ASTRID LEIJSSEN . AAGJE LINSSEN .
11 JANUARY – 22 FEBRUARY 2026
11 JANUARY – 22 FEBRUARY 2026
WHAT HAS BEEN IS NOW
Two artists each transform the past into the present, creating a new poetic reality.
Galerie Nasty Alice is pleased to announce What has been is now, a duo exhibition by Astrid Leijssen and Aagje Linssen.
The gallery is closed on 14 and 15 February 2026.
Astrid Leijssen (1967), born in Roermond, The Netherlands, currently lives and works in Eindhoven. Astrid graduated from the Nieuwe Akademie in Utrecht (2024). After graduating Leijssen exhibited her work at Salon Veneman (Eindhoven) and during Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven). Leijssen investigates the properties and possibilities of mainly industrial materials. By deforming, cutting, coloring, and reassembling them, she creates sculptures. Any break lines and damage remain visible, with soft colors undermining the severity of the material. The hardness and technical resistance of the material used is in constant dialogue with a visible softness and sometimes fragility. This gives the sculptures something physical and poetic, creating a new reality.
Aagje Linssen feels an affinity with the abstract expressionism that emerged in New York in the 1950s and 1960s. In her paintings, Linssen does not show an illusionistic representation of a precise observation, but an independent, painterly expression of the atmospheric experiences she has undergone. These fleeting experiences are made visible and translated onto canvas as virtually formless color and matter.
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