Who framed Ron van der Ende?

There’s an empty wall in our house. It’s waiting for the work of Ron van der Ende or Kevin Cyr.

Chevy- Kevin Cyr

Ron van der Ende constructs woodsculptures in semi-3D. The works are all between 15 and 25 cm deep, the perspective comes to life through the constructed mosaic of small woodpieces. In an interview with Diskursdisko Ron explains how he doesn’t paint the pieces of wood he collects, like old doors and stuff. The image is carefully reconstructed using the original found woodpiece colors. Kevin Cyr’s work focuses on vehicles he has encountered on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, or places he has traveled. However having always been ‘too chicken to be a graffiti artist’, Kevin finds ‘beauty in derelict cars and unkempt landscapes’ (from an interview in My Love For You Is A Stampede Of Horses).

Budget and availability being in the way of actually acquiring one of these pieces, I’ve started to collect images from Kevin Cyr’s grafitti van series and van der Ende’s reliëfs. Today I edited them to the right resolution to put them on the desktop of our media server. So now we’ve got our own swivel-arm art slideshow. I don’t think I’ve ever been so satisfied with a plan B.

Schipsectie - Ron van der Ende

Fire engine - Ron van der Ende

Bushwick - Kevin Cyr

Catalina - Ron van der Ende

These are the files I edited to desktop size (1768×992). In most cases I had to blow up the image. And if you’re interested, here’s an overview of the tools used on this desktop.

Ron van der Ende - Kevin Cyr