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“South Explorer Salon” various artists from the South
This is something you shouldn't miss this month in Nieuw Charlois:
our platform puts together a Salon from the many participating artists in the annual South Explorer, an art route in South Rotterdam. The opening of the overview in Nieuw Charlois is on Friday, April 21 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Furthermore, cultural hotspots, temporary locations, galleries, the Oude Kerk, studios and art shops open their doors at the same time with a varied and challenging offer. You can expect presentations in a shop window, exhibitions in project spaces and galleries, open studios, performances and concerts.
All locations are open on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April from 12:00 to 17:00, unless otherwise stated.
On the website www.southexplorer.nl or on the facebookpagina you will find extensive and up-to-date information per location.
A folding sheet with a map, information per page and poster will be distributed throughout the city in an edition of 4,000 pieces and will be available at every location during South Explorer. You can recognize the locations by the waving flag during the weekend.
warm regards, Ivo en Nicole
“Art Central Rotterdam XL” Laurien Dumbar
Art Central Rotterdam XL
From March 17 to 19, 2023, the city of Rotterdam as a whole will be dedicated to contemporary art and culture during Art Central Rotterdam XL. A cultural event in which thirty-six art spaces and institutions in Rotterdam simultaneously open their exhibitions with extended opening hours, to offer a complete program of activities open to the public free of charge: a program of events and tours to discover and appreciate contemporary works of art, unique art spaces and art institutions in every part of the city.
Nieuw Charlois is part of this programm. Works of Laurien Dumbar will therefore also be on display in the central exhibition of Art Central Rotterdam XL in Baanhof, Baan 159 Rotterdam. This exhibition ‘SUBJECT: TRANSITION’ is curated by curator Anna Buyvid.
March 17, 8:00 PM–1:00 AM (opening night & party)
March 18+19, 11am–8pm.
On show until April 10, 2023, on Sat+Sun from 12:00–6:00 PM.
warm regards,
“Paint. Things” Laurien Dumbar
Laurien Dumbar is a painter who works with photography. With a camera she investigates the role of the painting material in the illusion of space on a flat surface. Dumbar is particularly fascinated by the question of how a painterly image can appear in a 'real' space instead of on the canvas. In her studio she works with everyday materials such as plastic foil, paper and paint, with which she creates spatial or plastic situations that she captures with an I-Phone. In Nieuw Charlois she shows a series of large digital prints that she had made of these photos. They are matte and intense in color, the skin is real and tangible, but at the same time it is an image. Dumbar wonders what abstract painting can be in the reality we live in, with screens between us and reality, and in which a digital mindset has changed our view.
Opening: Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Opening hours: March 18 to April 15, Thurs. to Sat. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
warm regards,
“Orchestrating Coincidence” Liza Wolters / Hilde Onis
Orchestrating Coincidence is a project by Hilde Onis and Liza Wolters; an edition of 30 unique sculptures consisting of 26 individuals, 2 duos and 5 artist's proof.
The thirty unique sculptures are accompanied by a publication that plays with character assignment. The printed leporello catalog comprehensively touches on what it means to collect and to be one part of a whole.
With Orchestrating Coincidence, Hilde Onis and Liza Wolters examine the representation of the space in between, resulting in a series of 30 sculptures that defy all expectations by seeking connection at their breaking point. By developing a method that aims to limit, but at the same time provokes unhappiness, the individual objects of the series have a say in controlling their own contours.
In addition to the catalogue, the series follows on from an essay written in sync with its production. Built by and around various artists and thinkers who take erosion, fragility, in-between space and the 'failure' of objects in their original function as a starting point, the text examines the content that emerges from in-between space and absent material.
http://www.orchestratingcoincidence.com
To reserve an edition*, please contact Hilde and Liza (orchestratingcoincidence@gmail.com) or Ivo and Nicole.
Please state the desired number. You will be contacted after the exhibition to collect or deliver the edition.
* artwork including catalogue
DE KLEINE KUNST KOLLEKTIE
During the festive month of December, Nieuw Charlois presents a selection of affordable works of art by artists who have had an exhibition in the past year and a half.
There are paintings, photo works, ceramics, felt plants, sweaters, lights and so much more to admire. Everything is for sale! There is even a 25% discount on the felt products from Wandschappen..
Don't wait too long and drop by. We are there from Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On December 10 we will be at the fair at the Wolphaertsbocht. Be welcome!
warm regards,
Ivo and Nicole
“THE GREAT SWEATER SHOW”
Nieuw Charlois presents: “The Great Sweater Show”
The last 100 world-famous 'Sweaters by Loes Veenstra' can be seen and purchased one more time in Rotterdam. The Fashion Show and subsequent sales will take place on Saturday, November 5, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Studio Pompstraat 44, Rotterdam. You can RESERVE a seat for free: send an email with the number of people to: welcome@nieuwcharlois.nl
Exhibition and sale: November 9 to 26 at Nieuw Charlois, Wolphaertsbocht 81, Rotterdam.
Now that energy prices are skyrocketing and everyone is worried about the cold in their homes this coming winter, it is high time to focus on a warm solution: “The Great Sweater Show”. Loes' Sweaters have traveled all over the world since 2012; from São Paulo to Tokyo, where Queen Maxima also bought two sweaters.
How it all started:
Loes Veenstra, born in 1933 and died in 2017, lived in Charlois, in the 2ndth Carnissestraat in Rotterdam South. In 2012, Museum Rotterdam was looking for stories from people from the neighborhood and came across Loes Veenstra, who had been knitting all day. “When I knit I don't smoke so much” was her motto. In her house, artists Nicole Driessens and Ivo van den Baar went looking for the sweaters she had knitted since 1955. More than six hundred sweaters were found. A book was published “The collected knitting of Loes Veenstra”, designed by Christien Meindertsma with photos of all the sweaters, made by Roel van Tour and Mathijs Labadie. The flash mob “Sweaters from Loes”, filmed by Roel van Tour, with more than 500 residents from the neighborhood wearing the sweaters, went viral with more than 150,000 likes. The video can still be viewed via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pul1Ja8gWBg
In 2012, Museum Rotterdam asked artists Nicole Driessens and Ivo van den Baar of WANDSCHAPPEN from Charlois to develop a project around Loes Veenstra's collection of sweaters. Loes didn't just save sweaters, she saved everything, turning her house into an endless pile of stuff. WANDSCHAPPEN further developed the project with designer Christien Meindertsma and filmmaker Roel van Tour on behalf of the Kunstimplantaat Foundation.
This was followed by an auction and exhibition at DROOG Design in Amsterdam and in the KUNSTHAL Rotterdam. There was an exhibition at the NAI during OBJECT Rotterdam, visited by Jean Paul Gaultier. The project won the Dutch Design Award during the Dutch Design Week in the Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven. An international Social Design Exhibition followed in Tokyo at 21_21 Design in the Issey Miyake museum and finally part of the collection was on display at the São Paolo Design Biennale. With the proceeds from the sale of sweaters, Loes was able to furnish her new house.
Now, after ten years, Nicole Driessens and Ivo van den Baar will conclude the project in Nieuw Charlois, the platform for Art and Design in Oud Charlois. The last opportunity for enthusiasts to buy one of the last 100 sweaters and 100 books during the fashion show on Saturday, November 5 from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM and sales exhibition from November 9 to 26.
