Klemm’s Exchange Series
In the Exchange Series podcast, Klemm’s sits down with the artists of the gallery programme, reflecting on their practice and diving into their studio’s playlist.
In the Exchange Series podcast, Klemm’s sits down with the artists of the gallery programme, reflecting on their practice and diving into their studio’s playlist.
An insight into our current exhibition ‚Abstraction, Class, Education, Hacking, History, Information, Nature, Production, Property, Representation, Revolt, State, Subject, Surplus, Vector, World, Writings‘ by Marijn van Kreij.
naturlich!{sic!} Ulrich Gebert, Keltie Ferris, Elizabeth Jaeger, Fiona Mackay, Adrian Sauer, Marijn van KreijJune – August 2020 Representation of nature – historical, scientific, medial; (inner) landscape; directness and exaltation; pureness and authenticity; the imperative of the „back to the … „; Physicality – Sexuality – Identity; policies and politics…the list goes on… The exhibition ’naturlich!{sic!}‘…
First of all this book has a great cover. It shows documentation of an early Daan van Golden exhibition on semi-transparent paper, through which the artist’s name – printed on the inside of the cover – softly becomes apparent.
At Marres, van Kreij presented hundreds of drawings and gouache paintings, from monumental works on thick watercolor paper to loose series on sketchbook paper, advertising leaflets and other printed matter.
When I first saw this book in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I was intrigued by the title more than anything else, more than the actual drawings in the book to be honest.
In 2019 Marijn van Kreij took part in a commissioned work for the TextielMuseum in Tilburg (NL), on the occasion of the Bauhaus‘ 100th anniversary. In 1928, Gunta Stölzl wove one of her most famous tapestries, 5 Chöre. For Marijn van Kreij, this tapestry, or to be precise, reproductions of it and her design sketches,…
Some memories of books #1 Kay Larson –Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism and the Inner Life of Artists The Penguin Press, New York, 2012 When I read this biography in the summer of 2017 it directly influenced my work. I have fond memories of reading this book on my balcony at home…