Effigy hanging and burning, a specific theatrical form of political protest, has become increasingly visible in the news media, particularly in protests against United States military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, in US domestic politics, and in the Arab Spring. Taking these events as points of departure, Göttke investigates the conditions of this visual genre of protest, its roots and genealogies in a number of countries, its aesthetics and politics.

Effigy protests communicate comm...

"De Onderstroom / The Undercurrent" is published by Jap Sam Books i.c.w. Museum Rijswijk, on the occasion of the exhibition Robbie Cornelissen & Karin van Dam. The Undercurrent in Museum Rijswijk (March 26th - June 11th, 2023) in which the artists combine drawings, objects, and animations. "De Onderstroom / The Undercurrent" gives an insight into the distinctive and long-standing collaboration between two artists, who, in addition to their own artistic practice, find each other in shared fasc...

The Battle Between Carnival and Lent is a masterpiece by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30-1569). Dating from 1559, the world-famous painting is rich in remarkable stories and characters.

This book zooms in on the many everyday objects portrayed by Bruegel in the painting. These objects have been meticulously examined and interpreted through a contemporary gaze. Just as Bruegel's paintings served in the sixteenth century as conversation pieces among guests at dinner, so too this book prese...

Every kind of change belongs to a form of community art’, stelt de Italiaanse filosoof Antonio Negri. Het is de omkering van het gebruikelijke adagium dat community art een deel kan zijn van gewenste maatschappelijke veranderingen. Negri stelt niet alleen de community art, haar voorstanders en critici voor een uitdagende verantwoordelijkheid, maar iedereen in de samenleving die verandering wil teweeg brengen op sociaal, politiek, economische, technologisch of ecologisch vlak. Artistiek én c...

A collection of paintings made by Andre Schreuder.He was born in Delft in 1960 in The Netherlands.He gets his inspiration from everyday life,nature,reading and most of all music.In this book you will see his style developing from realism to a more abstract way of painting.

Sinds 1997 heeft de Stichting Cultuur Inventarisatie (SCI) zich ingezet voor de ontsluiting van museale collecties van Hollandse en Vlaamse schilderijen in ver uiteenlopende gebieden als Midden- en Oost-europa, India en Cuba. Het 25-jarige jubileum vormt de aanleiding voor deze presentatie van 25 schilderijen die een indruk geven van zowel de collecties als de werkzaamheden: 25 schilderijen met een verhaal.

Die werkzaamheden bestaan niet alleen uit het toeschrijven van werken maar ook uit de ...

Only boys... is a processing artproject that was carried out between 2020 and 2023.

In 25 large pastel portraits Jimmy Groen shows a hidden world of aspects of identity, gender and identification during childhood. The drawings are based upon personal experiences and provide an unique insight in what might become in dissociative identity disorder from adverse experiences during childhood.

Only boys... it\'s the observer of the portraits that completes the dots.

Cool Pastoral Splendor is the first Center Pivot publication the Last Chance Press of M12 Studio. It is published as a special limited edition, in a print run of 250 copies. Co-publishers: M12 Collective and the Last Chance Press.Through interdisciplinary approaches, this series explores and connects the changing realities of rural landscapes and communities around the world."Cool Pastoral Splendor includes a selection of pictures from Richard Saxton's Rural Research Archive and accompanying ...