2010-’20 - Tom S. Hageman

Dreams & Deeds

Studio – Teaching – Engagement – Publications

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A flying crow always catches something

Envy

An artistic quest is to connect the inner with the outer world. The personal world of interpretations, ethics, symbolism, myths, with the everyday reality of trial and error.

That inner world turns out to be a lifelong labyrinthine voyage of discovery full of dead-end corridors and unexpected openings.

The outer world is simpler, open to all, you just have to walk towards it.
With that last thought, a world of exchanges is triggered, from a California-based conference in Leeuwarden, to a Dutch exhibition in Xi’an, China.

And lo and behold, that world opens up by itself….

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Studio Oude Boteringestraat

Art has traditionally been a carrier of edifying themes.
Such as religious ones in the series ‘The 7 Deadly Sins’ and mythological ones in ‘The Lusts of Zeus’

The 7 Deadly Sins

Man is a mammal, full of primitive drives. The church defines the most undesirable ones as “the 7 Deadly Sins”, namely pride, envy, anger, greed, intemperance, lust and laziness.

Drift – Greed

Intemperance – Lust

Pride – Laziness

‘The Lusts of Zeus’

Greco-Roman culture is the source of European culture. And primitive instincts were well spent on their gods.

Io & Argus -/- Leda & the swan

No young virgin was safe from the supreme god Zeus, who attacked them disguised as a swan, as a bull, as a golden shower, or simply turned her into a calf.

Danae & the golden rain -/- Europa & the bull

Landscapes in Shangluo

And art can also connect nature with imagination,

A visit to a ravine in Shangluo in China led to Chinese themes, depicted in landscape.

East and West continue to stimulate each other..

Tenerife

Iran: Yazd

Norway

Tenerife

Tenerife

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Classical Academy of Sculpture

Building an academy from 0 to 5 years old is mainly a mathematical issue, because the investments are at the beginning and the full return is at the end of that period. Only then can the repayment begin.
Yet there was the ambition to teach sculpture and graphics in addition to painting, so to extend the construction phase by another 5 years…

Sculpture

The ‘Classical Academy of Sculpture’ will start in 2010, in a different building. There is also room for a graphics workshop and a drawing room. The latter for an Evening School and for partial courses. This will also get off to a flying start.

Drawing -/- Graphics room

But after 5 years – just when the sculpture academy is at full strength and both academies are in the black – she becomes the prey of a conflict of interest between teachers. The students drop out and the sculpture course is phased out again over the next two years.

Similar problems arose – at the same time as the celebration of the 10th anniversary in 2015 – at the Classical Academy of Painting. These were initially overcome, but by resigning from the management in 2018, the way was cleared for yet another conflict of interests.

Finished with the academy in 2019, it was also about time for a new beginning: now with internationalisation.

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In 2013 he was appointed ‘Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau’ and celebrated the 70th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition at the ‘Artloving society Pictura’ in Groningen.

The ‘Renaissance in the North’ event will start in 2012 with exhibitions in 5 northern museums.

In 2015, he was the initiator of the academy’s anniversary event, entitled ‘The Classical Salon’, with exhibitions in the Northern Netherlands and Northern Germany, with mural commissions, etc.

International exchanges

Also in 2015 he is a panelist in ‘The Representational Art Conference’ TRAC-2015 in Ventura, California. It is an initiative of California Lutheran University and attracts participants from all corners of the world. Make a plan on the spot to bring this conference to the Netherlands

‘TRAC-2018’ will take place – with the support of founder Michael Pearce – in Leeuwarden, European Capital of Culture in 2018, again with participants from all continents and with numerous papers, demonstrations and keynote speakers including the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum and the Rembrandt expert Ernst van de Wetering.

trac 2018, Leeuwarden -/- Exhibition Classical Art

The exhibition, Classical Art, sponsored by Achmea, will run parallel. The organization is in the hands of the ‘De Klassieke Salon’ foundation (co-directors Annelies Meester and Peter Trippi) and during the conference the ‘International League of Fine Art Schools’ ILFAS will be presented (co-directors Fokko Dijkstra and Edwin van Dijk).

That same year, through the mediator Jishu Li, he became involved in the ‘5th Silk Road International Art Festival’ in Xi’an, China, as an exhibitor and as a representative and made agreements for ILFAS about cultural exchange with, among others, Lin Baogang, sculptor and Dean of Fine Arts at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, XUAT

TRAC 2019, Ventura, USA -/- China in Netherlands -/- Netherlands in China

Starts 2019 with a visit to the Ecole Superieure des Arts Visuelle in Marrakesh, Morocco, then participates in the (last) ‘TRAC-2019’ in Ventura, California and in between organizes the ‘Dutch Silk Road Art Exhibition’ with 9 Chinese artists at 5 locations in Leeuwarden, Kampen, The Hague and Groningen. And a few exhibitions by the Chinese artist Minli Gao with Tibet as the subject. Conversely, arranges the transport to China of works by 11 Dutch artists for a special presentation at the ‘6th Silk Road International Art Festival’ in Xi’an. Participates on site in the design and opens the exhibition in the Shaanxi Province Museum on behalf of all foreign artists.

Opening Silk Road Art Festival -/- The Shaanxi Province Museum -/- Visit to Moscow

On the way back from China, he makes a stopover in Moscow for an introduction to the ‘Moscow State Academic Art Institute, named after V.I. Surikov of the Russian Academy of Arts’ and the ‘Moscow Art Lyceum’. Finally, participates in the Figure This Conference in London.

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Publishes the program book TRAC2018 and accompanying books for the manifestations “The Renaissance in the North” 2012, “The Classical Salon” 2015 (sponsored by Art Revisited)

Various catalogs in connection with the China exchange: ‘Dutch Silk Road Art Exhibition’ and the Silk Road International Art Festival in Xi’an, China.;