To Catch a Spark of Sunlight by Jan Theun van Rees






To Catch a Spark of Sunlight by Jan Theun van Rees
By Jan Theun van Rees
130 × 65 cm, edition 2/3 + 1 AP , 2025
Pigment inkt, op Innova Photorag bright white, op 2 mm museumkarton ‘White Wash’Wenge Veneer with UV 70 Museumglass
(Also available in 90 × 45 cm, edition 2/3)
This work is part of the series Painted Room
In To Catch a Spark of Sunlight, Jan Theun van Rees captures the fleeting moment when light defines space. Built entirely by hand and photographed with precision, the work belongs to his Painted Room series, constructed interiors that exist only for the camera.
This particular composition plays with verticality and contrast, as sunlight appears to slice through the space, catching on surfaces and turning architecture into atmosphere. The title evokes a quiet urgency: the desire to hold onto something ephemeral, to freeze a passing beam of light.
Like much of Van Rees’ work, this image is both real and imagined, rooted in the physicality of construction, but shaped by the artist’s intuition and spatial memory.
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By Jan Theun van Rees
20 × 25 cm, ed. 3/10, 2026
Archival pigment ink on Innova ”Soft Textured BrightWhite Photorag” with nutwood frame and museumglass
This work is part of the series Painted Room
In this series, Jan Theun van Rees explores the relationship between art and the spaces in which it is displayed. He photographs museum interiors through reflections in artworks or the glass of their frames. Blurred fragments of the original work remain visible, merging with the surrounding architecture and creating a new photographic composition.
This small-scale photograph was created at the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck in Germany during Silent Spaces, a retrospective exhibition of photographer Axel Hütte. The reflection shows how an artwork can shape the atmosphere and perception of the room around it.
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