Exhibition 25,26 August > Invitation

The Amsterdam International Art Fair

"The picture-perfect city of Amsterdam is playing host to talent from all around the world when it stages the third Amsterdam International Art Fair from 25th to 26th August 2017. Amsterdam Int'l Art Fair is the international art fair in the Dutch city that brings over 150 exhibitors from around the globe for Amsterdam to enjoy! Attracting art galleries, cultural institutions, art critics and collectors. Offering over 3,000 art pieces on display for exhibition and sale, this is a prime opportunity to immerse oneself into a rich collection of global art either as investor, dealer or purchaser. A rich and wonderful mix of talented artists presented by international galleries from over 30 countries that will be filling the prime located Beurs van Berlage – Amsterdam with an incredible display of art."

I will be exhibiting my art works in the central part of the exhibition and 

it would be great to welcome you there. 

The art work 'Protective mantles' from the Hidden Sacrifice series

The art works displayed are from the Hidden Sacrifice series. 

More to read about Hidden Sacrifice

Program:

Fri 25th Aug 2017  |   VIP Private View and Vernissage € 10 EUR: 18.00pm - 21.00pm
Sat 26th Aug 2017   |   Free entry 11.00am - 17.00pm prebook (Awards Ceremony at 16.00pm)

Directions:

Address: Beurs van Berlage - Damrak 243, 1012 ZJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
The event will be during the opening weekend of the new cultural season in Amsterdam: the Uitmarkt. So please anticipate busy traffic in the city center.

Public transport:
Easiest is to take public transport to Amsterdam Central Station and walk 100 m down Damrak where you will find the impressive Beurs van Berlage.

Car:
Set navigator to Beursplein and park your car in De Bijenkorf QPark garage. Easiest way to access, given all one-way roads:
From the Valkenburgerstraat turn right (coming from the north) or Weesperstraat turn left (coming from the south) towards Waterlooplein. Cross the bridge and turn right directly after, onto the 'Amstel'. At the end turn right onto Damrak. The Bijenkorf will be after the Dam square on your right.

Presenting 3D art objects through a GIF animation

Recently had my new 3D art works photographed by Ariane James as I posted earlier.
She created multiple pictures that I transformed into a GIF image.
Below you find an example.

Masking Strength - parchment & mixed media

It really brings out the 3D quality of the object. Which is important as a 2D picture just does not have the same effect. It is actually hard to really understand what is being displayed on a 2D picture if you have never seen these objects.


The making of...
The photographer created a studio environment surrounded by completely black decoration on all sides. As everything reflects on the glass everything around the object needs to be black. And this can not be done perfectly (if all is black then there is no light to see the object), yet it is by definition never perfect as even the camera itself reflects in the glass bell. So, after making the pictures for each object they have been aligned and undesired reflections have been removed through Photoshop.
After this I used a basic App to transform the images into one GIF-movie. Not sure the App I used is perfect I will be looking for other Apps that make a more smooth experience and more refinement in the time intervals between the images. Any advice/recommendation of others is welcome :)


The result...
As an artist I am very happy with all the efforts and specifically the result.
Although this is 'sort of' the best way to present it does not capture all elements that can be seen when looking at the object. You miss elements like the original 18th century VOC coins that decorate the clay basis of the object, the special black seal with the stamp of this art work series and the 'antique-ness' of the glass bell originally used for displaying religious objects.


Next step... is to prepare other aspects of the exhibition:
- create brochure
- integrate in website
- arrange display materials for these objects during the exhibition
- organize transport and installation