SALON/Big Bang: Herman Verhagen at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Herman Verhagen at the Oude Kerk

Herman Verhagen, GIB GNAB
About: Herman Verhagen, the potter, graduated in 2003 at the
Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Starting in 2009, he became an apprentice of Karin Dessag in Paris.
There he did a year's fulltime course to master all possible shapes,
from espresso cups to garden vase.

Glazing he learned from Marc Uzan.
In Le Mans (also in France) he learned a technique for structural glazing research,
to get these glazes exactly how they are wanted.

Since 2011 J.C. HERMAN Ceramics opened it's doors,
where all works by Herman Verhagen are sold in the shop that is connected to the studio.
Also series for other shops are being produced here,
as well as private orders and commands of companies. (photocredits: Mimi Berlin)

SALON/Big Bang: Elke Baggen at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Elke Baggen at the Oude Kerk

Elke Baggen, When stalagmite met stalacite it must have been love
 

About: Elke Baggen (Geleen, 1987) lives and works in Amsterdam. After finishing her

Bachelor degree Industrial Design Enginering at the Technical University Delft,

she studied at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. In 2012 she graduated

from the Image & Language department with the installation “A rigid nature and it’s animated representation”. Her work has been exhibited by KunstKamers Rotterdam, the W139 and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

SALON/Big Bang: Manolis Tsipos at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Manolis Tsipos at the Oude Kerk

 Manolis Tsipos, State of emergency (https://vimeo.com/manilistsipos)

SALON/Big Bang: Katja Mater at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Katja Mater at the Oude Kerk

Katja Mater, courtesy of Galerie Martin van Zomeren (photocredits: Mimi Berlin)
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About: Katja Mater (1979, Hoorn) is a graduate of Gerrit Rietveld Academie and De Ateliers. She has been nominated for the Prix de Rome, the Dutch Doc Award and the Royal Award for Painting.

Since 2009 she has been exhibiting her work in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy,

Portugal and USA. Katja Mater's work originates from an interest in themes such as the experience of time in photography, the documentation of moments and situations with intangible characteristics, the

exploration of the limits of human perception, and the specifications of the analogue medium

of photography from a meta perspective. Mater's approach is much closer to drawing and painting and through a complex process that involves multiple negatives masks, she opposes

the uniqueness of drawing to the multiplicity of her outcomes.

SALON/Big Bang: Marc Bijl at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Marc Bijl at the Oude Kerk

 
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'Broken 2012-19 October' is an obelisk which represents in Bijl’s version version for the

mathematical beauty of the unknown; the disruptive chaotic surface of broken mirrors and black

epoxy, which stands for the life that lies behind you.

It has, by chance, become a personal work: a tribute to the artist’s father whose funeral took

place on the day of the opening of Bijl’s exhibition, hence the date in the title.(http://www.studiomarcbijl.com/)

About: Marc Bijl (Leerdam, 7 July 1970) is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Berlin. His works are based upon social issues and their use of symbols and rules. This can result in interventions in

the public space, sculptures or installations that undermine or underline this perception of the

world.

His new media and installation work has been shown in the Istanbul Modern, Beijing Design Week,

European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrück, Fundación Telefonica in Lima, Istanbul Design Biennale, Amsterdam Museum, Pixxelpoint Festival in Slovenia, Olympus Photographry Playground, Berlin, shaded view on fashion film festival, Centre Pompidou Paris, Kasteel Keukenhof, the Netherlands, the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem, Marres, Maastricht, Salon Amsterdam, and Mediamatic, amongst many others. (photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)