Serious Cartoons Herman Kuypers’ works are dominated by mostly chairs. Although once in a while a table, cupboard and even –more rare- a lamp may appear. His watercolours, pencildrawings and linotypes are very detailed and show his interest in perspective. Out of a constructive mind he creates a world of his own consisting of and constructed with, as mentioned, almost only chairs. By using his great technical skills he reaches a high level of perfection which is essential in (t)his case. In an original, curious sometimes even magical way he creates original points of view on subjects of science, biology, astronomy, human relations and of course art itself. Looking at his works it is not difficult to understand that appreciating art can be fun and logically making art is fun as well. “The chairs, tables and cupboards created by Herman Kuypers behave like autonomous personalities as well. They have opinions of their own and cherish their own ideas about the world and about life in general.” “Also he possessed and still possesses something that has an enormous influence on the nature of his work: a strongly developed sense of humour. Not just the boyish larks, but rather the double meaning, based on an intelligent manner of observation and interpretation.” (from: The Forgotten Chair by Chris Manders)