The Art Gallery of NSW opens a major new show this Thursday [June 4] called Intensely Dutch. The gallery’s publicity calls the show “uncompromising, confronting, optimistic” as it looks at 15 of the most important Dutch artists of the post WW2 period. As the blurb says:
“A new young generation of Dutch artists took to modernity as never before. For them it was a time of renewal. Bright colour, impasto and vigorous handling were particular features of the work of many post-war Dutch artists. This exhibition presents the art of fifteen of the most important Dutch artists of the post-war period, including those associated with the CoBrA movement (Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille and Lucebert) and art informel (Jaap Wagemaker, Jan J Schoonhoven and Bram Bogart) and those who preceded them, like Bram van Velde and Willem de Kooning, who rose to prominence internationally post-war…”
In addition to the show the AGNSW are also hosting a forum and a lecture:
Friday 5 June 9am-3pm
Looks at all aspects of the exhibition – image, abstraction and the word. Speakers include Ludo van Halem of Amsterdam’s iconic Rijksmuseum alongside talks by curators and art historians. The day will also include a Dutch poetry reading, a short film screening and a conversation with artist Theo Kuijpers
Cost: $65 adults $30 students
bookings tel (02) 9225 1878
Wim Pijbes – Director of the Rijksmuseum discusses Modern Art at the iconic museum
Saturday 6 June 11am
In 2012-13 Amsterdam’s Rijkmsueum will re-open with a radical new addition to its renowned collection of Old Masters: a new wing devoted to 20th century art. The Rijksmuseum’s Director, Wim Pijbes and curator of 20th century art, Ludo van Halem, discuss this exciting new direction for one of Europe’s most venerated museums.
Cost: $25 adults $15 students
bookings tel (02) 9225 1878
