A world where you can dissapear

Pencil drawings is a rare craft these days. Everything is done digitally nowadays. Nothing wrong with that of course, but when you see the real deal now and again you get amazed by it’s energy.

A few days ago Mischa Smit Kleine, born in Amsterdam, graphic designer, illustrator, and most importantly, draftsman came into my shop. I did not know him, he did not know me. He was doing a round with his pencil drawings to find a space where they would like to show his work.  He rolled out the paper and there it was.

A world in which you can disappear.

‘Welcome to the Machine ‘ for instance is about what makes the world turn these days. Despite all cultural, spiritual or historical differences,

we are all caught in the same machine of things. Wether we contribute or consume, it has no master, there is no one in charge. It is unstoppable..

So many details, it’s a trip without acid. You could get lost if you wanted to.

Island ” The Urban Princess Dream Garden “. As a counterpart of the drawing Welcome to the Machine, this work is about ‘natural balance’.  A place we long for, but are unable to survive in.

We have the Glicée prints in our shop, printed on acid free paper which can last for a 100 years.

Both drawings count 150 hours of work. If you would like to disappear for for a while, this is your chance!

Wouter Hisschemöller

Dutch-based artist, Wouter Hisschemöller, produces paintings based on collages of street scenes, local environments and photos of daily life in the city. The ‘cutting and pasting’ element to his work abstracts his imagery, creating a certain strangeness that is slightly disorientating

He studied visual arts at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, where he graduated as a visual artist in the field of etching, lithography and printed arts in 1990.

Digital techniques play an important role in his creative process. His paintings today are based on photographic material found online. Of the millions of photos that are uploaded and shared daily, he searches the web for ones he might use. Using Photoshop these are cut, pasted and reorganized into collages that form the basis for his paintings.

His work will be exhibited at the Mini Shopping Center Of Cool, Gravenstraat 4, 1012 NM Amsterdam from March 25 till May 6 2016. The opening is Friday 25th of March starting at 17:00.

Dry Goods & Groceries

‘There is a darkness and there is a light. And there’s a choice. ” One of the lyrics that are
collected in the book Dry Goods & Groceries. An ode to Americana music genre.
Music, photos, stories and poetry brought together in one book curated by JW Roy who’s new album is the core of this book.
Photos by Femke Hoogland and singer Tim Knol. Tim Knol will exhibit 6 photographs that he took while traveling through the States where he was performing.

The black and white photo taken in the streets of New York is a wonderful shot.
Poverty and wealth are walking in the same direction. The light that hangs between both casts a shadow over prosperity.

And so have all the pictures exhibited a story to tell and can your imagination run wild.

The bowling alley photo, lonely and abandoned, someone is trying to strike the last two cones. It’s now or never, a kind of victory needed to break through.

During the opening, JW Roy will be performing a few songs of his new album. Unplugged!
Reading this book makes you want to listen to all the music that is described in interviews i.a. Freek de Jonge, Leon Verdonschot, Frédérique Spigt and JW Roy, of course, about their musical heroes.

Exhibition is from 5 February – 25 March   –    Opening Sunday 7 February  16:00 – 19:00

Gravenstraat 4, 1012 NM Amsterdam