amsterdam

The Distance Between Two Intersecting Lines (part 1) 28/09 - 08/10/2021, ARTSPACE - Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

OVER (black, green) #0708 - 2020 / 41 x 45 x 2 cm, size 2 / edition of 3 / private collection

OVER (black, green) #0708 - 2020 / 41 x 45 x 2 cm, size 2 / edition of 3 / private collection

The first part of a two person exhibition with works about space, emptiness, residual form and shape in Amsterdam. The next show will be in Abstract Project Gallery in Paris.

ARTSPACE, Sociëteit Arti et Amicitiae
(Society of visual artists)
Rokin 112, Amsterdam
Open on weekdays Monday - Friday, 13.30 - 17.00 hrs
Link Gerda Kruimer

Arti et Amicitiae and its fascinating history is closely linked to its monumental building on the Rokin. Arti presents a topical, experimental, high profile exhibition program which includes both local and international subjects in its central location in the heart of Amsterdam.

https://www.arti.nl/tentoonstelling/gracia-khouw-en-gerda-kruimer/

WHERE I AM NOW - PRELUDE - October 26 - December 31, 2020 Huis de Pinto

The title 'Where I am now' is taken from the book of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri. A quote from the book can be found on the wall of the reading room of Huis de Pinto, as a prelude to this project.

In the past weeks I have had six interesting conversations with volunteers who are deeply committed to this cultural literary center. Text fragments distilled from these talks will be added to the wall installation in the final phase. Starting point for these conversations is a question from the book: is there a place we are not passing through? This question intrigued me because the answer shows a vital connection between language, place and personal history.

>> With special thanks to Jacqueline Verhaagen, Maarten Borger, Cuneke Mertens, Herman Feddema, Emma Hogendorp, Tine Sijbesma and Diet Verschoor.


> Open Monday - Saturday, 13.30 - 17.00 hrs. >> St. Antoniebreestraat 69, Amsterdam LINK
> For more information please check previous post on September 15

Prelude, October 25 -2020, Huis de Pinto

WHERE I AM NOW (A Conversation Piece) November 1, 2020 -May 1, 2021 (extended) Huis de Pinto

WHERE I AM NOW (A Conversation Piece) November 1, 2020 -May 1,  2021 (extended) Huis de Pinto

Amsterdam - For the reading room of Huis de Pinto, I’ll be making a text image on the wall that will grow over the course of the weeks. The texts are excerpts from conversations I’ll collect with people who have a warm heart for Huis de Pinto. The basis for the conversation is a quote from the book Dove mi trovo (Where I am now) by Jhumpa Lahiri.

A question in the book intrigues me : is there a place we are not passing through? It formulates a connection between language, place and personal history. Is the HdP a sheltered place where you are not passing through and make contact with others? And at present another relevant question is: what does an HdP mean as a meeting place in Corona time?

Quote: ... Is there a place where we are not in transit? Disoriented, perplexed, confused, lost, stunned, dazed, defeated, bewildered, lost: I feel at home in that family of terms. So that is my place, the words that bring me into the world.

Link Huis de Pinto

Download Project informatie (NL)

Read More