Shifts
Celebrations of positive influences
With this series of artworks Danny celebrates musicians, painters, writers, scientists, and philosophers and their work as well as people close to himself, nature, concepts, actually anything matter or not which enriched Giesbers' life and viewpoints.
Transformation
Responsive paintings
Responsive paintings
The world is changing and we are forced to adapt to a new reality, to a dynamic environment. These paintings are a response to these challenges. They are like living creatures, absorbing light during the day and radiating it into the darkness at night, responding to their environment and showing their negative composition.
Movement
Flow and colors
The paintings merge layers. Where one is crossing, another is submerging. Like streams of people mingling, flowing the same direction or intersecting as in a demonstration or a crowd at a festival. The layers flow in nature, such as wind and water, sometimes moving harmonious and at other moments dissonant.Depth & Perspective
Perspectives change
Looking at the world in different depths changes perspectives. With every step you take in life, depth and perspectives change as well. Sometimes life takes those steps for you. Depending on your position in front of these works and how long you hold that position, different perspectives and depths unveil themselves in a sort of 3D effect.
Translucency
Complexities such as life and society are sometimes translucent or foggy, revealing their dynamics and mechanisms but only vaguely. The translucent layers also symbolize another aspect in society. In Giesbers’ works the layers do not physically touch, but the colours do influence one another. It is like different groups in society that do not mingle due to their ethnic backgrounds, subculture, religion, or social class. Although they remain separate, they do influence one another emotionally.
Conventional materials and avant-garde work
Besides chasing the previously described features, Giesbers also challenges himself within this series. He only allows himself to use conventional materials while striving for avant-garde and appealing artworks. He defines conventional materials as ‘media existing for at least 50 years’. Sure, some have been modified and improved, but all the materials he uses meet this criterium. He enjoys finding his own technique, process and style – where previous generations could have gone but did not.