Exhibition: Bizarre World
Come to be flabbergasted! Come to dive into the Bizarre World of imaginary landscapes, unknown creatures, endless nature fascination and celebration of incredible artistic minds. Femke van Gemert will be showing colorful new works that reflect on air, land and water. Kartini Thomas and Jan Ernst show amazing ceramics in the new group show in Amsterdam from 21 of April till 4 of June 2023.
Exhibition at Collectible, Brussels
Mia Karlova Galerie will be showing new sculptures at Collectible, the fair for 21st-century design, in Brussels.
From 9-12 March, Tour & Taxis, Avenue du Port/Havenlaan 86c, 1000 Brussels , Brussels.
Onderlinge Verbondenheid
Onderlinge Verbondenheid
Recently the community art project in the library of Boskoop was finished! Made from dsicarded clothes of the community of Boskoop, with the help of many people in active and fun workshops this installation came together. totled Crawling Climber, this installation creeps over the beams of the ceiling and pops up here and there like climbing plants. To give you an idea, watch the video. Soon the third part of this great project “Onderlinge Verbondenheid” (INTERCONNECTED) will continue in the library of Hazerswoude Rijndijk.
23 artists to collect in 2023 by Saatchi
Selected as one of 23 Artists to Collect in 2023!
Process of Het Nest in Bibliotheek Rijn en Venen, Alphen aan den Rijn
Exhibition in Bibliotheek Rijn en Venen in Alphen a/d Rijn, the making of ‘Het Nest’.
The Nest is growing, workshops for the finishing parts are happening with the community of Alphen. In the libray an engaging exhibition shows the whole process, idea and creation of this project. The nest is completely created from discarded clothes and textile waste from the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn.
On the website short videos show the process: https://www.bibliotheekrijnenvenen.nl/activiteiten/onderlinge-verbondenheid.html
The Nest will be finished soon and gets a function in this buidling for get togethers in small groups. Nice to know is that this beautiful library is recently nominated for best library of the Netherlands 2021! The architecture of the building is by Common Affairs, the interior is designed by MARS Interieurarchitecten. Open daily to visit, and if you come you can already get a glimpse of the big and colourful Nest!
Design Dilemma, Mia Karlova Galerie
Design Dilemma
An exhibition which investigates some of the most pressing challenges facing designers today. We live in a world of over-production, over-consumption and heavy traveling. We have been engaged in fast fashion for decades; we are increasingly realising this and starting to recognise the necessity of changing our habits.
Design Dilemma looks at how these issues translate into the design industry by asking the following questions. Should designers also bear some responsibility for their impact on the environment? How should designers reconcile between the desire to create with the responsibility of overloading the planet with new works? Should designers use alternative, sustainable materials or adopt an entire circular making system? With new works by Vadim Kibardin, Femke van Gemert, Anton Brunberg and Teun Zwets, the show delves into the practice of reuse while interrogating the source of creativity.
Waste Is Value
“Waste Is Value” exhibition curated by Rossana Orlandi for Henderson Land, Hong Kong. The installation Nasty Nets (made of single use, polyprpylene fruit and veggie nets) was exhibited in this show.
Exhibition: A Life Less Ordinary Mia Karlova Gallery
My work presented by Mia Karlova gallery at Collectible Art Fair.
Collectible Fair - Mia Karlova Gallery
My work presented by Mia Karlova gallery at Collectible Art Fair.
Lezing: Kleurenbewustzijn
Kleurenbewustzijn, Femke van Gemert
Kleur is voor een kunstenaar een belangrijk middel om mee te communiceren. Kleuren hebben betekenis en geven ons onbewuste boodschappen. Ze roepen gedachten en gevoelens op die zijn 'gekleurd' door onze ervaringen met natuur, cultuur, wetenschap en lichamelijke reacties. Kleuren kunnen de status van dingen veranderen, ze kunnen emoties overbrengen, of onze gedachten en meningen over omgevingen, objecten en mensen vormen. In deze boeiende lezing vertelt textielkunstenares Femke van Gemert over de - vaak onbewuste - associaties die kleuren bij ons oproepen. Ook vertelt ze hoe de kleuren van de ingezamelde kleding voor het kunstwerk in de Bibliotheek het ontwerp beïnvloeden, en hoe ze die kleuren toepast in het eindresultaat. Wil je meer lezen over het kunstproject Onderlinge Verbondenheid, kijk dan op onze website: https://bit.ly/38AS8zv
The Nest: Bibliotheek Rijn & Venen, Work in Progress 2, dyeing.
The dyeing of the white clothes, textile waste from Alphen a/d Rijn, to use for the nest in the library. After the selection the white (often graywashed) items are dyed with non polluting natural pigments coming from onion peels, kurkuma and beetroots. A labour intensive and enchanting action!
Lezing: Van Textielafval tot Kunst Uitleg over Het Nest voor de Bibliotheek in Alphen a/d Rijn.
https://rijnenvenen.op-shop.nl/6762/van-textielafval-tot-kunst-lezing-door-femke-van-gemert/16-12-2020
The Nest Project: Onderlinge Verbinding
Onderlinge Verbondenheid/ Bibliotheek Rijn en Venen, Alphen a/d Rijn
The Nest: Bibliotheek Rijn & Venen, work in Progress 1
The selection of the donated clothes for the nest in the library of Alphen a/d Rijn.
Than selcted by color, this forms the basic material to build the nest with! Some 150 kilo’s of textile waste from the municiality of Alphen are used in this project.
Van textielafval naar kunst
Kunstenares Femke van Gemert verzamelt oud textiel om een fantastisch nieuw kunstwerk te maken voor haar nieuwe kunstproject 'Onderlinge Verbondenheid' bij Bibliotheek Rijn en Venen. Ben je benieuwd naar dit kunstproject en wil je meer weten over de impact van textielindustrie en consumptie op de mens en planeet?
Aanmelden
Schrijf je dan gratis in voor deze workshop! Je kunt de lezing in de Bibliotheek volgen (let op: er is een beperkt aantal plaatsen beschikbaar dus wees er snel bij!) of online. Wanneer je de lezing online wilt volgen, krijg je voorafgaand aan de lezing per e-mail een link toegestuurd waarmee je toegang krijgt tot de online lezing.
Designing The Nest: Bibliotheek Rijn & Venen, the design process, how to build a nest from discarded clothes!
The designprocess of the nest. Given the plateau of archticts Common Affairs and interior designers Mars Interieur, a plan needed to be made to work on it with hundreds kilos of discarded clothes. Looking for inspirtion by world’s finest nestbuilders: birds! How to build with the super flexible and soft textile waste to make it? Many experiments, try outs and a scale model made the design feasible.