It's a pity he's ugly, otherwise I'd marry him

During the presentation of your work in a group, there are always works you hate or are ashamed of sharing the same space with. Sometimes it is the space itself that destroys your work completely. Willy-nilly, you learn to make your work so that it can withstand this inevitable evil. In this exhibition, artist entrusted the presentation of their work to their fellow artists. From this grows a love relationship from which something is created that no longer is fully part of them. Amid the (fertile) voltage between curating and creating, these works are exhibited.   

29.01.2011 In the Royal Gallery, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague

Ana Lemnaru for Pernille Lonstrup
Christian van der Kaap for Iva Supic Jankovic
Christian van der Kaap for Aimee Zito Lema
Eva Pel for Iva Supic Jankovic
Isfrid Siljehaug for Eva Pel
Iva Supic Jankovic for Sara Campos
Kaja Wie van der Pas for Laure van den Hout
Kristina Benjocki for Robin Waart
Laure van den Hout for Kaja Wie van der Pas
Miguel Peres dos Santos for Ana Lemnaru
Miguel Peres dos Santos for Kristina Benjocki
Pernille Lonstrup for Isfrid Siljehaug
Robin Waart for Phil Bosch
Robin Waart for Christian van der Kaap

Robin Waart for Christian van der Kaap

Pure M, carved out chocolate letter, 2010

Pure M, 2010

Pure M, 2010 (carved out chocolate letter 'M'  presented in box)

as a gift for Marina Elenskaya

1:21

For a little girls' first birthday

SOLO

Proposal for the purchase of the sculpture by the dutch bank.

SOLO

Presentation of the work in Het Concertgebouw.
Pictures by Kristina Benjocki / Maurijn Rouwet

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SOLO: the maker ain't so lonely as before

For my first solo exhibition after the end exam I had agreed on making a commissioned work to be exhibited for only two hours during a musical performance in the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw. After struggling to live up to the expectation of my commissioner, I forwarded my assignment to an Italian craftsman in the form of an open invitation. The letter sent contained almost no indications of how the object should look or feel. The only specific requirement mentioned when I wrote: 'The object is not meant for the celebration of a particular event or happening, but it wouldn't hurt if the object shows a certain sensitivity. A lot of people may find themselves lonely, if a work in space would have no reason. '

The object finally presented was delivered one day before its exhibition by the Florentine maker Fabrizio Tani. The letter sent was published in a dedicated brochure for the exhibition (see images). That day on the stage of the Concertgebouw the commissioner, the artist, the maker and the sculpture itself, finally met each other for the first time. The work called: SOLO: the maker ain't so lonely as before

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No Country for Old Men

An experimental glossy magazine about making dough. Consisting of a photo shoot where I asked two young fellow artists to knead dough in the bakery before the dawn. Zooming in on the physical aspects of making as moulding and re-moulding material. Reflecting on the time of preparation of the academy which would eventually lead to the professional side of "making dough" known in the English language as making money. These photographs spanned the timeline (beginning to end) of the magazine which was further filled with text contributions from close friends about making, craft and loneliness. The enigmatic title meant to propagate non-conformity to any given age, any given trade and any given place.

20.0 x 18.0 cm 40p. Edition of 500 free editions presented at Gerrit Rietveld Academy 07/2010.