Artists - Part 13

Freek Weidema

Freek Weidema is a Dutch artist.  After studying at Artibus, the academy for visual art in Utrecht, he worked as an interior architect, but switched to painting and sculpture in the early 1990s.

He is fascinated by the naked male body, and he has specialized in depicting male nudes.  Above is Beach Boys.

This is Daniel eretto (Daniel erect).

A 2018 sculpture of Daniel in the same pose.

This is Geurte Jan, 2004.  Geurte seems to be one of his favorite models.

Geurte Jan was the model for Jongen met voet op paaltje (Boy with foot on post), 2018, above.  Unlike Greek and Roman sculptors, who represented the penis as a pert little nub (anything larger was considered vulgar), Weidema shows it like it is.

A rear view of the same sculpture, Jongen met voet op paaltje.

This is Duiker (Diver), 2018.

Many of Weidema's sculptures show people in realistic, ordinary poses.  This is Man met leren jack (Man with leather jacket), 2018.

A rear view of Man met leren jack.

We end with Man met hondje (Man with dog), 2018.  You can see many more of his paintings and sculptures on his website http://freekweidema.nl