Focus: The Netherlands, Sofia

Focus: The Netherlands
geometric abstraction
nonsofia
36 Dondukov Boulevard, floor 2
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria

 
November 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025
Opening: November 21, 2024, 6:30 pm
Opening hours: during announced events, workshops and after appointment

 
Participating artists: Linda Arts (Goirle), Bob Bonies (The Hague), Iemke van Dijk (Leiden), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (Amsterdam), Ditty Ketting (Rotterdam), Anneke Klein Kranenbarg †, Tonneke Sengers (Haarlem), Piet Tuytel (Haarlem), Jan Maarten Voskuil (Rotterdam) and Guido Winkler (Leiden)

Contour VII, 2011, 25x24x14 cm, acrylic paint on zinc


In June 2024, the Leiden-based EST art foundation organized the exhibition Export: Bulgaria 5 in Leiden, introducing works by Bulgarian artists to a new audience. This show marked a new phase in a long-lasting collaboration between EST and the Bulgarian art foundation nonsofia.

Half a year later, nonsofia shows work of Dutch artists in the exhibition Focus: The Netherlands. The selected artists are closely related to the history of EST and nonsofia. Although EST follows the common denominator of concrete art, all artists employ their own set of rules in their work. The exhibition is supported by the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.

Concreet nu, Zoetermeer

Concreet Nu, ZoetermeerConcreet nu,
de kunst van geometrische vormentaal
Spazio Offices
Buitenom 243–268
2711 KB  Zoetermeer (Centrum)
The Netherlands

 
April 12 – May 11, 2014

 
Hours: Sat–Sun 1–5 pm; also open on April 21 (Easter Monday)
Admission free
Opening reception: Saturday, April 12, 4 pm; opening by Diana Wind, Director of Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, and Hans Haring, Alderman of Zoetermeer

 

Wedge II, 2013, 69x38x28 cm

Wedge II, 2013, 69x38x28 cm

Participating artists: Joost Baljeu, Henk van Bennekum, Bob Bonies, Rom Gaastra, Nan Groot Antink, José Heerkens, Henriëtte van ’t Hoog / Wright & Van ’t Hoog, Roland de Jong Orlando, Huibertje Kant, Ditty Ketting, Anneke Klein Kranenbarg, Els van ’t Klooster, Anna Barbara Kolbe, André van Lier, Marus van der Made, Riki Mijling, Lon Pennock, Tineke Porck, Erik van Spronsen, Clary Stolte, Heleen Waterbolk, Guido Winkler

Curator: Hannie van der Made

Island of Order in a Sea of Chaos, Haarlem

Island of Order in a Sea of Chaos
De Vishal
Grote Markt 20
2011 RD Haarlem
The Netherlands

January 7 – February 12, 2012
Hours: Tue–Sat 11 am – 5 pm, Sun 1–5 pm
Opening reception: Sunday, January 8, 2012, 4 pm

 
Participating artists: Iemke van Dijk, Jasper van der Graaf, Ro Hagers, Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Roland de Jong Orlando, Sarah Klein, Anneke Klein Kranenbarg, Els Moes, Tineke Porck, Mel Prest, Ruth van Veenen, Guido Winkler

Curated by Ruth van Veenen