Art & Object Rotterdam 2011

Navid Nuur, ‘Distant relations between lovers could fail by the lack of your true focus’, Navid Nuur is focused artist @ Art Rotterdam 2011, with courtesy to Galerie van Zomeren

From the 10th February 2011 and for three days the city of Rotterdam is the epicentre of Art and Design since it hosts two international fairs, the Art Rotterdam 2011 and the Object Rotterdam 2011.

At Art Rotterdam, seventy galleries from the Netherlands and abroad present their most daring artists. We must mention that this year Belgian art galleries make their presence, notable with their excellence and quality. The events that take place during the international fair are focused on films, young galleries and artists. The main aim of Art Rotterdam is to present each year an emerging talent. 2011 seems to be the "Dutch" year since the conceptual artist, Navid Nuur, is the focused artist. On a central location at the fair Nuur shows his work ‘Distant relations between lovers could fail by the lack of your true focus’. This work is about the relation between artists and public commercial art places, like f.e. magazines, catalogues and art fairs. Among the participants we also found two Balkan artists who are also laureates for the Princess Margriet Routes Awards 2011. Those are the Turkish filmmaker and contemporary artist Kutlug Ataman and Šejla Kameric from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Simultaneously with Art Rotterdam, in the (opposite) building Las Palmas, Object Rotterdam takes place. At this international fair for autonomous design twenty participants present unique or limited edition objects in the field of current design, crafts and jewelry. Object Rotterdam exposes the cutting edge between art and design and is the place to experience the latest developments.

Talented designer Aldo Bakker (1971) presents his latest series of wooden chairs in the booth of Particles Gallery. With his work Bakker aims to surprise the visitor and to initiate discussions. Gallery Zand shows work of Marc Mulders. This Dutch painter has evolved himself, over the past years, into a glass artist, a.o. by creating leaded-light windows in De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam and the Sint-Jan in Den Bosch. At Object Rotterdam Gallery Zand shows fifteen blown glass objects, painted by Marc Mulders.

For more information, opening hours and tickets visit the official websites Art Rotterdam, Object Rotterdam.