ZUNDERT.- The Vincent van GoghHuis presents the exhibition Pieter Laurens Mol – Wiegezang (voor Vincent) | Lullaby (for Vincent).

Especially for this presentation in Van Gogh’s birthplace Zundert, Mol selected a wide range of studies, drawings, photos and installations in which he refers to Van Gogh. The collected works date from different periods of time and show us the artist’s long-lasting fascination for Vincent van Gogh.

Over the years Pieter Laurens Mol (Breda, 1946) has often referred to Vincent and the region of Brabant, where both artists grew up. Their mutual origin is pointed out in a striking manner in the work ‘Moedervlek’ (Birth Mark), a map of the province of North-Brabant repainted in dark brown.

Its meaning is manifold. In the first place it denotes a birth mark, but on further consideration it also refers to a beauty spot (a ‘Tache de Beauté’ in French) and to his surname (‘Mole’ in English). It is a distinctive characteristic of Mol that he constantly plays with the many layered meanings to be found in language.

In other works at the exhibition he uses bird’s nests as a symbol for the birthplace, he eats potatoes straight from Brabant’s soil and transforms himself into a pollard willow in a photograph.

Mol’s work is at the same time profound and humorous. This last characteristic often shows itself in the titles he gives to his works, such as ‘Winter over Spring’ and ‘Wiegezang (voor Vincent)’. The enigmatic combinations of titles and images stimulate the public’s reflections on what actually is on view. In this case about the meaning of the native soil of both Mol and Van Gogh.

On the occasion of the exhibition at the Van GoghHuis Pieter Laurens Mol created a photographic work in a limited edition. The title of this special edition is: ‘Livraison à Domicile’. The print is for sale in the museum shop.