Bas Geerts
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artist statement
How can an authority from a certain anonymity destroy another human being? Why is one life worth more than another? Why is the inhumanity of violence so often hushed up? Questions like these underlie a series of double portraits by Bas Geerts, begun in 2023. These are paintings in which the silhouettes of two people are united, superimposed, as a debunking of the disproportionality of their relationship. Matyla Dosso and Ursula von der Leyen, Dareen Al-Bayaa and Yitzhak Herzog, Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant: portraits in which the victim is given a voice, while the perpetrator is exposed as such.
Artwork
- Mohammad Raoufi-Nia, Pete Hegseth, Three Explosions, Smoke and Debris, 2026. acrylics, silk screen print, patinated brass leaf and aluminium leaf on linen
- Zahra Behroozi, Pete Hegseth, an Islamic Geometric Pattern, and Five Hopkinson Flags, 2026. acrylics, silk screen print, patinated brass leaf and aluminium leaf on linen
- Alex Pretti, Jesus Ochoa, Glocks and Ten Shotgun Wounds, 2026. acrylics, silk screen print, patinated brass leaf and aluminium leaf on linen
- Virginia Roberts, Epstein, Semen, Dollar Bills and a MAGA Hat, 2025. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Kerwin Lucas, Nico Bodemeijer, a Black Sun and Knives, 2025. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Mazen al-Hamada, Assad, Sednaya Prison Wall and the Number 1858, 2025. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Moumita Debnath, Sanjay Roy, Purple Circle Emojis and Bloody Hands, 2025. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Emmett Till, Carolyn Bryant at Age 88, Barbed Wire and Water Bubbles, 2025. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Shaban al-Dalou, Netanyahu, Drones and Fire, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Mohammad, Mitsotakis, Ropes and the Adriana, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Mikael, Faber, Gulls and the Ararat, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Oscar Alberto MartÃnez, Trump, Barbed Wire and the Rio Grande, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Matyla Dosso, Ursula, Epa and the Tunisian Desert, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Breonna, Myles, Bullets and Blood, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen
- Herzog, Bombs and Dareen Al-Bayaa, 2024. acrylics and metal leaf on linen