Workshop Watching Art
About this activity.
Accompanying the exhibition Leopard Eyes Shine Red, we will again organise a workshop on looking at art together. In 'Kijken met Jaap' we enter into an accessible dialogue about what we see in the installation and art works of MIchal Kruger. Jaap van der Veen guides the meeting in an open and humorous way. Michal Kruger will join the workshop himself. The focus is never on content expertise but on the pleasure of looking.
From experience, the conversations always lead to surprises and new insights, both for the participants and the artists.
"When in conversation, you also look through the other person's eyes. One focuses on form and colour, the other immediately looks for meaning or a story. What I also discover is how I look myself." - visitor
"There is more to see than meets the eye. I spent a long time looking at something I would otherwise have walked past." - visitor
" When I was creating the artwork, things were clear. Now I am completely surprised by the viewer's confusion." - exhibitor
"I didn't know I created this." - exhibitor
Jaap van der Veen is a behavioural biologist specialised in learning processes. Jaap is an active contributor to Galerie Noord, where he enjoys confusing others joyfully.
The working language is English or Dutch, dependent on the participants.
Galerie Noord.
Galerie Noord is een expositieruimte in hartje Groningen. Vierwekelijks bieden we kunstenaars uit het Noorden de mogelijkheid recent werk te tonen, solo of in kleine groepen. Galerie Noord richt zich op autonoom, experimenteel en onderzoekend werk in vrijwel alle disciplines. We willen bezoekers verrassen door tentoonstellingen te bieden met een wisselend karakter.
Galerie Noord wordt volledig gerund door vrijwilligers. In 1997 werd de galerie opgericht als kunstenaarsinitiatief.
Location.
Galerie Noord
Nieuwstad 6
9711 JP Groningen
tel 050-3113322
www.galerienoord.nl