Rik Meijers and Jeroen van Bergen Create their Own Worlds at Bonnefantenmuseum

MAASTRICHT.- Although the words duo presentation might suggest similarities, the aim is to emphasise precisely the differences between the work of Jeroen van Bergen and Rik Meijers. This duo presentation is an interweaving of two solos, whereby visitors to each room realise how the two artists create their own worlds and just how big the differences can be. For instance, extra attention is paid to friction and opposites. Visitors are invited to participate in the ‘mood swings’ that take place from room to room. The ultimate goal must be that the work of each single artist can generate greater expressive power, which leads to greater understanding of everyone’s individual position. The work of Rik Meijers is now known all over the Netherlands. The exceptional thing about this work is the fact that he succeeds in directly transforming his sources of inspiration into material that stems from those sources. If, for example, it is about alcoholism, we recognise that through the use

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