What is being asserted nowadays in ‘painting’, and how is this being done? One artist might simply paint, while another paints, draws, makes collages and produces objects; still others paint, produce installations and refuse to see themselves as painters; and then we have the artists who paint and produce performances or videos along with this. Whatever the case may be: from a sense of great urgency artists have opened the window to our society, to issues such as climate change, multiculturalism, inclusiveness and liberation movements.
The works of the artists that we show at Art Rotterdam 2022 present diverse attitudes, each of which sheds light on what art (and ‘painting’) can be in today’s world. We are happy to present the work of Ana Navas, Ricardo van Eyk, Hamza Halloubi, Cristina Lucas, Anna Ostoya, Emma van der Put, Sanne Rous, Dieuwke Spaans, Evi Vingerling, Anouk van Zwieten en Aimée Zito Lema