Sam Hersbach's Fiberglass Eels at Billytown, The Hague
Sam Hersbach presents a new body of work at Billytown in The Hague, exploring deep-sea communication cables, floral elements, fantastical figures, drones, and historical portraits. The exhibition, titled Fiberglass Eels, combines paintings and stained glass sculptures. Hersbach creates his own pigments from found or gifted flowers, such as weeds and marram grass, to embed emotional and associative qualities. The works incorporate photographic elements and industrial materials like steel plates, revealing layered relationships between technology, nature, and human systems. The show runs at Billytown, an artist-run space in The Hague.
Key facts
- Sam Hersbach's exhibition Fiberglass Eels is at Billytown, The Hague.
- The exhibition includes paintings and stained glass sculptures.
- Hersbach creates pigments from flowers given as presents or found in overlooked environments.
- The pigments are derived from weeds and marram grass.
- Works feature deep-sea submarine communication cables, drones, and historical portraits.
- Industrial materials like steel plates are embedded in the paintings.
- The exhibition addresses artist-run communities and cultural spaces.
- Hersbach's research focuses on the emotional and associative qualities of pigment.
Entities
Artists
- Sam Hersbach
- Helena van Doeveren
Institutions
- Billytown
Locations
- The Hague
- Netherlands