Themes
Metropolis - paintings 200x150 cm and 150x116 cm
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.

Vertigo, also called: Man in the city, 1988
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm
Note: Background based on 'The man with the movie camera, 1929' by Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg
Reference: 880212

Breaking through the rainbow, 1989
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm
Reference: 890301

De bezoedelde stad (la ciudad contaminada), 1991
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm

Reference: 912503

Grosze Bauhaus Frau mit Zigarette, 1999
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm

Note: Compare ref. 900219

Reference: 992001

With her Poitevin in a oneway street, 1992
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm (frame 205x155cm)

Reference: 921124

Darkness in her heart, 1992
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm

Note: Reference to resurging fascism in Europe.

Reference: 920625

The male intruder, 1993, Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm, Reference: 932501

The woman, as the soul of the city, is being invaded forcefully by male ideas of construction (red cone).

La mujer, como alma de la ciudad, está siendo invadida con fuerza por las ideas masculinas de la construcción (cono rojo).

Astral man, 1990, Oil and acrylic on cotton, 116x150 cm,
Collection: Dhr en Mw J Bus-van Eden, Brussel [1990], Now the artist [2012]
Reference: 902501

Hidden persuader, 1991
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm

Collection: Alpha vertaalbureau, Waddinxveen [ 1993-1995], now the artist [1996]

Note: compare 912510
Reference: 912511

Alluring city I & II, 1991
Oil and acrylic on cotton, each panel: 150x116 cm,
Exhibition: Huesca 2002,
Reference: 912508 & 09

The architect, 1993,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,
Reference: 932502

Torino, 1993,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,
Reference: 932504

Walking her Dobermann, 1996,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,

Reference: 962503

Standing woman in a black maillot, 1996,
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm,  
Reference: 962504

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