Biography of Gerard 't Hart

After a period painting in oil on canvas, Gerard 't Hart switched over to a different way of working: ' The Paper Paintings '. The abstract compositions are made up of several layers of torn paper in bright colors or black/white contrast with a subtle presence of a minimal color accent. For Gerard 't Hart is paper become a means to paint. It's torn art ' should be considered under the same angle as the Visual Arts. Paper is by him from the traditional use loosened. Torn into strips, paper shreds and patches is if it were on his palette, in many variations of extremely carefully chosen colors. Gerard 't Hart builds his compositions from different layers of paper on which the illusion of depth, with tear off edges suggest. In fact, these works of a tenuous three dimensionality, one gets at the sight of it tend to touch them, as you that with some plastic works of art.