Tag Archives: Amsterdam

Tjebbe Beekman – Mall IV

text and image roberto voorbij In the entrance hall of the Amsterdam center The New Love – a place for debate, religion, poetry and more – hangs this impressive painting (Size: 630 x 220 cm. Medium: sand, acrylic and enamel … Continue reading

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Daniel Hageman – Artvertising

text and image roberto voorbij Last weekend I witnessed this artwork in progress / demonstration of how to survive as a Dutch artist in times of culture cuts / instant performance by former Rietveld student Daniel Hageman. Client: jewelry shop … Continue reading

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EVERYBODY SUSPECT

text and image roberto voorbij Quite regularly the discussion revives, usually when the nation’s temper is overheated because of a horrible crime, then the real crime fighters take advantage of the emotional state of the nation to stress the importance … Continue reading

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Emptiness

text and image roberto voorbij Display window of a gallery in the Amsterdam Spiegelkwartier. A gallery district where mainly the more traditional / non-avant-garde galleries are located. Roberto Voorbij – Emptiness (2012).

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Surveillance

text and image roberto voorbij When people from abroad visit the Netherlands they are often surprised by how close the windows of our houses are situated to the street, by the unobstructed view of our interiors. Reading the book The … Continue reading

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Amsterdam City Branding

image roberto voorbij Graffiti artist unknown (2012). Amsterdam.

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City of Abstracts

text and image roberto voorbij As part of the Holland Festival is currently in the central hall of the Amsterdam Central Station the projection City of Abstracts by William Forsythe presented. As the description already suggests, in the beautiful designed … Continue reading

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From a Painter’s Perspective

text and image roberto voorbij On May 30 has Charles Taylor been sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in the war in Sierra Leone, among others for murder, slavery, the recruitment and use of child soldiers, trafficking … Continue reading

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Preview Stedelijk Museum

text and image roberto voorbij After the preview for the press on May 9 was yesterday and today the opportunity for the public to get a first impression of the new Stedelijk Museum. For an empty museum there was a … Continue reading

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FREE ACID

text and image roberto voorbij Artist unknown – street art, Amsterdam. No, to be honest I haven’t tried one, three other persons did apparently. Free drugs, where do you still find that? Or did they mean acid free paper? Nah, … Continue reading

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