DETAILS

• Title: 'Mining Crush'
• Year: 2021
• Dimensions: 78 x 55 inch / 200 x 140 cm
• Medium: oil on canvas

ABOUT 

In Mining Crush, a suited businessman rides a mechanical bull with the poise of a rodeo performer — bolo tie secured, miner’s headlamp illuminated. The figure appears both composed and triumphant, embodying the allure of calculated risk and speculative ambition.

The bull, traditionally associated with financial ascent, is here rendered as a manufactured machine — engineered for spectacle and volatility rather than substance. Its artificiality underscores the constructed nature of contemporary markets, where momentum often eclipses meaning. The miner’s headlamp further complicates the scene, suggesting extraction and pursuit, as if value must be unearthed through relentless participation in systems designed for acceleration.

As in much of de Meijer’s work, the protagonist functions as an archetype: confident, controlled, yet tethered to forces beyond his command. Mining Crush reflects on the seductive promise of financial conquest — and the fragile belief that volatility can be mastered through will, bravado, and symbolic ownership.

THEMES

Wealth · Capital · Performance · Volatility · Illusion of Control

AVAILABILITY

Available for institutional exhibition and private acquisition. Currently located in New York City.