june 1

Bridging Art & Text Seminar

when: june 1

location: The Karen Blixen Museum, Rungsted Strandvej 111, 2960 Rungsted Kyst, Denmark

function: artist

what: REFLECTIONS ON BLACK IDENTITY IN THE NETHERLANDS/ DENMARK/ FINLAND/
SWITZERLAND/SURINAM/JAMAICA/ TRINIDAD/ FRANCE/ DENMARK/ IN THE SPIRIT/
VODUN/ SINTI/ OBEAH/ CANDOMBLE/ SANTERIA/ ENSLAVED AFRICANS BROUGHT
MORE THAN THEMSELVES/ THEY TRANSFERRED RELIGION TO THE DIASPORA/
MAROONS/ UPRISE/ INDEPENDENT POLITICS/ CUBA/ ETHIOPIA/ RUSSIA/ PANAFRICAN-
ISM/ SOCIALISM/ NEGRITUDE/ LIBERATION MOVEMENTS/ WERE THEY REVOLUTIONARY/
WHAT ARE THE STATEOF THESE DREAMS TODAY/ ARTISTIC PLATFORMS IN TRINIDAD/
BENIN/ ETHIOPIA/ KENYA/ US/ FINLAND/ NAVIGATING NEW SOLUTIONS WITHIN OLD AND
NEW SYSTEMS OF THOUGHT

curator: Michelle Eistrup

coordinator: Annemari B. Clausen

external link: Bridging Art & Text Seminar

GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED by ;

Kulturstyrelsen, Statens Kunstråd, Institut Française,

Danemark, Toyota Fonden and BKF-O fonden.

FOR MORE info on BAT + our Wonderful Guests/Speakers

http://www.blixen.dk/om-museet/presse/nyheder/

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may 26

Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?; contemporary art from the Caribbean (group exhibition)

when: may 26, 2012 - august 26, 2012

location: Kunsthal KAdE, Smallepad 3, 3811 MG, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

function: artist

work: Movt nr. 5

what: ‘Who More Sci-Fi Than Us' is a discursive account of the Caribbean that reveals a kind of common culture shared by all the islands. The exhibition also shows the complexity and diversity of the region. In fact, it may actually be quite wrong to talk about ‘the Caribbean’ at all. We don’t want to ‘frame’ the artists in a geographical context but to centre attention on the account of the region. The exhibition presents facets like its shared history, political conditions, the role of religion and the day-to-day life of the average inhabitant’.
The relevance of the Caribbean to the Netherlands is self-evident. You only have to think of the large Antillean, Aruban and Surinamese communities in this country to see that. However, the Dutch art world has so far paid little attention to these ethnicities. KAdE is now leading the way by situating them in the context of the wider Caribbean region.

The catalogue published to accompany the exhibition reveals an additional fact of Caribbean life. The region features different language areas and hence language barriers. The cultural differences between them are rooted principally in the islands’ relationships with their mother countries, past or present: Spain, France, England and the Netherlands. To reflect this, the catalogue is divided into four sections, each prefaced by a general introduction by an author from the relevant language area: Leon Wainwright (UK), Giscard Bouchotte (FR/ Haiti), Charl Landvreugd (NL/ SU) and Blanca Victoria López Rodríguez (Cuba).

curator: Nancy Hoffmann

external link: Who More Sci-Fi Than Us

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may 17

ANARUSHA (solo exhibition)

when: Vernissage sunday may 20, from 3 to 5 pm

may 17, 2012- may 22, 2012, open daily from 11 am to 5 pm or by appointment.

location: Gallery Contempo, Heemraadssingel 119, 3022 CC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

function: artist

work: Anarusha installation

what: preview exhibition for KunstRAI, Amsterdam, may 30 - june 6

curator: Mark Slegers

external link: Gallery Contempo

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may 9

Publication ARC Magazine Issue 5

when: Launch wednesday may 9, from 8 to 11 pm

location: Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo Surinam

function: featured artist

work: Conversation with Rob Perree

what: ARC Magazine Issue 5

external link: Artist Page at ARC Magazine online

ARC Issue No 5 Cover:

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april 24

what: publication of 'Notes on Black Dutch Aesthetics'

when: 3rd week of April

where / location: Dominion of New York & Afro Europe Blog Spot

function: writer

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feb 8

'RAW EXPO (group exhibition)

when: february 8, 2012- march 4, 2012

location: Fenixloods 1, Veerlaan 9-13, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Netherlands

function: artist

work: Anarusha

what: Amongst the participating artist are renowned names as Armando, Atelier Van Lieshout and Pjotr Müller
but also young and promising talents as Tinkebell, Frank Bruggeman, Birgit Verwer and Charl Landvreugd.

The sculptures and installations in the exhibition were selected by Piet de Jonge (former chief curator of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and Museum Kröller Müller), Ruth Horstmanshoff and Teodora Kotseva.

RAW aims to place art and culture in a wider perspective in Rotterdam by combining various cultural disciplines: mainstream and street art, 'established' and 'emerging'.

The exhibition coincides with the RAW ART FAIR, which is on the ground floor from 8 February till March 4.
Both venues show art as it is meant to be in all its rawness. Art for everyone.

curator: Piet de Jonge

external link: RAW EXPO

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dec 9

'Running Thread' (group exhibition)

when: december 17, 2011- february 4, 2012

location: C & H Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands

function: artist

work: MOVT NR.5 (on the subject of love)

what: Running Thread is a group exhibition with artists from the Wakaman group. It is in conjunction with the solo exhibition by Patricia Kaersenhout 'what you don't see is what you won't get'

curator: Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto

external link: C & H Art Space announcement

archive: 2010 - 2011