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A personal view of Jacko Brinkman on the Corona crisis through 7 artworks.
Jacko Brinkman (1967) has been working in the art sector for over 25 years. Brinkman advises companies and individuals on the purchase of contemporary art, organizes pop-up exhibitions, manages the Diepenheim Art Association and sits on the board of Unfair Amsterdam. Through seven works of art, he illustrates his personal experience with the Coronavirus starting in early March.|*
Jacko Brinkman (1967) has been working in the art sector for over 25 years. Brinkman advises companies and individuals on the purchase of contemporary art, organizes pop-up exhibitions, manages the Diepenheim Art Association and sits on the board of Unfair Amsterdam. Through seven works of art, he illustrates his personal experience with the Coronavirus starting in early March.|*
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From March 4 to 8, I was in New York with my partner Femke. As an art advisor I regularly visit art fairs. This includes the New York art fair The Armory Show, where Gallery Ron Mandos proudly showed the work of Esiri Erheriene - Essi. This artist often depicts ordinary moments in everyday life, yet painted exuberantly. That is precisely what this time demands from all of us: to exuberantly appreciate the ordinary, the domestic, the small circle of people surrounding us.
It was busy at The Armory Show, with many people packed together. This was pretty much the last art I've seen in the past seven weeks. On the plane back home Femke got a sore throat…
I am pleased our country is run by decent, thoughtful people. One could perhaps disagree with the policies of Marc Rutte and Jaap van Dissel, as they certainly do not (yet) regard artistry as a vital profession, but I still believe our Mr. President wants the best for us. You don't get that feeling everywhere.
It was busy at The Armory Show, with many people packed together. This was pretty much the last art I've seen in the past seven weeks. On the plane back home Femke got a sore throat…
I am pleased our country is run by decent, thoughtful people. One could perhaps disagree with the policies of Marc Rutte and Jaap van Dissel, as they certainly do not (yet) regard artistry as a vital profession, but I still believe our Mr. President wants the best for us. You don't get that feeling everywhere.
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We first saw people with mouth masks, splash goggles and blue latex gloves during check-in at JFK Airport. An image that we have become used to long since and that will probably soon become common in our street scene.
In Micheal Kirkham's paintings you can often feel an abrasive contrast between distant emotions during intimate actions. A specter of what awaits us? Will we dare to touch each other without latex in between?
In Micheal Kirkham's paintings you can often feel an abrasive contrast between distant emotions during intimate actions. A specter of what awaits us? Will we dare to touch each other without latex in between?
Itamar Gilboa
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Thuis aangekomen belandde Femke ziek in bed. Na 9 dagen koorts werd ze opgenomen in het OLVG Oost. Een dubbele longontsteking, Corona positief. Femke was nooit ziek, leek tegen alle influenzavirussen bestand, maar niet tegen deze.
Kunstenaars laten ons op een andere manier naar het leven kijken. Soms heel letterlijk. Zo zien de longen van Itamar Gilboa er dus uit, 3D geprint en op glamoureuze wijze gepresenteerd.
Kunstenaars laten ons op een andere manier naar het leven kijken. Soms heel letterlijk. Zo zien de longen van Itamar Gilboa er dus uit, 3D geprint en op glamoureuze wijze gepresenteerd.
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If your partner is in the horror department of the hospital, at the beginning - as it turned out - of the flattering curve, the main thing is uncertainty and waiting at home. To keep fit, you exercise at home.
In addition to being a brilliant artist, Guido van der Werve is also an avid sportsman. At this job he runs around his house. On his website he describes this almost casually: On the 8th of June 2011, he ran approximately two and a half marathons around his house in Finland in exactly twelve hours.
In addition to being a brilliant artist, Guido van der Werve is also an avid sportsman. At this job he runs around his house. On his website he describes this almost casually: On the 8th of June 2011, he ran approximately two and a half marathons around his house in Finland in exactly twelve hours.
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And then she came home, completely weakened. Even though she was cured, she had a long recovery period ahead of her. At first, we didn't dare, and kept 1.5 meters apart at home. But finally, after five weeks, there is the first hug after. We made it, we are recovering now and then we’re like Superman again, ready to help the vulnerable.
After the crisis, our values and valuations will have changed. The old heroes don't seem to have brought us much. Now it's time for new heroes.
After the crisis, our values and valuations will have changed. The old heroes don't seem to have brought us much. Now it's time for new heroes.
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An era has ended in March 2020. Everyone sensed that something had to change.
Now it feels as if there is a long period of time behind us. In this work by Frank Halmans, that completed past is inside a house made of books. You can look a little inside. You do not see everything but you know what it contains. You were there yourself, you know what it was like.
What awaits us? Will we ever be at a busy art fair again? We do not know. What we do know is that artists will assist us in this transition. They will help us with their new insights. They will make us look at life differently. They have always done that and will continue to do so. So artistry turns out to be a vital profession after all.
Now it feels as if there is a long period of time behind us. In this work by Frank Halmans, that completed past is inside a house made of books. You can look a little inside. You do not see everything but you know what it contains. You were there yourself, you know what it was like.
What awaits us? Will we ever be at a busy art fair again? We do not know. What we do know is that artists will assist us in this transition. They will help us with their new insights. They will make us look at life differently. They have always done that and will continue to do so. So artistry turns out to be a vital profession after all.