Biography of Kees Landa

In the work of Kees Landa is the tension strongly defined by an atmosphere of brittle or apparent intimacy. The often understated figuration is more or less come off of its enclosing environment and, become aware, to the spectator in an attitude of vague wonder. The techniques used include Kees Landa lithography, woodcut, etching and lino. The techniques are mostly combined applied.

Kees Landa rarely works according to the usual process, that an established topic translates into one or more printing forms. The graphic artist builds always the possibility or necessity in order during the process the original premise in whole or in part. So can space be given to the whimsical temptation of chance and the closely related intuitive Act.