At Art Rotterdam, we are proud to present a group exhibition featuring Britte Koolen, Cindy Bakker and Jochem Rotteveel — three distinct practices united by a shared quest for form.
Britte Koolen (1994, NL) seeks tension within material. Wood, ceramics and concrete are pushed to the limits of their possibilities. By embracing fragility and resistance, she creates a dynamic interplay between construction and collapse, robustness and vulnerability.
Cindy Bakker (1989, NL) explores the large fields of colour and familiar shapes that populate our everyday surroundings — from traffic signs to green trash cans. Cindy strips these objects of their function while preserving their presence. She wants them to lose their status as mass-produced products and become unique and special for a moment.
Jochem Rotteveel (1976, NL), by contrast, begins with the flat surface. Through bold folds in foil and, more recently, the incorporation of textile, he investigates how form can detach itself from the two-dimensional plane and unfold into new, unpredictable spatial configurations.
Together, Britte, Cindy and Jochem present a layered exploration of form through material, surface and spatial intervention. Their practices converge in an investigation of boundaries — testing where something bends, breaks or endures. The result is a dialogue between matter and physicality: a search for what form can become when it resists expectation.