17 December 2009

Ton of Holland


A guest listening to Ton van Holland as he talks "about nearly everything" around his art and life at Liefhertje en De Grote Witte Reus in The Hague.

The host and the artist Ton van Holland.

Showing one my favorite paintings on his recently printed book.

Exhibiting artist Sander Reijgers.

The 'oval'.

The background for the chat were the drawings from Antistrot (David Elshout)

For L.N.A.

Famous last words.

Last two photos by LNA de Santis.

Joncquil


Joncquil. The Netherlands.

16 December 2009

New website

.
Finally I have my own website,
please visit www.marisapolin.com
where you can
also see my last paintings.
See you there,
Marisa




Thom Vink's straight lines


Thom Vink, until January 17, 2010

... a series of attempts to understand the city and its architecture as an organic process...
... this artist whispers poetic and occasionally unsettling footnotes...

Free guided tours of the exhibition on January 10 at 3 pm.
Stroom Den Haag Hogewal 1-9 2514 HA The Hague
Opening hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 pm
More info: Thap.

Mathew Palladino


Mathew Palladino. USA

15 December 2009

Israeli contemporary art

Merav Steinmetz




Tali Ben Bassat

Neta Harari


Nogah Engler





Exhibition seen at Helena Rubinstein pavilion that serves as a second venue for Tel Aviv Museum of Art and its growing collection of works, is home to Israeli contemporary art.
More: Haifa Museum, Elad Armon Israeli Art

Jonathan Meese


Jonathan Meese. ArtNet. Germany

14 December 2009

Marble white

Kim de Ruysscher talks about his marble sculptures and inspiration to The Sculpture Club (Museum Beelden aan Zee) at his own studio in Binckhorst, The Hague.

The father of the artist

Marble A4 paper


Hard cushions

Dentistry order

Lonely sleeping bag

Coat friendly atmosphere

Hard as marble towel
In this same building where now The Besturing and many other artists as Kim's studios are used to be a part of the Royal Academy of The Hague painting department.

Alejandro Quiroga


Alejandro Quiroga. Chile Arte. Chile

12 December 2009

Portraits of portrait painters



Annemarie Busschers
My work has been selected for the book Portraits of portrait painters (Portretten van Portrettisten). It has 30 interviews of contemporary artists from The Netherlands and examples of their portraits. The authors are Cathinka Huizing and Harriet Stoop-de Meester (Waanders Uitgevers).


Judith Krebbekx
The publishing of the book will be accompanied by an exhibition Portraits Now (Portrettisten Nu) at Castle Het Nijenhuis in Heino, an annex of Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle.
From 30th of January through 18th April 2010.

Rosa, 100x70 cm, acrylic paint/linen, 2008-2009

Naema, 120x100 cm, 2007
Marisa Polin