Amsterdam as temporary “Global City of Sculptures”
In 2008, Cintha van Heeswijck-Veeger (director) founded the ARTZUID with the aim of drawing attention to the districts of Amsterdam newly designed by architect HP Berlage in 1917. The former plans were known as Plan Zuid, which inspired the name of the festival.
Cintha van Heeswijck-Veeger organized an ambitious exhibition of sculpture of international character. The reputation of the exhibition as a platform for sculpture quickly spread, and the exhibition became one of the leading events in Amsterdam's cultural life. The first ARTZUID attracted over 90,000 visitors!
This year's ARTZUID 2011, the second in the series, presents a total of 50 sculptures by internationally renowned artists in the two major streets in the Berlage neighborhood, Apollolaan and Minervalaan.
The ARTZUID 2011 was curated by Jan Cremer, known as a bestselling author of the 60s. Here he shows himself as a collector of modern and contemporary European art as well as of art of other continents and nations closely associated with the Netherlands as a traditional seafaring and trading nation, such as Ghana, South Africa, Brazil, India, Indonesia, China and Japan. Cremer temporarily transforms Amsterdam into a global city of sculptures.
SELECTION of artists ARTZUID 2011:
Switzerland: Jean Tinguely, Sylvie Fleury, Ugo Rondinone, Mark Handforth
Germany: Georg Herold, Stephan Balkenhol
Italy: Sandro Chia
Spain: Salvador Dali, Jaume Plensa, Joan Miro
Great Britain: Thomas Houseago, Ryan Gander, Anthony Caro, Antony Gormley,
France: Jean Dubuffett, Jean Arp, Frederic Beaufils
Belgium: Jan Fabre, Koen Vanmechelen, Corneille, Constant Permeke
Netherlands: Auke de Vries, Karel Appel, Lotti van der Gaag, Joost Conijn, Shlomo Koren, Klaas Gubbels, Jeroen Henneman, Joep van Lieshout, Shinkichi Tajiri, André Volten
Turkey: Hulya Yilmaz
Japan: Yayoi Kusama, Wataru Nakamura, Takayuki Yamamoto
Indonesia: Eko Prawoto
India: Ryas Komu, Subodh Gupta, Bose Krishnamachari
Ghana: Atta Kwami
South Africa: Moshekwa Langa
Brazil: Maria Nepomuceno
Suriname: Marcel Pinas, Dhiradj Ramsamoedj, Robert Tjon A Meeuw
Curaçao: Yubi Kirindongo
United States: Dennis Oppenheim, Allan Kaprow, Richard Jackson
China: Lu Shengzhong
A walk through all pieces takes about two and a half hours. The sculptures are illuminated at night.
until 28 August 2011
Foundation ArtZuid
Keizersgracht 478 huis
1017 EG Amsterdam