Salon/Big Bang; Final Week

Joris Landman posted this great Salon/Big Bang review on his FaceBook Page;

Last week to see the physical manifestations of Karin Arink, the natural wonder of Elke Baggen, the iconic totems of Mimi Berlin, the broken icons of Marc Bijl, the answered prayers of Frank Bruggeman, the magical mysterie of Martin Butler & Floris Didden, the close encounter of Crystal Z Campbell, the real spirit of Maria van Daalen, the blind faith of Esther Dorhout Mees, the ordinary glory of Marleen Elenbaas, the fractured space of Liselore Frowijn, the black holes of Conny Groenewegen, the daily devotions of Maartje Jaquet, the manmade perfection of Desiree Hammen, the supernatural sunshine of Chris Kabel, the timespace continuum of Germaine Kruip, the styrofoam saint of Klaas Kuiken & Peter van der West, the holographic fairies of MAISON the FAUX, the fantastic fabrications of MaryMe-JimmyPaul, the philosophic profanity of Joris Landman, the dark soul of Katja Mater, the cosmic vibrations of Jef Montes & Simone Albers, the solid faith of Navid Nuur, the warp-speed engine of NOMAN, the free spirit of O n e L o v e (Desiree Hammen & Jarwo Gibson), the exquisite exorcism of PAD (Dinie Dinie Besems & Patty Groot Bluemink), the reverse reverence of rENs, the transcendental trance of Siba Sahabi, the iconoclastic interests of Manolis Tsipos, the worst fear of J.C. Herman Ceramics, the miniature mandalas of Robin De Vogel, the natural state of Juliette Warmenhoven and the ritual obsessions of Margret Wibmer. 

Thank you very much Joris!!
Joris Landman's work is on exhibit at the Oude Kerk  

Celestial Teapot project at the Oude Kerk

Salon/Big Bang; Het Bijbels Museum

Salon/Big Bang; Het Bijbels Museum
The work of One Love can be found in het Bijbels Museum. JW Kaldenbach went to visit and took photographs, Enjoy! Het Bijbels museum can be visited till the 24th of August 2014. Read all about One Love HERE on this blog

 Click photo's to enlarge (photocredits JW Kaldenbach)

SALON/ Big Bang - sermon or work of art?

SALON/ Big Bang - sermon or work of art?

Over the period of the exhibition SALON/Big Bang (27 June – 24 August) Reverend Eddy Reefhuis will discuss a selection of contemporary art works, currently shown in the Oude Kerk, as part of his regular Sunday sermon.
You are welcome to attend these ‘art sermons’ on Sunday July 27 and August 3, 10, 17, 24, from 10:45 – 12:15 (door closes at 11: 00) in the Oude Kerk. Admission is free and the main language is Dutch. (photocredits; screenshot of the Oude Kerk website)

SALON/Big Bang: Desiree Hammen at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Desiree Hammen at the Oude Kerk

A plant a tree and me (2014)

Plants communicate with people, plants react to music, plants have feelings.

This is the essence of The Secret Life of Plants, a book by Peter Tompkins and

Christopher Bird, published in 1973. In the end, humans and plants are closely

related, so it’s not strange that they ‘communicate’ to each other. Humans seems

to be prevailing in this peculiar relationship. But if you are standing in the jungle,

between these giant plants, that you also have in your living room in a 50 cm

version, you feel super-tiny. You feel flabbergasted by the power, the charisma

and the eternity that carry within them.

About: Desirée Hammen (1976) graduated at Artez Institute of the Arts in Arnhem,

2003. In 2012 she finished her training at the famous Ecole Lesage in Paris.

Desirée is ‘master’ in haute couture embroiderie and combines classic techniques

with her free, autonomous work. Over the last years Desirée participated in

exhibitions and projects in Amsterdam, Istanbul, Shanghai, New York and Beijing.

www.desireehammen.nl

SALON/Big Bang: Conny Groenewegen at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang: Conny Groenewegen at the Oude Kerk

 

With a Big Bang I was born and saw the light, immediate and irreversible.

Everything that came after seemed to be slow, slower, slowest compared to the urgency of that one first moment. That moment was decisive for what was to follow and it still leads me the way through abstractions as time and space as an internal compass.

In Primary Explorers I show one black dress, a jumpsuit and a black smock with a reflective trousers that will also be figuring in a video. The designs result of a few slow processus like knitting and seamlessly connecting the parts by hand before felting them. This way of working shows in the layering of the fabric and in the final compact shape of the garments. They seem to have absorbed time and will absorb the gaze if you give it time. Then it is about absolute light and darkness in the visual language of reflection and again absorption. (connygroenewegen.com)

About: Conny Groenewegen (1973) explores the evolution of ideas at the interface of fashion, technology and design.

While being fascinated by the technical and societal implications of the industrialisation of

fashion design, her work is always a reflection of the human measure. The tension between

mechanisation and handwork, industry and artisan, is clearly observable in her designs.

Collections, selection: "Rupture", laser cut contours and incisions in abstract 3d lace patterns. Giving insight in the consequences of optimizing mechanised pattern cutting.

“Alchemy”, transformations of earthly materials like wool and silk into new elements of style and devotion. “Primary Explorers”, opening show at the Tokyo Fashion Week, spring 2013.

Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Award winner —2011 Conny Groenewegen teaches ”design and fashion” at several (inter)national fashion and design institutes.