Anatomy of a Screen

Curated by Carey Young

In Anatomy of a Screen, Arie Hellendoorn transforms painting into a living anatomy, a hybrid environment where architecture, body, and surface converge.

The works take painting off the wall, creating sculptural, modular screens that can be walked around and through. Each component — burnt timber, painted surface, ceramic planter — contributes to a rhythmic system of connection and circulation.

Using the shou sugi ban technique, timber is charred to reveal the depth of its grain, embedding the material’s history into the work itself. Anatomical and architectural motifs — lungs, bones, and geometric frameworks — echo through the painted surfaces, linking internal and external worlds.

Hellendoorn invites viewers to navigate these layered structures, where memory, rhythm, and material vitality intertwine — a space in which painting breathes.

“Painting can act as both a container and a living structure.”

— Arie Hellendoorn