TIMES AND DATES
Opening on Friday 8th - 17:00 - 22:00, storytelling performance at 19:00
Saturday 9th - 12:00 - 20:00
Sunday 10th: 12:00 - 20:00

De Bouwput
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74

The Wills and the Ways of the Beekeepers is a series of whimsical and colourful drawings, inspired by Pieter Brueghel’s drawing The Beekeepers and the Birdnester (1568), that explore the nature of labour, creativity and identity. These drawings imagine a society of such beekeepers, with the key detail that the beekeepers themselves are composed of millions of bees working in concert to imitate humanoid forms in order to carry out various types of labour. Referencing a range of human crafts and creative traditions, from Ethiopian coffee ceremonies to Chinese paper lanterns or Catholic carnivals, this series is a celebration of human craft and handiwork. Beekeeper society embodies the concept of Homo Faber, or Human the Creator, while their blurring boundaries between collective and individual identity raises questions about the nature of labour and creativity. 

The drawings are rich in detail, and the viewers are invited to explore the beekeepers’ world as curious anthropologists and archaeologists and to imagine the stories and meanings within.

Gus Møystad (b. 1992 NO/NL) is an illustrator, comics artist, and writer whose work explores themes of vulnerability, liminality and belonging. His art practice is expressed through various forms, including printmaking, drawing, and traditional storytelling. His stories are often inspired by history, folklore, and the hybrid, multifaceted nature of identity, both personal and collective. A conversation between these themes, as well as historical and artistic research and a deep interest in craft, embodied experience and fiction-making, results in imaginative, and often tender (visual) stories set in his own fantastical world. His artistic practice involves playing the role of the anthropologist exploring his secondary world by way of artistic research. In this way, mythical ‘secondary’ worlds become a meeting point between fiction and reality, a kind of utopia through which our real world politics and histories are investigated.

Op vrijdag 1 september lanceren we de derde editie van Bouw Magazine '74', gemaakt door Carolina Aboarrage, Clary Stolte, Maureen Nahumury en Natalia Wyspianska Coleman.

We willen u graag uitnodigen voor deze gelegenheid, waarbij we een kleine tentoonstelling hebben met werk van verschillende Bouw kunstenaars. Buiten zal er ook een Braziliaanse community BBQ zijn voor wat lekkere hapjes en een cocktailbar voor verfrissingen.
Met werken van oa:  @aboarrage_carolina @marciopontes_design @koaarts 
@marnixpostma @bobwaardenburg @bybrowntailoring @_natelier_ 
@itamargilboa @peimsloot en meer!

U bent van harte welkom vanaf 17:00 uur.

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On Friday, September 1st, we will be launching the third edition of Bouw Magazine '74'. (Created by Carolina Aboarrage, Clary Stolte, Maureen Nahumury and Natalia Wyspianska Coleman)
We would like to invite you to this with a small exhibition with work of different Bouw residents and there will be a Brazilian community BBQ outside for some snacks and a cocktail bar for refreshments.

Welcome from 17:00 onwards.

Pain&Profits presents ‘NINETHREE, featuring work by MADMAXTHEARTIST & Georgy Dendoe

This exhibition is the culmination of the artists’ first three decades on this Earth. 

Not many live to see thirty, so ’NINETHREE is a glimpse at the lives the two creative practitioners have lived, encapsulating the places they have been, the things they have seen, and the interests they have taken to over the years.

Also, with this exhibition, what we see here is the bridging of cultures. MADMAX hails from New York City— uptown Bronx to be exact— whereas Georgy is an Amsterdam-native who takes great pride in being from Bijlmer. The two carry their origins with them wherever they go, as they are making names for themselves not only in the illustrious cities they are from but globally. ‘NINETHREE is a testament to globalized community, cross-pollination of ideas, and genuine connection by way of the Internet.

 This is a celebration of 30 years of both artistic and personal growth through various sketches, figurines, cut-outs, & digital paintings. Come view it all at DE BOUWPUT from August 21st to August 23rd, 2023. The exhibition space will be open from 12:00 to 20:00 over the course of the 3 days.

AI4Artists

We are pleased to have invited artists working with AI to submit work for a group show in our non-profit, artist-run space in Amsterdam. Following the success of a series of workshops hosted by AI4Artists on Stable Diffusion, we are excited to present a follow-up show featuring the work of artists who are exploring the intersection of art and artificial intelligence.
The exhibition will run from August 4th to August 6th, 2023, with a drinks and bites reception on Friday, August 4th from 5:00 pm onwards. The submissions will be displayed on four screens and two beamers in the gallery.

We look forward to seeing you and hope you will join us for this exciting exhibition!

https://discord.gg/Aj9gtUxG

solo exhibition by Tjitske Oosterholt

opening event on July 28: 5 - 9 pm 
opening hours on July 29 & 30: 12 - 5 pm (or on appointment)

A Continual Unfolding is an exploration of the uncontrollable, of giving in to the unknown and an openness to whatever is unfolding before you. By working with Polaroids, with its inherently mysterious character, the artist allows herself to be guided by the direction the material wants to take, and to find ways of dealing with this uncertainty. Rather than trying to fight the uncontrollable, the artist attempts to move along with that which cannot be controlled, finding beauty in whatever is beyond our reach. Through the creation of collages, a constructive interaction with the unexpected and the unfamiliar is established, forming a metaphor for finding peace with the insecurity of what the future might hold. Most of the work on show will never fully be set, making each encounter unique and allowing the viewer to become part of this continuous evolution. 

Trust the mysterious unfolding before you.

tjitskeoosterholt.com
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solotentoonstelling van Tjitske Oosterholt

openingsevenement op 28 juli: 17.00 - 21.00 uur
openingsuren op 29 & 30 juli: 12 - 17 uur (of op afspraak)

A Continual Unfolding is een verkenning van het onbeheersbare, van toegeven aan het onbekende en een openheid voor wat zich voor je ontvouwt. Door te werken met polaroids, met hun inherent mysterieuze karakter, laat de kunstenares zich leiden door de richting die het materiaal wil uitgaan en manieren vinden om met deze onzekerheid om te gaan. In plaats van te proberen het onbeheersbare te bestrijden, probeert de kunstenaar mee te bewegen met dat wat niet kan worden gecontroleerd en schoonheid te vinden in alles wat buiten ons bereik ligt. Door het creëren van collages wordt een constructieve interactie met het onverwachte en het onbekende tot stand gebracht, een metafoor vormend voor het vinden van vrede met de onzekerheid van wat de toekomst zou kunnen brengen. Het meeste van het tentoongestelde werk zal zich nooit volledig afspelen, waardoor elke ontmoeting uniek is en de kijker deel kan uitmaken van deze voortdurende evolutie.

Join us for the presentation of this month Artists in Residence from Aga_LAB, Studio & lab for experimental print making.

@kintraprints|
@_mercredimatin_
@obrera_grafica
@catharinavergeer

Open from 17:00 to 19:00
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74