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The Geometry of the Flat Landscape Amsterdam serves as the current base for Kees Smits, an artist whose practice is rooted in the tension between the horizontal expanse of the Dutch landscape and the rigid constraints of geometric abstraction. Born in 1945 in Kortgene, NL, Smits does not seek to replicate the scenery through traditional perspective. Instead, he translates the panoramic experience of the lowlands into a language of plan
es and shapes. His works often reject the single, unified canvas, opting instead for several panels that stretch across the wall to mimic the wide, uninterrupted views of his homeland. The process is one of strict formal rules meeting a certain imaginative elevation. He works primarily with acrylic paint on canvas, constructing compositions that challenge how a viewer perceives space on a flat surface. There is a deliberate friction i…