Kjartansson has been playing with the idea of empty billboards in barren landscapes for some time. Outdoor advertising that provides no information to anyone. In his series of three etchings entitled…
Hamza Halloubi studied visual art at La Cambre in Brussels and HISK in Ghent, Belgium. In 2015 he was a resident at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and had his first solo exhibition in the Netherlands…
Jan Andriesse once remarked that making a painting is, and always will be, the only rational exercise in futility. This remark undoubtedly arose from his conviction that it is impossible to use visual…
The work of Jean Pierre Raynaud is strikingly consistent and varied at the same time. Characteristic of this are the recurrent motifs such as traffic signs, flower pots and gauges. Clear-cut color…
With ten paintings, a video work and a light/sound installation from the project Re-dit-en-un-in-learning CENTER , De Pont has purchased its first works by the French artist Laure Prouvost. Prouvost…
Dan Graham’s Pavilions, which are a cross between architecture and sculpture, have been an important part of his work since the early eighties. They are usually displayed outdoors. The work in De…
Lobster with vanilla, steak tartare with oyster and foie gras brûlé – just a few of the legendary culinary delights once prepared by Amsterdam’s top chef John Halvemaan (1949-2019). Recently his widow…
Lobster with vanilla, steak tartare with oyster and foie gras brûlé – just a few of the legendary culinary delights once prepared by Amsterdam’s top chef John Halvemaan (1949-2019). Recently his widow…
The pastel hues in the painting Hunt for Paradise (Hope) 19.09.20 (2020) are soft, light and floral. But in this idyllic garden there appear dark forms with groping tentacles. This large painting, the…
At the start of the 1980s there emerged several young sculptors whose work received international attention under the heading New British Sculpture. Though not a coherent group, they seemed to be…