2009 No4
August / September
The Next Generation
Each year, METROPOLIS M organizes a talent hunt of its own: Scouting. In one year, the talent might be found fresh out of the art schools, and in another, our talented individuals have already been active for a few years. This year we have a mixture. While some of the artists have just finished the art academy, we also present a versatile dj and a group of young artists in Rotterdam, where artists' initiatives are popping up like mushrooms.
At the same time, in this issue, we ask what this craving for young talent actually stands for. In particular, we pause at the underlying suggestion that together, these talented artists make up a generation of people in their twenties and thirties who, sooner or later, will dictate the future. But, as will also become apparent in this issue of METROPOLIS M, not everyone agrees with this sociological order wherein culture is related to specific age groups.
The Rejected
19/08/09 Nina Støttrup Larsen
The selection of Pierre de Sciullo for the house style of the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has caused quite a stir in the world of design, and not only amongst the rejected competitors. Nina Støttrup Larsen examines this surprising choice.
Colourful and Buzzing Castoffs
The work of Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus
26/09/09 Hans Theys
Here is a portrait of two Belgian artists, Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus, who not only produce very different work, but have a good dynamic together and often work as a team. Hans Theys attempts to describe their work without placing it an art historical framework or otherwise ‘emasculating’ it.
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