Comestibles
The exhibition "Exquisite Dishes" is a joined Russian-Nederlands charitable project aiming to help orphaned children with bad eyesight. This project closes the year of "Russian-Holland partnership", but opens the way to further development, in social and cultural relations.
Dutch and Russian artists took part in this project.. The teachers from the Institute of Arts from Arnhem, the HKU University of Arts from Utrecht, the Wackers Academy from Amsterdam were among those participants.
For several months the artists hand painted old plates and dishes, with a great deal of imagination and fantasy. They gave a new life to these old objects. The results of their efforts are now assembled in one big collection, where various artistic innovative techniques, multiple themes and subjects were used by the artists which now can be enjoyed by public.
It is interesting, that among the participants only two of them were professional masters of works with porcelain.
I learned that drawing helps children develop color recognition, motor skills and positively influence their moods and emotions. From my previous observations of painters using old plates as a working palette for mixing colors, I was fascinated by the results. As the result, the plate would transform into a beautiful piece of abstract art form.
I remember an old lady who brought her small granddaughter in the art class. The little girl started to play with dried specs of paint on one of such plates by tracing her fingers over them. The girl was encouraged to draw on the plate, and suddenly the plate depicted a night sky with stars. The girl wished that those stars would sing a lullaby to her sick brother, so he could finally fall asleep, as his severe cold and coughing had not allow him to sleep. That is how I came up with an idea to use an old plate as an object of Art.
I am happy to express my deepest gratitude to all artists of the project "Comestibles".
My special thanks for Leonid Cherenko and Tamara Semyonova who helped me with organizing this project.
Tatjana Egmond.
Lucy Besson
1959: Born in Novokoeznetsk, Siberia, Russia
1976-1980: Academy of Fine Arts, Kemerovo, Russia
Vasily Tryndyk
Vasily Tryndyk perfectly transmits a new aesthetic scenario, which allows itself to be freely interpreted, where the pleasing perception of the shapes is played upon sceneries in movement, suffused games of light and exentiality of reality.
Jaap Broersma
After half a lifetime wandering all over the world as diplomat, banker, and a missionary, Jaap Broersma (1965) came back to the Netherlands in 2009.
He started studying philosophy and took place behind the easel.
Peter Bremer
Peter Bremer (1949) attended the Arnhem Institute of Arts from 1990 till 1995. He frequently exhibits his work at local galleries as well as abroad. His drawings and paintings consist of large contrasts, organic shapes and fragments of human figures. This all with a poetical feeling.
Pieter Schmits
Pieter Schmits (1961) is a painter, illustrator and portraitist.
He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
Rosemin Hendriks
Rosemin Hendriks was born in Velp, the eastern part of Holland, the 3rd of April 1968. She graduated at the Hogeschool van de Kunsten Arnhem, and followed a post-doc at De Ateliers in Amsterdam.
Urban Larsson
Urban Larsson, born on November 23rd, 1966 in Stockholm, has lived and worked in Amsterdam for the last 22 years. As well as portraits and figures, Urban paints still lives and landscapes. He paints only from life and in a tradition that has evolved over more than four centuries – sight-size.
Alexey Voropanov
Born in 1963 in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Professional graphic designer, photographer, writer and curator of art exhibitions. Also known as art director of Antrop independent record label (1997-2006) and author of many record covers. Author and participant of several photo exhibitions.
Maartje Punt
Maartje Punt is an artist from Enschede, the Netherlands. She studied at various art academies in the Netherlands. She is looking for the experiment and likes to work with different materials and techniques. Photography and painting are the foundation of her art.
Ans Markus
Ans Markus born on the 29th of january 1947 in the Netherlands, already manifested great artistic skills in het early teens. The oldest drawing that has been preserved dates from 1962.
Jannie Benthem
Dutch Artist Jannie Benthem has graduated in 1992 at the Academie of Art in Arnhem. She has her own studio in Nijmegen where she makes sculptures, paintings and video. Her artwork is exhibited in Holland and abroad. Central theme in her work is transiency.
Tatjana Egmond
Tatjana Egmond is an artist and an international curator of Art projects. She participated in student’s project and some collective exhibitions.