In the Flow

Exhibition

 

In the Flow
by Gwen Anderson

 

 

Opening Saturday April 8

 

In the Flow, the first solo exhibition in Curaçao by multi-disciplinary artist Gwen Anderson features a selection of mixed media artworks covering different periods of her artistic journey.

Journey through Art
In 2006 Gwen Anderson re-emerged in her artistic element when living in New York after she joined the Art Students League.  In 2008 she moved to London where she kept her artistic rhythm by joining various courses in a variety of disciplines such as mixed media painting, experimental drawing, fine art photography, live drawing and art history. In 2010 she enrolled at The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design at the Metropolitan University in London, where she later attended the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design, and completed her Masters in Fine Arts (Hons), Merit in 2014. During her stay in London she participated in many exhibitions, alternating between London and Curaçao.

When she moved to Tokyo the next year, she immersed herself into travelling, creating art and participating in exhibitions.  In 2018 she moved back to Curaçao where she continued creating art and participated in many group exhibitions to this day.

In the Flow
As a multi-disciplinary artist, Gwen’s work is driven by bottomless curiosity. She has a background in science, which explains her constant urge to experiment. She pushes boundaries in her use of materials and techniques, exploring the relationship between order and chaos.

The paintings exhibited in this show, consist of multiple layers. In some of the works she uses silver leaf as a ‘clean slate’ on which colors, figures or images reflect themselves. The grids of tarnished silver leaf organize a silence onto which forms, or photographic images are placed as output from lifetime impressions. Other works are layers of encaustic, pigment, ink and shellac. The unpredictable nature of the materials and the hypnotic flame of her torch, help her to disappear into a meditative, focused state as she creates.

“My intention is to share the feeling of enchantment and tension that I experience in the creative process with my viewers. By layering different elements, forms and images, I aim to evoke a sense of watching things change in nature, and to allow the viewer to change their own thoughts and memories as time passes. My pieces all have a story to tell, but they are your stories, not mine.”

The Experience
On April 29 she will guide a workshop in the ‘pouring’ technique which will take place at Landhuis Bloemhof.
On May 6 you are welcome to visit her studio where you get a glimpse and feel of where she experiments artistically.

The exhibition will remain open to the public until May 13 in Landhuis Bloemhof.

 

Easter Market

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Easter Market

Saturday April 1 | 9.00 am- 2.00 pm

You are invited: bring your family to the second Easter Craft Fair in the gardens of Landhuis Bloemhof where you can enjoy locally made Easter crafts and decorations, locally made wellness, hair & body care products, locally made candles, oils and home care products, plants, seeds and locally grown fruits and vegetables, regular, vegan and vegetarian snacks and sweets and much more.

For the young ones, we have a new colorful kids corner, where they can play, explore and enjoy.

Bini un, bini tur!

Twilight zone at the Cathedral of Thorns

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Cathedral of Dreams

Saturday March 25 | 7.30 pm

Doors open at 6pm and the band starts at 7.30 pm.
Buy a ticket soon because you don't want to miss this!
Tickets are available for Nafl.55.00/$31 at Zumpiña Shop, Landhuis Bloemhof and Boekhandel Mensings Caminada.
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Workshop Murals

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Book Talk with Ange Jesserun & Germaine Long Joy
Hosted by Elodie Heloise

Friday March 17 | 7.00 pm

Germaine Jong Loy and Ange Jessurun both recently published their first novel with publishing house Wintertuin. Common denominators: Suriname, Curaçao, family, love, loss and hope. Yet they are individuals with a mind of their own. This event hosted by Elodie Heloise is all about scratching beyond the surface to find out more about what makes these women write and share their thoughts. Join us for an interactive evening of reflection, difficult and easy questions, music and performances.

Cathedral of Dreams

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Cathedral of Dreams

Friday March 10 | 7 pm

Cathedral of Dreams!
On Friday March 10th J.H van Geemert will present his new poetry book. Yumarya Grijt and Eric de Brabander will be the hosts of the evening.

With music by Yumarya Grijt, Enrico Henriquez and Willem Blankenburg, and poetry by Ralph Winedt, it promises to be a musical and poetic evening!

Cathedral of Thorns by Night Friday 10th of March 2023. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Entrance and parking at Restaurant Number TEN at Santa Rosaweg 10. Tickets are available at Zumpiña Shop (next to Restaurant Number TEN) and Landhuis Bloemhof. Entrance ANG 35.00. Buy your tickets now!

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Artist Talk Artist Talk: Sharelly Emanuelson introduces “Tene”

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Thurday March 2 | 7 pm

The exhibition Duurzaam/Sustain/Tene by Sharelly Emanuelson in the Rijksmuseum was focused on human actions. Emanuelson photographed in the Netherlands and the six Dutch Caribbean islands.
What does sustainability within the Netherlands and the six Dutch Caribbean islands look like? Sharelly Emanuelson examined the relationship between humans and their environment in light of climate change by asking: what do we hold on to and what do we let go of?

On March 2 the artist will elaborate on her recent exhibition in Amsterdam and will share her findings and of course photographs. Join us at Landhuis Bloemhof for this special evening event starting at 7 pm.

Sharelly Emanuelson
Visual artist Sharelly Emanuelson lives in Curaçao and works partly in the Netherlands. Through the creation of film, video, sound installations and photography, Emanuelson materializes her observations and research of everyday practices and relationships between art, culture, heritage & colonial remains. She has been awarded the Charlotte Köhler Prize (2020), the Volkskrant Visual Arts Audience Award (2020) and the Black Achievement Spotlight Award (2018).