Edward Krasiński at Stedelijk Museum

UNTIL 15 OCTOBER

Stedelijk Museum, museum of modern art in Amsterdam presents the first retrospective of Edward Krasiński in the Netherlands.

Born in 1925 in what is now Ukraine, Krasiński is considered one of the most notable artists of Eastern Europe’s premier avant-garde. This exhibition will feature over fifty installations (sculptures and objects) from his entire artistic career.

Krasiński began his career at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow during the 1940s. In the early '50s he moved to Warsaw with a group of other avant-garde artists founding the Foksal Gallery which was the central hub for contemporary art in Warsaw in the 1960s.

Krasiński's work is inspired by pre-war avant-garde movements such as Polish Constructivism. The public can easily distinguish a wry sense of humor combined with fascination. Walking through an exhibition you can discover characteristic materials and patterns such as the use of blue Scotch tape. The artist started using the tape which later on became also his trademark in order to connect spaces and objects.

One of the most important moments for the artist was the Farewell to Spring in 1986, a ball in where the most influential figures of the Polish avant-garde were invited. Opposing to the Polish regime which at the time prohibited any gathering more than three people Krasiński and his friends organised this ball as a protest against the government.

 In addition to Krasiński’s displays the visitor has the chance to watch the film Edward Krasiński’s Studio (2012) by French-American filmmaker Babette Mangolte.The film is about the artist’s Warsaw studio where he worked and met with world-class artists .The exhibition is curated by Leontine Coelewij, Curator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Kasia Redzisz, Curator Tate Liverpool.

 The exhibition is available for the public until 15th of October. Tickets can be bought online or at the entrance of the museum. Along with the ticket the visitor can take a free audio tour for more information about the artist and the exhibition.

If you are interested in knowing more you can also visit the website Culture.pl.

OPENING HOURS: Daily 10:00-18:00, Friday 10:00-22:00

You can reach Stedelijk by public transport

From Amsterdam Central Station:

Tram 2 and 5  stop Van Baerlestraat

Bus 170,172 stops Hobbemastraat or Museumplein

From train station Amsterdam Amstel:

Tram 12 stop Van Baerlestraat

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece

Exhibiting architecture is a difficult task. Nothing can really replace direct experience the built space, the perception of the hybrid fabric of the city, and listening to the voices that life continuously produces. 

Yet an exhibition of architecture can immediately convey the complex and shared process by which the buildings are devised, built and then inhabited. A viewing by fragments comprising drawings , materials and the instruments of this painstaking research, the same the are found on architects' work table.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

The exhibition showcases architectural projects from the last thirty years by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. It consists of 18 tabletop displays of scale models, drawings, photographs and video, chronicling the history of different projects by the internationally renowned architectural firm.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

The presentation in the SNFCC is the last stop of the traveling exhibition, which began its journey back in 2013, at the Gagosian Gallery in New York. Previous stops included the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, in 2014, as part of the International Biennial Architecture and Shanghai, in 2015, where the exhibition was hosted at the Power Station of Art.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

The creation of the exhibition, its tour in the cities leading up to Athens and, of course, its stay at the SNFCC, were all realized with an exclusive grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. 

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

Renzo Piano, the internationally renowned architect has said about the exhibition: "It is very difficult to successfully exhibit architecture. Nothing can really substitute actually being in the building itself, the feeling of the hybrid texture of a city, the continuous stream of voices that make up the sounds of life. An architectural exhibition can, however, clearly transmit something of the complex and shared process through which the buildings we design are conceived, constructed and then inhabited. … I like to think of this exhibition like a journey through space.”  

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

The SNFCC itself holds a special place in the exhibition. One of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s most recent works, its construction began in the fall of 2012 and was completed in August 2016. 

As such, exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to get acquainted, step by step, with the conception, design and implementation of one of the largest construction projects in Greece’s recent history. 

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop was established in 1981. Currently, 130 architecture and engineering experts work with the Italian architect in his practices in Paris, Genoa and New York. In collaboration with them, Renzo Piano has developed some of the most unmistakable landmark projects worldwide, including the Kansai International Airport Terminal Building in Osaka, the Beyeler Foundation Museum in Basel, the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center in New Caledonia, the Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome, the Morgan Library in New York, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, USA, the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, the New Whitney Museum in New York and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse | April 27 – July 23 / 2017 | Photos by Athens Culturelles Cuko Christina

*Τhe opening of the architectural exhibition “Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” took place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre οn April 27th 

*The exhibition is organized by the Fondazione Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, with the exclusive support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. 

Exhibition info:

“Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Piece by Piece” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center - Lighthouse

April 27 – July 23, 2017

Opening Hours: 06:00 – 24:00

Free Admission

Hearts ‘n Blooms by Chantel

Who am I to you-Anna/Oil paint on canvas,SummerShow Amsterdam Noord 2016

Dad in Koringberg/Watercolour, Part of 30 Days of  Watercolour  Challenge

Chantel, could you tell us a few words about you and your work?

I started taking drawing seriously at the age of 7 and by the age of 11, I started taking private art classes and of course, I fell in love with the medium.

Although I am constantly experimenting with new mediums and forms of art, including textile art, printing and yarn art, I always seem to come back to painting.

I always find myself completely in awe of the possibility to portray so much emotion, feeling, reality as well as a sense of surrealism by using something as simple as paint and a brush.I totally fell in love with the oilpaint medium.

Zola (Chantel's cat)/Painting-Graphite putty on Fabriano paper

When did you start getting involved more in art?

In 2010, I au paired in Den Haag for a year. I did not only fall in love with the country and the abundance of art that it brings, but also with a Dutch guy whom I had to wait to finish his study before I could move to the Netherlands permanently.In the 4 years of waiting in South-Africa, I started my own handmade business with my mum, Clari Design. We made handmade accessories. This included hand painted jewellery and screen-printed products. My mum was responsible for all the crochet items and is still known as the Clari Crochet Queen. It was one of the best times of my life, working alongside my mum.

Boy with fish/Oil paint on canvas

Just before moving to the Netherlands in 2015, I had the privilege to be an art teacher for a year at the same art school I received my lessons, Die Coetzee Ateljee.I gave art classes for children between the ages 6 – 18 years. Teaching art and working with children taught me so much, not only about art but about my passion for it and people. I felt extremely lucky working alongside someone who has been my teacher and mentor from the age of 11. I definitely still have the same dream for the Netherlands.

A year later, I opened a shop in the art school, which was basically merged the art shop and Clari Design, a wonderful experience but my heart always longed to do more art.

Mum (Crochet Queen)/Watercolour painting/Part of 30days of Watercolour Challenge

When did you start "working" on human heart?

A beautiful opportunity arose for my art career to officially start off just 3 months before I left for the Netherlands.I had the chance working as the assistant of a well –known art curator in South-Africa, Sandra Hanekom. I assisted her with her solo exhibition, but also with a very big exhibition, celebrating the 100 year anniversary of one of South Africa’s most well-known Afrikaans Newspapers, Die Burger.

In total 50 South-African artists were chosen to take part in the exhibition and I was one of them. Each artist received an event/subject covered by the newspaper in the last century as an inspiration for the artwork.

I received the 3 big viruses that hit South –Africa over the last century, namely the Spanish Flu (1918), HIV Aids (1981) and Ebola (2014). I decided on making 3 human hearts, as I believe that even though lots of different parts of the body gets affected by these sicknesses, the heart gets affected most. Emotionally the hearts of the victims, as well as their loved ones, get attacked severely. This is definitely one the highlights of my art career so far, not only for being able to exhibit but also having the opportunity to meet so many wonderful artists and people along the way.

Open heart Painting/Watercolour

Virus -3D Human Heart Series of 3/ Tapestry/ Wool

 Could you share with us any other important moments of your career until now?

A few weeks after Die Burger 100 Jaar exhibition, I moved to Amsterdam permanently and immediately had the chance to enter into the first ever SummerShow Amsterdam Noord 2015.After just being here for a few weeks, my first painting was exhibited at the Summer Show at Nieuw Dakota.During 2015 I had to work, but at the same time, I had to pursue my art part time. To keep myself motivated, I started doing 30-day  challenges on Instagram. I started with the 30days of being inspired by artworks in the Rijksmuseum and watercolour challenge followed.

Namib Desert/Oil paint on canvas,SummerShow Amsterdam Noord 2017

2016 was a good year for me I would say as I took part in another exhibition in South- Africa, called 'Break the Spell', curated by Louis Jansen van Vuuren where I also made tapestry hearts. Also this year I got into the Summer Show Amsterdam Noord for the second time.I also collaborated with a wonderful young entrepreneur, Imana, who owns a pop-up shop, where she sold her own clothing label.i I assisted her in making clothing and also sold some of my art prints in her shop.

Green Protea/Watercolour on Paper

We can see that you post a lot of your work in your social media accounts, are you currently preparing something for the public?

I am currently opening my studio to showcase some of my recent watercolour paintings of hearts and flowers under the title, Hearts ‘n Blooms.This basically means that until the 16^th of July anyone is welcome to come to my studio and have a look around.

Originals, as well as prints, will be for purchase, but people are also welcome to bring their sketchbook, paints and pencils with and create with me or simply enjoy a cup of coffee.

Hand/Watercolour

If someone is interested in seeing your work how can they get in contact with you?

Taking into consideration that I also have a part time job, there will only be certain time slots in which my studio will be open.

I suggest that anyone interested in coming please contact me first, via Instagram or Facebook. Then I can make 100% sure I am home and have the coffee ready.

The available times will be as follows:

Mondays:    9:00 – 18:00

Tuesdays:   9:00 – 13:00

Thursdays:  9:00 – 13:00

Friday (7 July ’17) : 14:00 – 18:00

          (14 July ’17):   9:00 – 18:00

Saturdays: 10:30 – 17:00

Sundays  : 15:00 – 18:00

Psalms 42:7/Painting and Sketching (watercolour,coloured pencils,soft pastel)

We found out that you will be also participating at the Summer Show in Amsterdam Noord, could you tell us a bit more about that?

Apart from my open studio event, one of my oil paintings will also be featuring in this year’s SummerShow Amsterdam Noord, held by Nieuw Dakota and Francisboeskeprojects.

This exhibition will run until the 30^th of July, where you can vote for your favourite artwork. The artist who receives the public price at the end of the exhibition will have the opportunity to exhibit along with the jury winner at the end of the year.

 How can someone interested in your work get in touch with you?

You can contact me on Facebook and Instagram but also can visit my studio at the address below. Fell free to drop me a message to arrange a visit, I will gladly be happy to meet you and show you my work.

Doventelstraat 1H, 1031 VT, Amsterdam

For the last few months, apart from working on more watercolour paintings, I have been doing some commissions and I am currently working on an exhibition focusing on people from different cultures, which will hopefully take place in the beginning of next year. So, stay tuned and I will keep you updated!

Tulips/Watercolour on Paper

That is great news! We wish you best of luck and of course, thank you for accepting to share your work with us.

You can visit Nieuw Dakota for more info about the Summer Show Amsterdam Noord, 2017 edition. Free admission for the public. Do not miss the chance to attend! We will be there definitely!

Foam Museum presents:

 Matter by Daisuke Yokota and Los Alamos by William Eggleston

Daisuke Yokota

"Matter" refers to all the photographic material, the roll of film, the hard disk, the negative, the printing paper and the computer monitor. Yokota is trying to focus the attention on the "body" of the photography. He seems to distort our perception of photography with this work. With this exhibition, the artist reveals his philosophy of photography and provides to the audience the chance to rethink how to relate to the medium.

Daisuke Yokota

Daisuke Yokota The artist takes countless pictures which are saved on his hard disk. He is asked to choose a few among them, those photos will be offered in sale for a limited edition. With the pieces of this exhibition, Daisuke raises the question of what is the element that makes a photograph valuable. Is it the size, the quality of the paper, the number of copies or the sentimental value? Yokota was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf award. Works from his series Site/Cloud were presented in a solo exhibition in 2014 at Foam. In 2013 his work was featured in the Talent Issue of Foam Magazine. Foam is hosting the Matter from March 17- 4 June 2017

 "Los Alamos" by William Eggleston

William Eggleston En Route to New Orleans, 1971–1974, from the series Los Alamos, 1965–1974 © Eggleston Artistic Trust 2004 / Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

William Eggleston

William Eggleston

William Eggleston

William Eggleston