ZAnamorphic
ZA discusses and demonstrates his neo-anamorphic paintings in his Cancun art studio.
Hans Zandvoort discusses and demonstrates his neo-anamorphic paintings.
Cancun, Mexico September 2011
English · 6 min. 15 sec.
Reality and abstraction
“The idea is to bring those two opposing entities, realism and abstraction, and the strange world in between, together in one painting.”
– Hans Zandvoort, 2012
Hans Zandvoort
Gouache on paper
Hans Zandvoort
2012
Acrylic on styrofoam
Hans Zandvoort
Gouache on paper
Hans Zandvoort demonstrating a side viewing position, Cancún, September 2011. Still from the artist’s video.
How to look
“After a frontal look, please move away to the left or the right, ever closer to the wall, constantly looking. An image will become more recognizable.”
– Hans Zandvoort, 2012
“I am trying to make paintings that can be seen from the front as abstractions, but also from the side, when reality becomes more apparent.”
– Hans Zandvoort, 2012
From the front. From the side.
Hans Zandvoort
2012
Acrylic on Styrofoam
The same painting viewed from the side, Cancún, 2012.
A chance discovery
“I rediscovered anamorphic art by coincidence while projecting slides from the side, and have ever since been fascinated by the possibility to show reality and abstraction in the same work.”
– Hans Zandvoort, 2012
Sideways projection demonstrating anamorphic distortion, Cancún, September 2011. Still from Hans Zandvoort’s video.
Hans Zandvoort
Acrylic on canvas
84 × 30 cm
Hans Zandvoort continued to paint and experiment throughout a life that took him from the Netherlands to France, the United States, West Africa, and Mexico.