On November 28, a new art space will open in the heart of Amsterdam. Gallery Vriend van Bavink launched ‘raam art space amsterdam’ with the exhibition Post Pollution by Willem de Haan and 99 artists.
An exhibition about the value of art, pollution, and collective responsibility.
For the exhibition, Willem de Haan traveled to the Mediterranean Sea to collect 99 plastic bottles from the water. Some were still intact, others worn down by the elements. These plastic bottles were distributed among a selection of 99 international artists, each asked to create an artwork from their bottle and exchange it for a special edition piece by Willem de Haan.
Waste transformed into something romantic and monetarily valuable: a message in a bottle from an artist.
The exhibition Post Pollution presents these 99 artworks. If the works remain unsold at the end of the exhibition, they will reluctantly be thrown back into the Mediterranean Sea. In doing so, visitors are placed under pressure, provoking questions about collective responsibility. Willem de Haan also offers companies and individuals the opportunity to ease their conscience by fulfilling an ecological moral obligation.
Artists: Willem de Haan &
Carolien Adriaansche, Erik Alkema, Silvana Araoz-Fraser, Salim Bayri, Boris de Beijer, Eva van Bemmelen, Marcel van den Berg, Hazel van Berkel, Julien Berthier, Beni Bischof, Zena Van Den Block, Jhonie van Boeijen, Aline Bouvy, Stijn ter Braak, Tessel Braam, Casper Braat, Inez de Brauw, Elsemarijn Bruys, Koos Buster, Teun Castelein, Bobbi Cleij, Jaume Clotet, Mélanie Corre, Aukje Dekker, Bob Demper, Mischa Doorenweerd, Azul Ehrenberg, Brian Elstak, Lisa Ertel, Paul Faassen, Roselyn Flach, Neil Fortune, Peggy Franck, Maaike Fransen, Maika Garnica, Travis A. G. Geertruida, Isa Grütter & Mick Johan, Ehsan Ul Haq, Daan den Houter, Saskia Noor van Imhoff, Susanna Inglada, Lisa Ijeoma, Karin Iturralde Nurnberg, Anouk Kruithof, Clinton Kabena, Annelies Kamen, Esther Kokmeijer, John Körmeling, Koen Kievits, Lily Lanfermeijer, Harold Lechien, Gaston Lisak, Noël Loozen, Louise Delanghe, Max van Loon, Josep Maynou, Peter Morrens, Edison Ng, Ted Noten, Navid Nuur, Bonnie Ogilvie, Bas Oussoren, Alice Pandolfo, Roma Pas, Yemo Park, Bruin Parry, Marta Rios Piza, Sander Plug, Otso Prunnila, Maria Roosen, Seulbin Roh, Redouan Rahmoun, Hester Oerlemans, Paul de Reus, Diana Scherer, Jaap Scheeren, Simone Schuffelen, Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Anan Striker, Koen Taselaar, Tinkebell, Jan Tromp, Marnix van Uum, Frans van Hoek, Wouter van de Koot, Maurits Verstraete, Kasper de Vos, Herman de Vries, Lotte Werkema, Theo Wesselo, Anna Weberberger, Domas van Wijk, Wumen & Ioana Georgescu, Mickey Yang, Iriée Zamblé, Sietske Zandbergen, Esmee van Zeeventer, Zindzi Zwietering & Das Leben Am Haverkamp.
