It has been fairly the yr for Christian Rex van Minnen, reveals throughout Europe, Juxtapoz cowl and felt like a return to the forefront of up to date portray. Minnen ends 2024 and enters 2025 with Born Free within the Golden Age in Madrid along with his gallery, VETA by Fer Frances. The otherworldly expertise is there, the experimentation with a reverence to the previous masters of century earlier than, and it all the time appears van Minnen is at dwelling in Madrid.
There was one thing that van Minnen stated to us earlier this yr that looks like a pleasant method for him to shut this yr out. He stated, “As a result of it is that ache, it is that grief that brings you to like. It is the best paradox. It takes that discomfort and looming sense of heartache to really go in direction of it and never away from it. That is what I’ve realized in my direct expertise. It is a very counterintuitive motion, heading in direction of parts that seem darkish.”
