Coming up – Boipili Jewelry
Boipili Jewelry: Marcel Pinas is writing with silver, making a firm statement with jewelry. A statement more powerful than words! Representing the cherished heritage of the Ndyuka people and soon also that of many other proud Maroon and Indigenous peoples from Suriname. Moengo, Marowijne, is where it all begins. The place where the community will first be involved in crafting the fine line of Boipili Jewelry. Brokopondo and Sipaliwini are the next destinations along the path of progress. A path inspired by heritage, fueled by creativity and set forth by Marcel Pinas.
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What: the launch of Boipili Jewelry, designed by Marcel Pinas
When: January 28 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Where: Readytex Art Gallery, Maagdenstraat 44 upstairs, Parmaribo
r.s.v.p.: 421750 (Lygia or Renu) / info@readytexartgallery.com
Meanwhile … Group exhibition Running Thread (Wakaman) in C&H art space
Four ‘Wakamans‘ are at it again! Remy Jungerman, Iris Kensmil, Charl Landvreugd and Kurt Nahar all participate in the group exhibition Running Thread (Wakaman) which opened December 17 2011 in C&H art space in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. All four of them participated in the art project Wakaman – Drawing lines connecting dots, which resulted in a group exhibition in Paramaribo, Suriname in 2008, and a book as well. At the time of the 2008 exhibition Marcel Pinas and Ori Plet were participating as well.
Remy Jungerman was born in Moengo, Suriname and has lived in Amsterdam since 1990. His work is intrinsically related to his Surinamese origins and is centered on global citizenship in today’s society. Jungerman uses collages, sculptures and installations to show cultural critique(s) of the local and the global, the internal and the
external. Traditional materials and objects are placed in different contexts that challenge the established notions of their representation within Western society. Jungerman gets his inspiration from Afro-religious elements of the traditional Maroon culture in Suriname and the Diaspora. At the same time he is also inspired by Western trends in art and modern communication technology. He first studied art at the Academy for Higher Arts and Cultural Studies, Paramaribo
(Suriname). After moving to Amsterdam in 1990 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Since his first group exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Jungerman has participated in several solo and group exhibitions worldwide.
Creating an image of the (historical) presence of black people is the drive behind all the works of Iris Kensmil. Although she has born in Amsterdam, Kensmil lived part of her youth in Suriname. As she states: “Because of my black skin, I can’t take my participation in the European Culture for granted the way white people think they can do (Frantz Fanon). From 2004 on she makes works that commemorate historical moments from struggle for the emancipation of black people. Kensmil draws on personal memories as well as a range of historical textual and visual material. She selects this materials on base of how she perceives what is the history of a Black European, a history that is paradoxically non-European. So most of her works are about the African-American movements or about Suriname, beside the “global” works of free imagination, e.g. about Ragga. Born in 1970, Iris Kensmil lives and works in Amsterdam. She graduates in the Minerva Groningen. In 2004 she won the Wim Izaks Prize, in 2009/2010 she did a residency at the ISCP, New York.
Charl Landvreugd was born in Suriname and raised in Rotterdam. Aesthetically, politically, theoretically as well as practically, black is the base color in his practice. Landvreugd has studied at the Goldsmiths College (London) and Columbia University (NYC), and continued his investigations of black and Blackness. He explores the plurality of black hues and advocates for distinctions in black diversity. Although Landvreugd works as a visual artist, mainly sculpture, installation and video, he has also a wide experience as a curator and a writer, working in Europe, the Caribbean and the United States. Charl Landvreugd uses Black as an instrument to speak off our communal efforts to bridge cultural gaps worldwide. Since 2009, Landvreugd has already shown his work in New York, London and Amsterdam, and also is his home country, Suriname, along with some of the other artists presented in this exhibition at C&H art space. Despite of his short career, this young artist has already developed three artist residencies, participated in several publications and curated exhibitions with other artists, all related to black-Dutch artists in Dutch society.
Kurt Nahar defines his art works as a contribution to raising the consciousness of the general public and to encourage discussions around important, sometimes forgotten subjects. The Dada movement is clearly present in his work and Nahar’s work can be seen as an act of protest and contestation for social and political circumstances in Suriname, where he lives. Nahar’s works are a combination of common objects, photographs, film, painting,poems and furniture all together. The visual chaos, full of provocative symbolisms, tends to confront the viewer’s with social issues, of which the artist thinks that they should be brought out to public discussion. Kurt Nahar, 1972, was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, where he lives and works. Between 1993-1997 he studies at the Nola Hatterman Institute (Art School), and in 2000 Nahar attended the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts,and in 2009 Research residency at the Rijksacademie. He has exhibited mostly between Suriname and The Netherlands.
What: Remy Jungerman, Iris Kensmil, Charl Landvreugd and Kurt Nahar, group exhibition Running Thread (Wakaman)
When: December 17 2011-February 04 2012. Opening: Saturday December 17 2011, from 15:00-19:00 hrs. Gallery opening hours: Thu-Sat 11:00-18:00 hrs
Where: C&H art space, 2nd Kostverlorenkade 50, 1053 SB Amsterdam (corner Jan Hanzenstraat)
Meanwhile … What you don’t see is what you won’t get
Born in Den Helder, but a descendant from Surinamese parents, Patricia Kaersenhout developed an artistic journey in which she investigates her Surinamese background in relation to her upbringing in West European culture. The political thread in Patricia Kaersenhouts work raises questions About the African Diaspora’s movements and its relation to feminism, sexuality, racism and the history of slavery. As an artist, I’m in a constant state of becoming, she writes.
For this exhibition with the title: What you don’t see is what you won’t get, Patricia Kaersenhout delivers a new series of her most recent work, that represents a new transition phase in the her career as an artist. In this new work, loaded with a noir drama, Patricia Kaersenhout emphasizes sexual attitudes and historical neglect by black and white oppressors. Inspired by Bell Hooks’ book, Ain’t I a woman, she investigates the historical (non)position of black females. Since black women are mostly ignored in white written history she plays with the fact that being invisible gives one the freedom to question a so called truth and juice it up with fiction. This is directly related to her own oral history tradition where there is never a clear line between facts and fiction. With the title of the show the artists challenges the viewer to look with close attention in order not to miss anything. While watching the viewer looks at the subject that has been historically ignored and invisible, the black female. To understand the work the viewer has to watch with attention otherwise the essence won’t reveal itself.
Patricia Kaersenhout has studied social studies at the Amstelhorn Amsterdam and Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and the CBK Zuidoost (Centre for Visual Arts) commissioned Kaersenhout in 2003 to develop a work of art in connection with 140 years abolition in the Netherlands and
Suriname. She has participated in exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad and her work has been published in several publications. In 2008 she participated in Wakaman – Drawing lines, connecting dots, which resulted in a group exhibition in Suriname and a book. Recently, Kaersenhout was invited by TENT. in Rotterdam to organize a debate together with artist Charl Landvreugd titled Am I Black Enough for you in connection with the exhibition Paramaribo Perspectives. In 2010 her work was part of Wrestling with the image: Caribbean Interventions, curated by Christopher Cozier and Tatiana Flores, Art museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.. In 2011, the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts commissioned Patricia Kaersenhout for a research and a photo project in Suriname.
What: Patricia Kaersenhout, What you don’t see is what you won’t get, solo-exhibition
When: December 17 2011-February 04 2012. Opening: Saturday December 17 2011, from 15:00-19:00 hrs. Gallery opening hours: Thu-Sat 11:00-18:00 hrs
Where: C & H art space, 2nd Kostverlorenkade 50, 1053 SB Amsterdam (corner Jan Hanzenstraat)
Must do, must see, must enjoy! Artmarket Paramaribo 2011 – Updated!
The second edition, with even more participants … Please take some time to visit this very DIFFERENT Artmarket, where makers, sellers and buyers celebrate creativity. Words used by the people behind the Artmarket-idea to describe what it is that makes the Artmarket so special: cool fresh dope … off span tranga … tjading … dope ass …
Find out for yourself what you think about this event and let us know!
I went yesterday to the first evening and it was great! Inspiring to see all these creative minds and what they produce! Good vibes, definitely.
When: December 16, 17 & 18 2011; 17:00-23:00 hrs
Where: De Hal, Grote Combéweg 45, Paramaribo
Who: Arti Abhelakh, Ken Doorson, Jantine Van Den Driest, Sri Irodikromo, Gloria Jap, Ellen Ligteringen, Earl de Sanders, Purcy Tjin, Sirano Zalman, RFT, Bejules, Shoot Filmcompany, Bakafisie, Space is the Place, Zoetzuur, Sushi Chris and many others
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TEXT Marieke Visser, 2011
Opening on Friday, December 9th: EXPERIENCES a solo exhibition by artist Henna Brunings
Henna Brunings does not exhibit often, but when she does, she goes all out! EXPERIENCES are what Henna thrives on, what inspire her and what she translates unto her canvas. And just like her experiences in life, in more than 30 years in the graphic design business and 10 years as a visual artist, the paintings presented in her latest exhibition are colorful, diverse and full of energy. And so when Henna Brunings does have an exhibition, you never know what to expect. And knowing or seeing one work of art from the collection in no way prepares you for all there will be to see at the exhibition. So give in to the anticipation and visit EXPERIENCES the new solo exhibition of Henna Brunings in De Hal, Grote Combéweg 45.
The official opening is on Friday the 9th of December and the exhibition is open to the public on Saturday December 10th from 7:00-9:00 pm and on Sunday December 11th from 6:00-9:00 pm.
The invitation includes the following text:
Welcome to EXPERIENCES, the third solo-exhibition in the painting career of Henna Brunings, exactly ten years after she first got started. In approximately fifty surprisingly varied works of art in acrylics and mixed media on canvas as well as on paper, the artist presents the collection she has been working on for well over a year.
Henna Brunings is a woman of strong opinions, undeniable artistic talent and the critical eye of an experienced ‘creative professional’. She is a graphic designer and owner of her own design office Art Design from which for over 30 years now, she has been creating countless graphical productions for clients in several branches, with logo’s and house styles being her specialty. When after a busy week filled with obligations and assignments, Henna closes the doors of her design offices, she spends her weekends upstairs in her art studio and does what she enjoys most. She paints, for that is her passion!
Henna does not have one single style. Her work does however attest of a great love for the experiment, for a harmonious though dynamic interplay between color and form, composition and texture. No message or sensational and emotional stories to tell; no drama involving sorrow or an unhappy childhood, but just the intuitive creations of a confident and talented woman who expresses herself freely and without limitations with her paints and brushes on canvas. What this actually leads to is something that will without a doubt, surprise and fascinate all visitors at this new exhibition! Other than what people are used to seeing at most solo exhibitions, this new collection of Henna Brunings shows great variety in style, composition and inspiration. Figuration, abstraction, realism, form, technique, texture and an explosion of color, lure the eye from one corner to another; from one wall to the other! Where to begin? One thing is certain: Art lovers will have quite a lot to take in during their visit to this exhibition.
A small preview:
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Four years after her latest exhibition Henna starts her new collection with, remarkably enough, a painting inspired by the chaotic jumble of cords next to her computer (Spaghetti). And from that moment on the creative juices haven’t stopped flowing! With renewed inspiration she eagerly gets to work on her new collection. Her work can impossibly be categorized under one specific theme, but there are some similarities and sometimes also certain recognizable features. The canvas is wetted with water, dripping paint is strategically guided along the canvas, circles and lines are stamped across the surface, while numbers and letters add, as is usual for Henna, the finishing touch to many of the compositions.
She gets inspired by van Gogh, and paints a series of dreamy, impressionistic looking paintings in surprising color combinations, named ‘Dré ten’ (dry season). In yet another series she creates compositions with mythological figures and symbols reminiscent of ancient petroglyphs. And then the graphical designer in her prompts the creation of a modern and playful series of graphical prints and paintings that remind somewhat of the popular pop art creations of Britto. Birds and mosquitoes are a reminder of earlier exhibitions, but this time around Henna is mainly driven by the urge work in a more abstract style. She plays with shapes and adds texture with among other things, sand and the cardboard from her wine cartons. She creates nuances of light and dark and a balance between carefully worked out details and quieter backgrounds. Not quickly or with uncomplicated ease, but step by step, according to a meticulous process. Layer goes on top of layer, image on top of image, until the final result is satisfactory. Quite unintentionally an image might sometimes come to the foreground that causes people to make certain associations, or rather urges the viewer to search for some meaning within the depth of its layers. This keeps the audience enthralled! But not just the audience; the artist herself is equally fascinated by all that her work conjures up in others.
But Henna Brunings is her own and probably most stern art critic. She has, in part also because of her profession, a keen eye and the pile of rejected painted canvases lying on a discarded heap to the side, are the silent witnesses of her straightforward self-criticism. Even so, the artist still seeks the critical opinions of her original instructor George Struikelblok and of renowned colleague Rinaldo Klas. Aside from positive feedback they also provide valuable tips. Then the collection is finally completed. In a striking display, the streamlined and dynamic, the modern and traditional, the abstract and realistic, are arranged daringly side by side and across from one another.
Henna looks upon the result of ten years as a visual artist with great satisfaction. And with even greater enthusiasm she looks forward to many more years; many more days and hours of each week, spent in creative collaboration with her paints and brushes in a world enriched by ‘EXPERIENCES’.
What: Solo exhibition ‘EXPERIENCES’ by Henna Brunings
Where: De Hal, Grote Combéweg 45
When: Opening night Friday December 9th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm / Saturday December 10th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm / Sunday December 11th 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Lloyd Fitzpatrick Elliot, October 26, 1977-November 22, 2011
Young, strong, full of life, full of promise, helpful, kind, and always, always that warm smile. Lloyd Fitzpatrick Elliot was well-known throughout Suriname’s art world for his work at Readytex Art Gallery: always there when an exhibition was being ‘built’, during opening hours (and long after) and then again when everything had to be taken down, Lloyd was there again. “A powerhouse”, someone said. His sudden departure from this world has left us all stunned.
About the text above Monique Nouh Chaia writes this: “On the 13th of november Lloyd Fitzpatrick Elliot posted a series of affirmations in his facebook status bar. I saw them then and i did not pay attention. I was distracted by something else that he posted. Now that he has left us it seems like a message he left us, something that he was inspired by. But for those who know him it is a text that describes the way he lived.”
Ada Korbee made the picture above: “Lloyd never asked to be in a picture. But during Kurt Nahar & Remy Jungerman’s exhibition Positions, Lloyd asked me to take a picture if him. I asked him to pick a location and he chose this spot, next to the poem in which human life is compared to a fly … He said he liked the words but we never got around talking about what exactly it was that spoke to him.”
A special connection there was too with Marcel Pinas. Lloyd was involved too – of course – in Marcel’s dream becoming real: Kibii Wi Koni Marcel Pinas The Event.
Five elements presented in an artful way
Five participating creative minds, five Feng Shui elements: on the eleventh night of the eleventh month in the eleventh year of the 21st century, art & craft giftshop Icana NV presented an artistic showcase to its loyal customers. The presentation, for the seventeenth year in a row, revolved around the theme of Feng Shui, an Eastern philosophy. Ivette Adams, director/owner of Icana, invited five creative minds to participate in this annual event: Linda Landbrug, Kim Sontosoemarto, Gudrun de Vries, Jeranie Tam-Smit and Winston van der Bok.
Harmony / PHOTO Marieke Visser, 2011
Ivette Adams: “The date 11/11/11 is, according to the Asians, especially the Chinese, the ultimate date to do business. This day brings wealth and prosperity. This year Icana presented the audience a fusion of all the Feng Shui elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.”
The five elements / PHOTO Collection Linda Landbrug, 2011
Feng Shui is all about harmony. Literally it means: wind and water. According to Chinese philosophy a good Feng Shui in your living environment is very important because this has effects on all other areas of your life: your health, your family, your work and so on.
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Linda Landbrug is a sinologist, a China expert. She regularly gives courses in Mandarin-Chinese, where the subject Feng Shui invariably comes up. Her company also offers translation and interpreting services.
Visual artist Winston van der Bok provided frames for the calligraphic presentation of the Feng Shui elements by Linda Landbrug, inspired by those same elements. ”I participated because the challenge appeals to me to work with concepts and elements from other cultures. The elements are universal and also play an important role in indigenous culture. This is reflected in my work in the symbols, shapes, colors, and movement.” Van der Bok feels most connected with fire.
To versatile artist Kim Sontosoemarto the theme is familiar territory. ”According to Feng Shui masters November 11, ’11 is one of the most favorable dates of the 21st century, a time when the pillars of heaven and earth will be in balance. For this once-in-a-lifetime event I wanted to combine old skills with new skills.” Sontosoemarto’s jewelry, mostly made of silver clay, was presented along with the collection designed by Jeranie Tam-Smit, by dancers choreographed and styled by Tanuya Manichand.
The great passion of Jeranie Tam-Smit is jewelry. For this collection she has worked with pearls, wood, glass, metal and shells. Tam-Smit took great effort to integrate the elements of Feng Shui in the precious pieces.
The contribution of Gudrun NV consists of a collection of jewelry which was shown in a stylish manner, in line with the theme. Black and white were the colors used for the table but also for the dresses of the presenters. Gudrun de Vries works primarily with pearls and precious stones. The element of water is reflected in the drop shape of the gems of including rose quartz, amazonite and crystal.
Icana works with the principle ‘people, planet, profit’ in mind. The welfare of mankind and of the earth always comes first.
Text: Marieke Visser, 2011
“Photographing is like writing with light”
From November 12 to 14, 2011, Remco van Vondelen and Raúl Neijhorst from Die2fotografen.nl will offer another photography workshop in Suriname . ”Moesje goes overseas – if your light is right!” During three days all tricks of the trade are taught to those who register.
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In the press release Raúl Neijhorst states: “Photography means writing with light.” Last year photographer/artist Sirano Zalman said about his work: “My photographs are the result of painting with pixels.” It is nice to see this development in Suriname, the development of recognizing photography as an art form.Some pointer Raúl Neijhorst shares with Sranan Art!
- Workshops are often seen as a course from master to apprentice. Information is transferred and you are being told what you can do with it at home. This is not the case with this workshop. It is about interaction with each other, sharing the same passion and being open to various possibilities. That’s the fun with photography. There are often multiple paths that lead to the same destination, one road may be shorter than the other. In our workshop we want to show the shortcuts. Because not all photographers are photographing with the same intensity (level and experience), so you may also occasionally act both as a master and an apprentice. Interaction is our key!
- Light is one of the most important elements of photography. If this element is mastered you can take a good picture with (almost) every camera. Photographers often forget this and invest in the most expensive equipment.
- This time our workshop is based on seven ingredients to make a good photograph: light, medium, aperture, shutter speed, composition, lenses and photographers.
- Collegiality is very important. Even though we compete, we are one in the same profession and therefore share the same passion.
About the various options (you can also attend the workshop as a spectator), supplies and the costs, please visit the website: http://www.die2fotografen.nl/suriname-2011/
A quote by famous photographer Edward Weston: ”The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it.”
POSITIONS Kurt Nahar meets Remy Jungerman
On Tuesday October 11th Readytex Art Gallery opens a new and unique exhibition in De Hal. Unique, because the exhibition is a meeting between two artists, one from Suriname and one from the Netherlands both with their roots in Suriname, but whose individual ties with their homeland are manifested in their art in totally different ways. In the exhibition POSITIONS Kurt Nahar meets Remy Jungerman the Surinamese public will become better acquainted with the ‘positions’ of Kurt Nahar from Suriname and Remy Jungerman who has been living and working in the Netherlands for over 20 years.
Kurt Nahar and Remy Jungerman have previously collaborated during several different art activities. In 2008 Remy Jungerman was co-initiator of the Wakamanproject in which Kurt Nahar also participated. The result of this project was the exhibition Wakaman: drawing lines-connecting dots in the Surinamese Museum in 2009. Later that year Jungerman and Nahar worked together at the exhibition Licht aan Zee AA in Den Helder, the Netherlands. Now, in 2011, the artists meet each other in Suriname. The exhibition which was scheduled on Readytex Art Gallery’s calendar for Kurt Nahar this year becomes a duo show. The combination is interesting, because it is not intended that the artists choose one central combined theme, nor that any other conscious similarities will be displayed. Both artists have a distinctly unique style and primarily create installations, but their work is totally different. What will that mean for the overall look of the exhibition? How will the works of the artists ‘communicate’ with each other within the space? Will the contrasts jump into the foreground or will there turn out to be similarities after all? And what will the reaction of the public be? Interesting….
Nahar’s work is always daring. With provocative symbolisms he demands the attention of the public for subjects which he believes should be brought out into the open. The military coup of 1980, the role of the Netherlands therein and the tumultuous developments that followed, have always played an important role in his work. But Kurt Nahar has, in part because of his various residencies at art institutions abroad, grown significantly in the past few years. He increasingly places his themes within a broader perspective and his execution gives proof of a new maturity. The influence of Dadaism and his rebellious inclinations are still obvious, but his work is less chaotic and impulsive. The symbolism is more subtle, but no less confrontational and no less striking. He uses for example, a photograph of his deceased father to visualize the fading of memories, consciously or unconsciously, willingly or unwillingly. In another work he creates, based upon the idea of Jesus and his disciples, an installation of dildo’s with which he explicitly reflects upon the current subject of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
Remy Jungerman obtains his inspiration from Afro-religious elements of the traditional maroon culture in Suriname and African cultures in other countries around the World. At the same time also the Netherlands, other Western trends in art and modern communication technology, are of influence to his work. His work is mostly abstract and consists of a series of screen prints and multimedia art installations in which traditional and modern elements are brought together in a strikingly individual way. For the most part not literally or in their original form, but subtly integrated in contemporary designs. The abstract checkered pattern and colors from maroon patchwork and pangi designs for example, are removed from their original form and context and then, in a subtle and surprising way, find their way back into a contemporary installation of colorfully painted wooden slats. Traditional woodcarving patterns are combined with internet and other computer-related symbols in a rostrum and a wall installation. By continuously integrating traditional elements in his work in different ways and thereby removing some of their weighty cultural overtones, Jungerman hopes to take his work to a higher level and make it accessible to a larger more Universal audience.
POSITIONS Kurt Nahar meets Remy Jungerman is open to the public in De Hal at the Grote Combéweg 45, from Wednesday October 12th until Sunday October 16th from 19:00 – 21:00 hrs.
Exhibition program:
- Wednesday the 12th and Friday the 14th of October: guided tours by art historian Rob Perrée / Time: 19:00 – 21:00 hrs
- Thursday October 13th: Lecture by Adi Martis: In his lecture ‘Positions in Context: de Kunst van Kurt Nahar en Remy Jungerman’ art historian Adi Martis elaborates upon the latest developments in the work of Remy and Kurt. The lecture will include topics such as: how does the work now, relate to their older Works and how does the work fit within the current developments in the international and the Caribbean art World / Time: 19:30 hrs
- Saturday October 15th: Meet the artists, a conversation led by Alida Neslo, with the artists and the public about the politically engaged art of Kurt Nahar and the Afro-religious inspired work of Remy Jungerman / Time: 19:30 hrs.
Looking Back – Martha Tjoe Ny’s Colorful Art in Rural Saramacca
Out of all places one could choose to exhibit, artist Martha Tjoe Ny on Sunday July 10th, 2011, chose Plantation Misgunst in District Saramacca, Suriname. But the hour-and-a-half drive westward from Paramaribo didn’t deter her invitees. “Almost 50 people came. The Director of Culture, Mr. Stanley Sidoel spoke and so did the District Commissioner of Saramacca. Children recited poems and so did I,” Tjoe Ny said. After the opening, patrons could bid for the artwork on display.
Martha Tjoe Ny / PHOTO Wim Verboven, 2011
Tjoe Ny has produced works of art since the eighties. “I make acrylic and silk screen paintings and I also write poetry,” she said. The one-day expo on her family’s land at Plantation Misgunst is the first time she holds a solo-exhibition. “Looking at the work, I am surprised myself of how colorful my work is,” she laughed.
She explained that she took her patrons all the way to Saramacca, because she enjoys being there herself. “My father lives here. It’s a great place to be,” she said about the large parcel of land on which coconut and other fruit trees grow. The paintings brightened up the terrace of her family’s house that’s perched atop the spacious green grass yard. Art in rural Saramacca turned out a great idea, it seemed.
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Tjoe Ny welcomed her guests clad in a beautiful white and pink koto. She was happy with how her one-day exhibition “Na Mi M.I.T.” (It’s me, Martha I. Tjoe Ny) went. Apparently there have already been requests to extend the event with a few days, and bring some life to the quiet, laid back neighborhood; but the artists was looking beyond that, already thinking of probably inviting other artists to join in next year. “I see growth potential.”
TEXT Marvin A. Hokstam, previously published on the website of DevSur, on this page.
PHOTOS Ruth San A Jong & Wim Verboven
