Present Forever

24/07/2012

PRESS RELEASE

For its third season, FATFORM has invited Ad de Jong and Manuel Klappe (Beeld Hal Werk 2010) to make an exhibition together with Daniela Bershan (founder FATFORM) and in collaboration with exhibition designer Bas Oudt in parking garage Klieverink, near metro station Kraaiennest in Amsterdam Southeast. In Present Forever, 55 artists will show their latest work on multiple, spiralling floors. Aware that the future does not present itself, but should be made, the artists will give their own vision of their personal future and determine their position of things to come.

PRESENT FOREVER, 55 Contemporary Dutch Artists
Opening: 28 juli, 12.00-21.00
Exhibition from 29 july till 30 september 2012
Open daily from 11.00 to 19.00 hours
Entrance opening: € 10,- / Exhibition: € 7,50

FATFORM: Klieverink 100b, 1104 KC, Amsterdam Zuidoost
Metro lijn 53 stop Kraaiennest (opposite of old location)

With:
Roi Alter
Jabu Arnell
Gijs Assmann
Hans van den Ban
Daniela Bershan
Bas de Boer
Maze de Boer
Melanie Bonajo
Matthijs de Bruijne
Arno Coenen
Adam Colton
Koen Delaere
Sebastian De Line
Bonno van Doorn
Bart Domburg
Gijs Frieling & Daan Frieling
Lotte Geeven
Esther de Graaf
Kaleb de Groot
Ab van Hanegem
Jos Houweling
Bert Jacobs
Ad de Jong
Hamid El Kanbouhi
Natasja Kensmil
Wouter Klein Velderman
Klaas Kloosterboer
Sam Geer van der Klugt
Job Koelewijn
Jean Bernard Koeman
Krijn de Koning
Frank Koolen
John Körmeling
George Korsmit
Maartje Korstanje
Marijn van Kreij
Axel Linderholm
Erik Mattijssen
Jana van Meerveld
Rik Meijers
Sachi Miyachi
Aapo Nikkanen
Ruchama Noorda & Gijsbert Wouter Wahl
Jonas Ohlsson
David Powell
Jacobien de Rooij
Ian de Ruiter
Maarten Sleeuwits
Derk Thijs
Henk Visch
Judith Witteman
Izaak Zwartjes

Compiled by: Ad de Jong, Manuel Klappe en Daniela Bershan

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