We Visited Ruudt Peters today he discussed his retrospective
exhibition “BRON” that he was in the progress of planning. He said he always tries
to challenge the viewer with his jewellery, he never wants the viewing
experience to be easy. Corpus was a work he talked about that involved physical
performance of boys standing in jackets as part of the work, and others made
the viewer climb up ladders to see his work. Overall, I liked his discussion of
involvement and interaction as part of his works. He was philosophical in
discussion of surfaces being mirrored and shiny, his works all seemed to be
very black and I really liked the glass work. We also got to see his collection
of jewellery.
Then we went to Galerie Rob Koudijs, there was two exhibitions showing one by Terhi Tolvanen and one by Ralph Bakker. The back latches of the necklaces by Ralph Bakker really caught my attention as new approaches for cold joining. Terhi Tolvanens use of large pieces of wood, that had been painted I also really liked. We spent a great deal of time in the draws filled with jewellery, the work I liked the most was by Francis Willemstijn that was very fine metal maps with wood for a backing.
I really enjoyed the Galeria RA visit, it had a good
collection of works. The two artists on display with the first being Jorge Manila,
his works hung from the white walls casting great shadows, organic looking but
some pieces also looking like dead fruit bats on a power line. Very decayed but
you could see the stitching forming and holding the thick black material
together. Nils Hint had a large collection of tools that had been forged and
made double ended, with gold platting on the ends; spoons spanners and combs.
They seem to contrast each other, as if one end was industrial and the gold end
was domestic activity. Today we saw a lot of jewellery and I enjoyed looking at
new materials and how the jewellers had manipulated them, as well as joining
methods and approaches to brooch backs.
(Francis Willemstijn)
(Nils Hint)
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