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Contemporary ceramic art in Monnickendam

The foundation Ceramic Artists of Noord-Holland (Stichting Keramisten Noord-Holland) presents comtemporary ceramic art in Monnickendam. This year the large exhibition of the ceramic artists of the region Noord-Holland is held in Monnickendam, a historic town near Amsterdam.

Large (St. Nicolaas) Church
De Zarken 2, Monnickendam
August 19, 20 and 21 of 2016
Friday and Saturday from 11.00 till 17.00
Sunday from 13.00 till 17.00
Free entrance

[English] Ijzerrode Reiger

I always like to take part in this exhibition, it is an excellent opportunity to view the contemporary ceramic art  of the region.

Also I just like to talk with the fellow ceramic artists. If you like that too, come along!

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Art about or for man?

If I may believe the selection of the weekly dutch art program “Avro’s kunstuur“, most of the art has the human being as subject.

Whether it is video art of Priscila Fernandes or the photos of Vivianne Sassen; man is central. And if it is not the human itself, then it is its effect on the planet, as manifested in the architecture or the landscape.

ceramic art, is clay or man the inspiration?Does this bother me? Of course not, everyone is free to have his own muse. But where most artists use these goddesses as a reflection of humanity as inspiration, I think for the ceramist only one of the nine muse “Urania” (the muse of astronomy, forerunner of all science), is a source for his or her work.

Not for nothing ceramics is known as the most scientific of the arts.

In ceramics is, after all, the control of the material of the utmost importance, and science has a great influence on the development of this art form.
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