Chaim van Luit is an artist with an atypical background. After serving in the navy for four years, he graduated from the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. Van Luit uses a wide variety of media, including video, audio, stone, fireworks, salt and found materials. He has previously exhibited at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, the Central Museum in Utrecht, and the Stadsgalerie and Schunck in Heerlen. Chaim van Luit’s works are distinguished by their individual qualities and their ability to induce reflection, even meditation. Starting from a particular fascination with the mechanisms of perception, he creates a body of work with simple, reduced forms that, on closer inspection, turn out to be highly expressive. His intuitive way of working, combined with a surprising use of materials, links his work to the tradition that stretches from Duchamp to Dadaism to conceptual art. The concept of a “delicate balance” between total freedom and the risks this freedom entails led Van Luit to conceive his 2013 work Cane, which consists of a glass tube deformed into the shape of a cane. Suspended high up on the wall in exhibitions, it appears almost as an indicator that orients the show. The object, conceived as a support, is emptied of its meaning.