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14 July 2009

Left or found objects?

Photographs by:
Gabriel Orozco vs Jonathan Brand vs Salva Lopez

Gabriel Orozco

Jonathan Brand

Salva Lopez via bagger

13 July 2009

Plastic battleground

I love hip hop
Yesterday at the Hip Hop festival in The Hague.

The best were the battles, excellent dancers at the tune of great dj's.

Graffiti artists knowing exactly what they were doing.

12 July 2009

Michael Raedecker comes to The Hague

Gem shows since yesterday recent works by Michael Raedecker.
After getting used to his new, more sober and classic works I really enjoyed his embroidery-paintings. The apparent banality of some of the themes enclosed a lot of masterly beauty. The serenity of the works was in contrast with the enthusiasm of the public, among them many ka (known artists) and chic visitors, most of them speaking English.
And by the way I did not see Michael Raedecker himself, I only hope he was outside at the terrace enjoying his first solo in The Netherlands in many years.

Towel or kitchen towel?

My favorite works 3x

Detail of the combination paint and embroidery.

Wouter van Riessen having a long chat in front of the first painting of the exhibition.

Erik Bos and Michiel Moreel (ex-director of Heden) taking a visual art break.

Artists Zeger Reyers and Pietertje van Splunter observing Raedecker's technique seconds before their attention was called by the museum staff.
As an artist I knows how it feels: your are completely enjoying the work of art, you wouldn't dare to harm the work and some one tells you to back of as if you had never been before in a museum.