Laurie Cluitmans (3)
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Femmy Otten
slow down love
2016 || Paperback || John C. Welchman e.a. || nai010 uitgevers publishers
For English see belowFemmy Otten (1981) behoorde in 2014 tot de selectie van drie kunstenaars die de ministeriële opdracht kregen om een staatsieportret van koning Willem-Alexander te maken. In haar werk laat Otten zich niet beperken door het kader van het doek of papier. Ze onderscheidt zich vooral door haar complexe wandcomposities waarin twee- en driedimensionale elementen samenkomen. Beelden van vrouwen en van mythologische wezens, gemaakt van gips of hout, rijzen op uit een spierwitte w...
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jaune, geel, gelb, yellow
Monochrome - Antonis Pittas
2022 || Paperback || Antonis Pittas e.a. || Jap Sam Books
The publication 'jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome' discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It brings together writers from a variety of fields who reflect on the legacy and failures of modernism from the perspective of their individual backgrounds and expertise.
Edited by Lisa Bakker and Eleonoor Jap Sam. With text contributions by (poet) Maria Barnas, (poet) I.K...
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On the Necessity of Gardening
An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation
2021 || Paperback || Laurie Cluitmans e.a. || Valiz — Centraal Museum Utrecht
On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers have each described, depicted and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly power and politics. The Anthropocene, the era in which man complete...