Jan Worst (Heerenveen, 1953)
Jan Worst would not call his own paintings realistic, even if they seem so at first. Worst's paintings are made up of recognizable elements, but that does not mean that the viewer should experience this recognisability as self-evident. Worst collects fragments from different realities: antique furniture and carpets, children and young women who seem to have stepped out of a fashion magazine. He brings all this together in a painting. His works are about a false world that is far removed from everyday reality. The images, painted looking photographically, almost force the viewer into the image, but constantly put him on the wrong track, so that the term realism is completely misplaced here.
Jan Worst seems more famous abroad than here. For example, he previously had exhibitions in New York, Italy and Germany.
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