It seems that I will be the first facilitator to write for the blog. Unfortunately I am only able to access the blog site with Dutch instructions, and so I do hope that this turns out. We have been spending a great deal of time together as a group and yesterday was no different.
Led by Rob Voerman, an artist here in Amsterdam, we visited no fewer than 9 galleries and also two gallery openings. Yesterday was a quite chilly day with temperatures the lowest we have had for the entire trip. Thankfully it did not rain on us. The first stop on our gallery experience was the gallery currently displaying Rob's work. If I can manage to upload a photo you will be able to see an example of his work. We were also given the opportunity to chat with the gallery owner who told us about the relationship between him as the gallerist and Rob as the artist.
The galleries were incredibly diverse; some of the artists used wax (some of us are convinced that it was actually soap); some used videos; some relied on paint, pencil, chalk or photography. My favorite was the final gallery opening we attended. The artist was making political statements regarding a variety of topics, but war (and particularly the war in Iraq) seemed to be large themes. The artist used video collages with rather graphic flashes to tell stories of destruction and absurdity.
Currently we are in Utrecht, Amsterdam and I’m sure the next blogger will give a better detail of our day spent in the center of Holland.
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