Themes

Themes
Metropolis - paintings 200x150 cm and 150x116 cm
1990-1996

The symbolization of our agressively dynamic society

Jan van Eden retrata a hombres y mujeres como parte de la sociedad urbanizada, integrando la figura humana con la arquitectura de la megalópolis, donde la dura atmósfera empresarial compite con el ingenio técnico. La arquitectura, representada con precisión matemática y donde no parece existir ninguna emoción, contrasta fuertemente con los rostros humanos expresionistas a mano alzada y los detalles de la ropa, evocando el lujo, el glamour y la sexualidad.
La "cultura" urbana actual ha crecido hasta alcanzar proporciones babilónicas y el futuro se ha vuelto aún más impredecible.

Jan van Eden portrays men and women as part of the urbanised society - integrating the human figure with the architecture of the megalopolis - where the hard businesslike atmosphere competes with technical ingenuity. The architecture, rendered with mathematical precision and where no emotion appears to exist, contrasts sharply with the expressionistic freehand human faces and details of clothing, evoking luxury, glamour and sexuality.

Today's urban 'culture' has grown to Babylonian proportions and the future has become all the more unpredictable.

Eagle Eye Inc., 1990,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm,
Collection: Instituut Defensie Leergangen, Rijswijk (The Hague) [1995]
Reference: 900101

Looking back, 1990,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm,
Collection: Mr and Mrs S Maraschin, Scheveningen, Netherlands [1992], Now Portugal
Reference: 900118

Grand femme metaphysique, 1990,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm,
Collection: AKZO, Arami (fibers division), Arnhem, Netherlands [1991]
Reference: 900124

Everything that rises must converge, 1990
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 116x150 cm
Collection: Dhr H van der Reijd, Amsterdam
Reference: 902505

London girl, 1992
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm,
Collection: Instituut Defensie Leergangen, Rijswijk (The Hague) [1995]
Reference: 920520

Downtown diagonal, 1992
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm (frame: 162x128 cm)
Collection: Mr and Mrs I Buis, Hoorn
Reference: 922503

Die Triumphbogen, 1993
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm, Collection: Instituut Defensie Leergangen, Rijswijk (The Hague) [1995], Note: After a model by Albert Speer for the proposed Berlin 'Arc de Triomph'
Reference: 932505

The painting 'Die Triumphbogen' is a philosophical statement not only about war and victory, but also about the loss of human values; the widow of the 'victory' looks out into uncertainty. War, although seemingly distant, suddenly becomes a reality, the heat of guided missiles have scorched the skin of the artist and he is unable to avoid the theme, A.D. 1993.

The career woman, 1996
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm
Collection: Dhr en Mw P Kaandorp, Uithoorn
Reference: 962507

Career woman nr. 2, 1996,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,
Collection: Miguel Santolaria, Huesca, Spain,
Reference: 962508

Alluring city III, 1991,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,  
Collection: Private, New York, USA ,
Reference: 912510

Metropolis - smaller sized work

Obras en collecciones