische kunstvormen door Academiegroep KunstenHuis Idea Zeist

Modiveres, linosnede, Drager Meurtant, 2021

Kom kennismaken met de veelzijdigheid van de grafische kunst, een beeldende kunstvorm waarbij gebruik gemaakt wordt van verschillende druktechnieken zoals etsen, houtsnede, monoprint, lithografie en meer. De artistieke mogelijkheden van dit medium zijn eindeloos: van abstract tot figuratief, in zwart-wit of juist met veel kleur en van briefkaart- tot posterformaat. Zo heeft deze kunstzinnige verbeelding een kenmerkende uitstraling die eigen is aan het drukproces.

Vanouds worden grafische kunstvormen benut om de kunst toegankelijker te maken voor een breed publiek, van jong tot oud. De mogelijkheid om één beeld in grotere oplage te vervaardigen drukt de prijs.

Gedurende de openingstijden is steeds een aantal kunstenaars aanwezig om vragen te beantwoorden en uitleg te geven over procedés en de gebruikte technieken.

Deelnemers: Petra Staal, Drager Meurtant, Martien Op den Velde, Angelique van Vondelen, Marianne den Hollander, Jacomijn van Kempen, Jeanine Keuchenius en Jadwiga Everts

Locatie: Kunstruimte De Melkfabriek, Guldenvliesstraat 4H, 5211 AM, ’s Hertogenbosch

Openingstijden: vrijdag 4 t/m zondag 6 oktober & vrijdag 11 t/m zondag 13 oktober van 13 – 17 uur

Vernissage: zaterdag 5 oktober 15 – 17 uur

The directorate of dreams

14 Thursday Mar 2019

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, Dada, graphics, landscape, mental health, nature, philosophy, photography, poem, poetry, poezie, structure, Uncategorized

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abstract, assemblage, dreams, dromen, gedicht, grafiek, graphics, kunst, lino-cut, monoprint, philosophy, photography, poem, poetry, street-view

When dreams arrive, the content is not indicated on the envelope

(Jacques de Santo Torres (1888-1972)

A first dream:

Sitting in the backseat of a car, with increasing speed going down a steep slope and then, the gradual discovery that the driver is asleep, or dead?

Next, a second dream:

Walking through corridors that resemble my former school, realizing that preparations for exams at the end of this year have been poor, that time and perseverance is lacking, always being too late for class and ill-focused…

Then, a third dream :

People are waiting for me, to take charge. To deal and treat conditions of defect, of suffering. Yet, I don’t know the password and I’m not dressed to the occasion. I’m simply not instrumental…

These are dreams that threaten with defeat, that reflect one’s inner perception to be doomed to failure. I do not have a subscription to such dreams. But, once in a while, ill-managed delivery makes these land on my doorstep.

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Can a dream be a memory?

Dreaming Cubistic, Drager Meurtant, August 17, 2017

Can a dream

be a memory

and if so

depends the format

on the shape of the display?

« – »

From dreams I turn to the real world. That is, if the creation of art is part of the real world, and not (more so) placed at the border of the dream-world and the dreadful daily circumstances of life. Some time ago I recited a poem standing opposite of a statue which I had made, and surrounded by spectators and listeners. That time I chose the position of the creator, and the statue was obliged to listen.

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Poem for a statue

DSC06574 - kopie

Rudimentary, Drager Meurtant (2016)

Statue, you look at me

with your fool’s eyes,

that are no eyes.

Statue, your mouth swears

my imperfection

to tell the truth.

You suck me empty

you drown my power

you feed yourself

with my imagination

and leave me hollow.

« – »

Streaks on the window

streaks on the window 4-12-2017

Streaks on the window (Drager Meurtant, December 4, 2017)

The streaks on the windows

don’t say nothing,

such as “when do

I see you again?”

at the exit

of the supermarket.

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Bridges are encountered in several forms of dreams. As stated by an expert in dreams: “The bridge often has the significance of crossing or moving from one phase of life, activity or emphasis to another” (reference: Tony Crisp, http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/bridge-2/).

What if a bridge?

DSC07646

What if a bridge?, Drager Meurtant, lino-cut, 2017 (ed. 1/3)

What if

a bridge exists

only in your dream?

And the abyss

before you

is real?

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Passage

DSCF0038

Untitled (Pyrenean landscape 1983, monoprint, Drager Meurtant, 2017

The other night

I ran down a gentle slope

my feet not touching ground

just kicking air

holding my breath from expiring

to continue this state of floating

as long as could be…

 

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