Dutch Masters in the 21st century

On May 18, the project Dutch Masters in the 21st century was presented. It is a unique collaboration between several local broadcasters and art institutes. The project will now be continued as an exhibition at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam until June 26th.

Dutch Masters [Hollandse Meesters] is composed of filmed portraits of visual artists in their work place. The aim of the project is to produce an extensive serie in which a whole generation of artist is represented. One of the first artists to be filmed was herman de vries (by Barbara Makkinga).

Artists: Charlotte Schleiffert, Hans Aarsman, Philip Akkerman, Erik van Lieshout, Teun Hocks, Iris van Dongen, herman de vries, Bertien van Manen, Koos Breukel, Berend Strik, Natasja Kensmil, Job Koelewijn, Jan Dibbets, Marc Bijl, Koen Vermeule, Jan van Munster, David Bade, Joep van Lieshout en Mark Manders

Films made by (among others): Pieter Verhoeff, Eddy Terstall, Barbara Makkinga, Robert Oey and Michiel van Nieuwkerk.

The films will be shown during exhibitions, on television (RTV Noord-Holland) and on the internet. herman de vries was shown at the start of the presentation. He will be on RTV Noord-Holland on Tuesday June 21, 7.35 pm (8.35, 9.35 etc.) and I hope to have the film online in due time.

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[photo by Michiel van Nieuwkerk]