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.
Andreas Hetfeld
Andreas Hetfeld (Germany / 1965)
Playful and utopistic attributes are characteristical of the sculptures and installations created by Andreas Hetfeld. In 2005 in Emmerich (D) 700 people
Angelica Obino
13-09-1965
Autodidact
Homo Universalis
Aalica Art and Design
sculptor narrator fine arts installations · 2008 until now
Wim Streep
Born and raised in Amsterdam. As kid I was attracted to drawing. I reproduced cartoons like Donald Duck. Later on a went to the Academy of Free Fine Arts in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Ingeborg Leeftink
Ingeborg Leeftink (Hengelo (O) 1962) is a graphic designer and painter. She grew up in a wooded area in The Netherlands, called ‘De Achterhoek’. Here her love for nature and wildlife was born.
Maron Hilverda
Name: Maron Hilverda
Firmname: Atelier 3x3
Date of birth: 31 July 1968
Education: 1987 - 1991 Academy of Arts, first grade teacher training Painting
and Drawing
1980 - 1987 Pre-university Education, Atheneum
Herman van den Broek
Herman’s signature (Consuelo Plaza Aranda) “Bright colours are remarkable for Herman’s work, however he is more a drawer then he is a painter. Powerful lining and square shapes are a primary force in his work, not only for his abstract work but also for his figurative pieces.
Marjanke de Bruijn
Mus-Atelier / Marjanke de Bruijn
MUS stands for: Marjanke’s Untold Stories. And storytelling is what she does with her paintings; multilayered, colourful and bright images that are beyond the expected.
Lee Eun Young
Toetsenbord
Lee Eun Young (Pusan, South Korea, 1954) is a very special artist.
She works steady on an ever increasing oeuvre of great depth and impressive diversity.
Ekrem Tastekin a.k.a. Lord Nazhe
Born in 1973, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Graphic, presentation and painting techniques School, Netherlands Ink drawings, Acrylic Paintings, Digital Graphics, Designs, Murals and Graffiti Walls.
Christine Spierings
Christine Spierings (1943) has been drawing throughout her life and in 1983 she decided to become a painter professionally after she was elected to the St Lucas Society. Then followed a group exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, which is repeated annually.
Hanneke Naterop
Hanneke Naterop was born in Oss (The Netherlands) and went to artschool ‘Academie voor Beeldende Vorming’ in Tilburg where she graduated in 1990. Her main subject is painting and drawing people.