Opening tomorrow! Join us for a drink

Tomorrow at LhGWR in The Hague, our Divas will be shown during the exhibition Somehow, somewhat in the middle of things.

Curated in collaboration with Hester Keijser (Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai), LhGWR presents a group exhibition with a remarkable international line-up, pairing work from both a non-Western and a Western background. At the heart of the exhibit lie a shared search for identity and the struggle for a place within society, challenging the boundaries that politics or social conventions has set. Point of departure has been the work of Mary Sibande (ZA) and Julia Gunther (DE), who both bring the role of black women in South Africa into view. Based on association, the line-up for the exhibition expanded to seven artists from a generation that has grown up to navigate with ease in a world gone global, hybrid, fragmented, and open to re-appropriation.

Participating artists: Mary Sibande, Newsha Tavakolian, Larissa Sansour, Waheeda Malullah, Pinar & Viola, Iris Vetter, Julia Gunther

Rhizome.org

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SSS invitation

SSS – Sandberg Service Show
Graduation Show Sandberg Fine Arts Department

Invitation and catalogue design: Pinar&Viola

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Ecstatic surfaces for Cobra Museum

Poster and invitation for Sowing & Weeding exhibition at Cobra Museum.

The exhibition shows examples of folk culture in contemporary art and opposes itself to the current anti cultural climate of Dutch right wing politics. The Cobra movement can be stated as an universal positive populist art which wanted to liberate the creativity of mankind. Cobra artists aimed to make art for and by everyone, irrespective of class, race, intellect and educational level.

This poster is an ecstatic surface where Cobra revives in the folk art of the contemporary: digital folklore.

The visual statement is an upgrade of the conventional understanding of the Cobra movement. On the surface, the impulsive and intuitive beauty of digital folklore is outshined and the folk art of today is flourished on the vernacular world wide web, all parading with hijacked Cobra creatures.

We’ll currently designing a gigantic digital mural painting for the entrance of the exhibition.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:55 pm, filed under Art, Ecstatic Surface Design, Exhibition, Graphic design, Pinar&Viola, Poster, Typography, Vernissage, Visual ecstasy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Schrank8 finissage

May 8th, the finissage of our exhibition Diva Opaque will be held at Schank8 gallery.
If you wish to see the capsule Ecstatic Surface Collection of Pinar&Viola, if you missed the opening, if you wish to have bubbles on a sunny sunday at Hansje’s, if you want to meet scarf_whiz80, or if you just wanna hang out with us you’re welcome to pass to the gallery.
Diva Opaque: Anonymous Guardians of Intimacy
Ecstatic Surface Capsule Collection
Schrank8 Gallery
Finnisage 8 May 2011
15.00 – 18.00 hrs
Wagenaarstraat 331
Amsterdam

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Schrank8 behind the scenes & opening

We’d like to thank Emile, Robin, Babette, Nienke, Michel & Martin.
And the biggest one goes to Hansje, the best host in town.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:53 am, filed under Exhibition, Pinar&Viola, Vernissage. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Vernissage ByAmfi

Our Credit Card Collection is exhibited at ByAmfi store on Spui, Amsterdam. The Collection can be seen until June, 25th.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:46 pm, filed under Ecstatic Surface Design, Exhibition, Graphic design, Pinar&Viola, Vernissage. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Vernissage SPRMRKT

The Credit Card Collection
Official launch of Ecstatic Surface Collection 2011 – October, 14th 2011

Ecstatic contributors to the evening:
Bushdoof with his mythical audio ambience,
Bols Jenever with their striking cocktails,
and Christi Taartjesmaker with her kaleidoscopic cupcakes.

Last but not least, a superdeluxe thanks to Nel & Anne-Marie and to all the SPRMRKT family.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on October 25, 2010 at 5:10 pm, filed under Ecstatic Surface Design, Exhibition, Graphic design, Pinar&Viola, Vernissage, Visual ecstasy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.