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SYMBIOSIS: a French / Dutch Art Festival

text and image roberto voorbij At the Breda City Gallery can from Wednesday, May 15 the French / Dutch group exhibit SYMBIOSIS be visited. French artists give their personal view on Dutch culture and vice versa. A wonderful exhibit that offers a … Continue reading

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Royal Dutch Shell

image rutger floor text roberto voorbij Oil painting by Dutch artist Rutger Floor. Depicting Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, versus the logo of Royal Dutch Shell. The form resemblance is striking, endless are the overlaps between both. Both symbols of … Continue reading

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Screen-Free Week 2013

text and image roberto voorbij Screen-Free Week / a.k.a. Digital Detox Week – ‘Turn off screens and turn on life’. April 29 – May 5, 2013.

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Rembrandt van Gogh

image jeroen huijbregts text roberto voorbij Rembrandt van Gogh or Vincent van Rijn, a collage by Amsterdam graphic designer Jeroen Huijbregts. This perfect symbiosis of Van Rijn and Van Gogh goes beyond just a physical analogy. Vincent van Gogh adored … Continue reading

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The Garden of Eden

image roberto voorbij  Roberto Voorbij – The Garden of Eden (2013).  Roberto Voorbij – The Garden of Eden (2013). Roberto Voorbij – The Garden of Eden (2013).

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Mike Kelly

text and image roberto voorbij This weekend is the last chance to visit the Mike Kelly retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Energetic and inspiring work. Especially because of the freedom Kelly gives himself to continuously use the most diverse techniques. … Continue reading

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Roberto Voorbij for Artists Not Armies – Portrait 2

Piet Mondriaan – Broadway Boogie-Woogie, the two elements of which Portrait 2 consists. The latest in a series of artist portraits I’ve designed, commissioned by Artists Not Armies. Work that deals with identity, representation and personality cult. More of these … Continue reading

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Sao Paulo blood transfer

image eric marechal text roberto voorbij For the Street Art Without Borders project – a by Eric Marechal initiated international, ever expanding street art exhibit – the pieces New York blood, Sao Paulo blood and Berlin blood were pasted on the … Continue reading

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Now or Never #2

text and image roberto voorbij For the Now or Never #2 exhibit at the GEM director Benno Tempel selected eighteen talents of the KABK. All graduated in 2011 or 2012. Diverse work, but certainly with a high average level. Like the … Continue reading

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Knitted village

text and image roberto voorbij At the periphery of Amsterdam is Driemond located. A small hamlet where knitting as well has taken viral proportions. Like an alternative version of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, entire bridges, fences and even flagpoles are being … Continue reading

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