{"id":1088,"date":"2018-02-01T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/?post_type=artist&p=1088"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:02:52","slug":"marco-barbier","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/artist\/marco-barbier\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Barbier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marco Barbier (1976)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marco started his artist\u2019s career in 1996 in the Opzijde studio, where mastered the silk painting methods. In 2002 he had the opportunity to do an internship period with Atelier Herenplaats and since 2003 he is a permanent member of the artists collective.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marco\u2019s work is highly stylised. His subjects include human figures, which he draws from a model. As an artist in Rotterdam he is also inspired by the many boats, ships and bridges, which he distils in almost abstract forms. Marco usually works in series. Periods of bridges follow periods of human figures or buildings. Marco\u2019s favourite medium is acryl paint on paper. He uses monochrome surfaces, which he then highlights with thin black lines. Due to the fact that he does not use horizon or ground lines, his subject float in a coloured space. These subjects, made up of simple forms and monochrome surfaces, look na\u00efve.<\/p>\n

It is not easy to speak with Marco about his work, seeing as besides his intellectual disability he also has hearing difficulties. However, Marco shows us in his work his fascination with the City of Rotterdam. Through the eyes of Marco we see this metropolis as a small village next to a large river.<\/p>\n

Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 Exhibition and auction “De Burcht”, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 INUTI, Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n

2008\u00a0 Exhibition in Niki Kurabu, Tokyo, Japan<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0 Exhibition Gallery Kempro, “Models”,\u00a0Sterksel<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 Outsider Art Fair, New York, USA<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 Villa Zebra, exhibiton:\u00a0Architecture, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 “Outsider Art Salon”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0“Down Here, Down Under”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0Aix Les Bains, France<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0 Exhibition Zorgcentrum Crimpenersteyn,\u00a0Krimpen a\/d IJssel<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0 “Geschonden, Getroffen”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0 La Brut, Rotterdam<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0Big-I, traveling exhibition in Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marco Barbier (1976) Marco started his artist\u2019s career in 1996 in the Opzijde studio, where mastered the silk painting methods. In 2002 he had the opportunity to do an internship period with Atelier Herenplaats and since 2003 he is a permanent member of the artists collective. Marco\u2019s work is highly stylised. His subjects include human […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3332,"template":"","class_list":["post-1088","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}