14 May 2010

De Ateliers presents Offspring 2010

Offspring 2010 presents the work of eight young visual artists, it signifies the end of their two year work period at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, an internationally renowned post-academic artists institute. The exhibition, curated by freelancer Suzanne Wallinga, displays the dynamic and diverse practices of the chosen artists in a comprehensive presentation of their work. This is the fifth year De Ateliers has held an annual exhibition and this year's exhibition reflects the challenging and ambitious attitude of these artists to their media. Along with the exhibition is a full colour catalogue with texts about the artists by Suzanne Wallinga.

The exhibiting artists are Marie Aly (Germany), Etienne Fouchet (France), Carl Johan Högberg (Sweden), Axel Linderholm (Sweden), Eileen Maxson (US), Rory Pilgrim (UK), Siobhán Tattan (Ireland) and Raed Yassin (Lebanon).

Frans Timmermans, former Secretary of State of European Affairs, will open the exhibition on Tuesday the 18th of May at 5 PM.

Official opening: 18 May 2010, 5-7 PM.
The exhibition is opened from the 19th of May until the 30th of May, daily from 1 to 6 PM, and is free of charge. De Ateliers, Stadhouderskade 86, 1073 AT Amsterdam.

Along with the exhibition a catalogue, with numerous colour pictures and texts about the artists, is issued. Price €19,50. ISBN 978-90-807318-7-5.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the generous support of ING Group, Ateliers Support Fund, L'Institut Français des Pays Bas and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. Offspring 2010 is part of 'Art in Amsterdam'.

For images, previews or an appointment with the artists or curator you can contact Dominic van de Boogerd, phone number: 020-6739359, office@de-ateliers.nl

Previous editions: Offspring 2006: Aram Tanis, William Monk, Shana Moulton, Francesca Sanchez, Johanna de Schipper, Lucy Stein, Offspring 2007: Adam Avikainen, Dineo Bopape, Nathan Dilworth, Simon Hemmer, Zilvinas Landzbergas, Erica van loon, Jonathan Plante, Jani Ruscica, Robin Vanbesien, Sebastiaan Verhees, Offspring 2008: Caner Aslan, Gerbrand Burger, Sidyon Cucaro, Noa Giniger, Jack Holden, Eva Räder, Vincent Vulsma, Offspring 2009: Kate Biĉat, Ondrej Brody, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, Christian Friedrich, Emine Gündüz, Hans Hoekstra, David Jablonowski, Verena Klary, Elisa Newman-Saul, Anami Schrijvers, Wieske Wester