In the Netherlands we have a popular daily television talk show "The World Keeps Turning" hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. Every day he has a regular co-host, a so called "table gentleman or lady" and together they talk with guests about everything that matters at that moment. Matthijs is an enthousiastic person full of ideas and one moment the idea came up to have the "table people" make an exhibition of forgotten art from the depots of our Museums. Each of them travelled into the country to different museums to choose something they liked and an pop-up exhibition of their choices has been realized in the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam for four months.
These are the ten "table people" with Matthijs in the center.
The exhibition opening was last weekend and is from day one a great succes. Each of the ten has their own room equipped with their choices. Many pensionados with free time as we, had come to have a visit and it was really worth it. This was the room of Joost Zwagerman.
What I really liked was the room of Cecile Narinx, editor of "Harpers Bazaar" magazine with a forgotten Dutch fashiontrend GILL from 1988-1992.
Loved the boot.
There were so many different pieces to see as these wooden saints chosen by Herman Pleij.
Old books with paintings of birds chosen by Pieter van Vollenhoven and Nico de Haan.
Photography chosen by Fidan Ekiz.
And modern art chosen by Jan Mulder. Watch the little mouse along the frame of the painting!
It has become a long post but I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
It looks a really interesting exhibition with something that for everyone to enjoy
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI'm still thinking about the shoe-heads. :-)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou two certainly keep informed as to what is happening! This was something you wouldn't want to have missed. Loved it. janey
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks for sharing this....I love the boot too!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenRuby
This was a most interesting post and I also loved the boot. The wooden statues intrigued me and of course the photography cover. Beautiful job Marianne - appreciate your hard work.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMarianne, I did really enjoy the post with all the photos. Love the cat with the mouse at the end, for sure!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAbsolutely Marianne, what an amazing concept.. A pop up museum! Does make it accessible to many people oui !
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSounds like a most interesting show. Great photos, and the hats on the tops like heads, are a shoe in for being delightful!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou have such a wonderful variety of cultural events and places.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLovely images. This museum looks really wonderful. I love the shues a lot :) They are so fun.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe big fish hanging by strings looks interesting.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLeuk! Staat ook op mijn lijstje maar ik moet in het weekend:)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNow that's a really cool exhibit. What a super way to get publicity!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWat een leuk idee was dat. Wij willen er beslist ook nog naar toe. Fijn weekend!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a great idea for an exhibition. There must be so many items in the back rooms of museums that are never seen. The fashion room looks really interesting.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWel leuk om foto's te gaan trekken.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGroetjes,
Filip
Erg leuk om je foto's hiervan te zien. Ik zou er ook graag willen kijken maar weet niet of dat gaat lukken.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI find those wooden saints fascinating!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHow fun! Those shoes are fabulous.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDearest Marianne,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWow, that was quite a diverse collection by those ten people. The last one with the cat artwork, framed by a mice is genial and humorous at once!
Hugs,
Mariette
Yes, I enjoyed this post ! the idea for this exhibition is very clever and the result is really interesting !
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a great idea. I would love to see those photography books.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWouldn't you just love to have the opportunity to do this. Wish I could see it. In the past my kids have made small museums on a bedroom shelf. Stuff they have collected.
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