Fontein Maashaven (2022)
Jeroen Jongeleen is an adventurous artist, constantly seeking unexpected paths in his explorations of the urban landscape. His works are like ‘tracks’ that straddle the line between activism and intervention art, heavily influenced by the art movements of the last century’s avant-garde. Like a contemporary member of the Situationist International, Jongeleen speaks with his hands, leaving his tracks while running and climbing: an ode to the rough edges of urban life.
He once left rebellious plastic shopping bags on city buildings, as a ‘triumph of the wind on high-rise buildings’, and bicycle tires in a tree. His smiley faces – less than happy – give the passerby a wink from yet another state of mind. From his love of the elephant trail, he endlessly ran his own grooves in the grass. He moved reconstruction artworks to save them from the sledge hammer. You have to find his tracks, but once you discover his language, the city also shows itself from a different side.