'The table of 10': unique photo series Erwin Olaf on display at Kunstpunt
About this activity.
On Wednesday September 20, one of the Netherlands' best and most famous photographers: Erwin Olaf, passed away. Kunstpunt now pays tribute to Olaf by showing the photo series The Table of 10, from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 September.
The unique photo series comes from the municipal art collection. Olaf made the black-and-white works as part of a photography assignment from 1993. The experimental nature of the photos and the behind-the-scenes material showing a young Erwin Olaf at work in the Grand Theatre are special.
About The Table of 10
In 1991, the Municipality of Groningen started providing an annual photography assignment to stimulate photography in the North. The photos were included in the municipal collection, which is managed by Kunstpunt (formerly Centrum Beeldende Kunst). In 1992 the assignment went to Erwin Olaf. Theme that year: aspects of the city of Groningen in the 1990s.
The result was a series of ten photos with Groningen residents as models. Each photo shows a striking pointed nose, photographed against a characteristic wall in the Grand Theater in Groningen. Olaf said about this at the time: “Those noses are actually a comment on the visual artistry that is attributed to my photos.” The titles of the photos refer to words that emerged in the 1990s, such as 'racism', 'extreme' and 'minima'. Olaf wanted to create a new reading board with it - as a variation on the classical 'aap', 'noot', 'Mies' ('monkey', 'nut', 'Mies').
Erwin Olaf | The Table of 10
Friday 22 to Sunday 24 September | 12-5 pm
Kunstpunt Groningen | Trompsingel 27a
Free entrance
Kunstpunt Groningen.
Kunstpunt Groningen (voorheen CBK) is hét knooppunt voor beeldende kunst. Wij lenen kunstwerken uit, begeleiden kunstopdrachten in de openbare ruimte en bij bedrijven, ontwikkelen educatieprojecten voor scholen en organiseren tentoonstellingen en activiteiten.
Kunstpunt Groningen (formerly CBK) is the hub for visual arts. We lend works of art, supervise art assignments in public spaces and at companies, develop educational projects for schools and organize exhibitions and activities.
Location.
Kunstpunt Groningen
Trompsingel 27A
9724 DA Groningen
tel (050) 317 17 07
www.kunstpuntgroningen.nl