SOMETHING RELATED
The gallery shows work by four artists that connects past and present. It shows stories that are close to the artists themselves. It is an investigation into identity and origins. Research is an essential part of the maker’s artistry.
Something Related, a group exhibition by Anouk Vasilda, Jerrold Saija, Jordie Rovers and Marianne van Heeswijk.
Anouk Vasilda (2000), born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, recently graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, won the Carat Lucas Gassel Prize for young academy talent at the Cacaofabriek in Helmond. During the exhibition, Vasilda shows her film Saminah, in which she delves into her Surinamese-Javanese roots and family history, that is intertwined with colonialism. “My ancestors were only passengers of their own fate. Can I be the captain of mine?”
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Jerrold Saija focuses on colonization and decolonization and the deep marks this has left on Moluccan society in general and the Moluccan body in particular. For his artistic practice, Saija draws inspiration from what remains of this past. Saija is guided by the gallery, in collaboration with Museum Jan Cunen (Oss), during Talenthub jump!