Sohrab Bayat, Ad de Jong, Manuel Klappe and Wouter Klein Velderman are the initiators of the exhibition BEELD HAL WERK. A massive show in an abandoned factory hall which exist of more than 60 monumental sculptures. all placed in one space, too close to each other.
We had a talk with Sohrab Bayat about this rather large initiative.
Sohrab Bayat:
We started one year ago with the question what do we, as sculptors/artists, want to see?
As you might know the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the museum for contemporary art, has been closed for years now. There are rarely big shows being held with works of contemporary (young) artists and we thought that the artists themselves should pick up the glove. We found a suitable space at the river ‘t IJ, less than 2 km away from Central Station and started to call all the artist we would like to see in one show. Everyone we called was very supportive towards our idea and they all said YES, lets do it!
A year later, on 3 September 2010, we are opening the most exiting exhibition Amsterdam/the Netherlands has seen since decades!
The outcome of our efforts is a fantastic list of participants (from world famous to promising and everything in between), showing their work next to one another. The condensity in which the works are exposed, will create a jungle of 3-d violence that you can enter and to explore when you visit the show.
There is too much to see, but you will always leave the show feeling you’ve missed something. Is this a blockbuster or a guerilla- show? Come and decide for your self!
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Opening 3 September 2010 – 17:00- 21:00 hours
Exhibtion: 4 September – 31 October 2010
Daily 11:00- 19:00 hours
Adress: Gedempt Hamerkanaal 85
Amsterdam- Noord