Stories – Images 11 small solo exhibitions by 11 pictorial storytellers

About this activity.

In the summer of 2024 Museum Belvédère will exhibit work by eleven diverse Dutch artists who record personal experiences and recollections in series of drawings or paintings.

In all the participating artists’ works images are simplified to concise, illustrative –sometimes cartoonesque – pictures. In many cases their essence is alienating, conveying the enchantment of a wondrous dream world. The eleven artists whose work is shown in the exhibition Verhaald – Verbeeld  (Stories – Images) compose their pictures on the basis of associations, found mainly in memories from youth, dreams and experiences.

The works range from painting, collage/mixed-media to drawing. For the exhibition a selection was made from older and recent work. Mirjam van Houten made a completely new series of stories in drawing.

The exhibition Stories – Images consists of 11 small solo exhibitions by 11 pictorial storytellers:

Alexandrine (1903-1980), Barend Blankert (1941-2023), Frank Creton (1941),  Diederik Gerlach (1956), Pieter Hermanides (1932-2019), Mirjam van Houten (1977), Jantien Jongsma (1965), Erik Mattijssen (1957), Marcel Reijerman (1958), Michael van Rijckevorsel (1954), Hollie Witteveen (1948).

Museum Belvédère.

Location.

Museum Belvédère
Oranje Nassaulaan 12
8448 MT Heerenveen
www.museumbelvedere.nl/nl/