Jan Rothuizen
29 Jun 2013 - 13 Apr 2014
JAN ROTHUIZEN
Fantasio
29 June 2013 — 13 April 2014
For Artificial Amsterdam de Appel arts centre asked Rothuizen to produce a 9 meter high drawing for the central hall of its premises.
For Artificial Amsterdam de Appel arts centre asked Rothuizen to produce a 9 meter high drawing for the central hall of its premises.
Jan Rothuizen went back to the late 1960s. The present location of de Appel arts centre was then one of the first pop temples in The Netherlands, the renowned Fantasio. Together with Paradiso and the avant-garde Shaffy Theater, in the years 1968-69 Fantasio was the most important place in the underground and youth culture in the country, famed (and notorious) not only across Europe but also overseas. Popular bands like Pink Floyd performed here, and it was the cradle of the Dutch soft drug culture. Rothuizen takes you on a guided tour of this tumultuous period in the building’s history, drawing on popular myths, recollections of visitors, and factual sources.
Jan Rothuizen made a silkscreen print signed edition of 100 for the exhibition Artificial Amsterdam and the drawing Fantasio. This silkscreen is for sale for 75, - euro in the museum shop and the webshop. More information
The artist Jan Rothuizen (NL , 1968) is a storyteller on paper. He talks with people, observes them, does research, until he has made himself at home in a subject. Then he analyzes a place or a city in his drawings, in texts and images. He surveys the reality of his subject sharply, playfully, and with the requisite humour, never losing sight of its complexity. http://janrothuizen.nl
Fantasio
29 June 2013 — 13 April 2014
For Artificial Amsterdam de Appel arts centre asked Rothuizen to produce a 9 meter high drawing for the central hall of its premises.
For Artificial Amsterdam de Appel arts centre asked Rothuizen to produce a 9 meter high drawing for the central hall of its premises.
Jan Rothuizen went back to the late 1960s. The present location of de Appel arts centre was then one of the first pop temples in The Netherlands, the renowned Fantasio. Together with Paradiso and the avant-garde Shaffy Theater, in the years 1968-69 Fantasio was the most important place in the underground and youth culture in the country, famed (and notorious) not only across Europe but also overseas. Popular bands like Pink Floyd performed here, and it was the cradle of the Dutch soft drug culture. Rothuizen takes you on a guided tour of this tumultuous period in the building’s history, drawing on popular myths, recollections of visitors, and factual sources.
Jan Rothuizen made a silkscreen print signed edition of 100 for the exhibition Artificial Amsterdam and the drawing Fantasio. This silkscreen is for sale for 75, - euro in the museum shop and the webshop. More information
The artist Jan Rothuizen (NL , 1968) is a storyteller on paper. He talks with people, observes them, does research, until he has made himself at home in a subject. Then he analyzes a place or a city in his drawings, in texts and images. He surveys the reality of his subject sharply, playfully, and with the requisite humour, never losing sight of its complexity. http://janrothuizen.nl