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Participating artists in this exhibition were [[Godfried Donkor]], [[Abdoulaye Konat]]é, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, [[Willem de Rooij]], Billie Zangewa.
Participating artists in this exhibition were [[Godfried Donkor]], [[Abdoulaye Konat]]é, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, [[Willem de Rooij]], Billie Zangewa.


For this exhibition curator Koyo Kouoh commissioned five artists, all working in the medium of textile, in Europe and Africa to make new works on the subject of “Hollandaise” or “[[African waxprints|Dutch wax]]”, the colourful wax print fabrics that are most often regarded as typically African.<ref>Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. ''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012</ref> The fabric gets its name “Hollandaise” from the country where it is produced and exported from: Holland.<ref>Bouwhuis, Jelle; Kerstin Winking.'Hollandaise'.''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012</ref> This fabric can be seen as an heir of the Indonesian [[Batik]]. During Netherlands’ colonialisation over Indonesia the Dutch imitated this hand-made fabric (batik) using industrial processes. They found a market for these industrialized versions of the Indonesian batik in Africa.<ref>ibid.</ref> The type of fabric has since become to play a very important role in African everyday life and culture. Up until this day, despite the fact that several companies in Africa have sprung up producing similar fabrics, the fabric gets exported from Holland to Africa.<ref>Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. ''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012.</ref>
For this exhibition curator Koyo Kouoh commissioned five artists, all working in the medium of textile, in Europe and Africa to make new works on the subject of “Hollandaise” or “[[African waxprints|Dutch wax]]”, the colourful wax print fabrics that are most often regarded as typically African.<ref>Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. ''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012</ref> The fabric gets its name “Hollandaise” from the country where it is produced and exported from: Holland.<ref>Bouwhuis, Jelle; Kerstin Winking.'Hollandaise'.''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012</ref> This fabric can be seen as an heir of the Indonesian [[Batik]]. During Netherlands’ colonialisation over Indonesia the Dutch imitated this hand-made fabric (batik) using industrial processes. They found a market for these industrialized versions of the Indonesian batik in Africa.<ref>Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. ''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012.</ref> The type of fabric has since become to play a very important role in African everyday life and culture. Up until this day, despite the fact that several companies in Africa have sprung up producing similar fabrics, the fabric gets exported from Holland to Africa.<ref>Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. ''SMBA Newsletter No. 130'', 2012.</ref>
This exhibition was the last one held in the context of [[Project 1975]]. In the context of this exhibition a catalogue, edited by Koyo Kouoh, as well as an SMBA Newsletter was published.
This exhibition was the last one held in the context of [[Project 1975]]. In the context of this exhibition a catalogue, edited by Koyo Kouoh, as well as an SMBA Newsletter was published.



Revision as of 11:54, 13 July 2015

The exhibition Hollandaise: a journey into an iconic fabric took place at SMBA.[1] from 30 November 2012 to 6 January 2013 in the context of Project 1975 of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The exhibition travelled on to Raw Material Company,[2] Dakar (Senegal), where it was on view from 10 April – 1 June 2013.

The curator for this exhibition was Koyo Kouoh. Participating artists in this exhibition were Godfried Donkor, Abdoulaye Konaté, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Willem de Rooij, Billie Zangewa.

For this exhibition curator Koyo Kouoh commissioned five artists, all working in the medium of textile, in Europe and Africa to make new works on the subject of “Hollandaise” or “Dutch wax”, the colourful wax print fabrics that are most often regarded as typically African.[3] The fabric gets its name “Hollandaise” from the country where it is produced and exported from: Holland.[4] This fabric can be seen as an heir of the Indonesian Batik. During Netherlands’ colonialisation over Indonesia the Dutch imitated this hand-made fabric (batik) using industrial processes. They found a market for these industrialized versions of the Indonesian batik in Africa.[5] The type of fabric has since become to play a very important role in African everyday life and culture. Up until this day, despite the fact that several companies in Africa have sprung up producing similar fabrics, the fabric gets exported from Holland to Africa.[6] This exhibition was the last one held in the context of Project 1975. In the context of this exhibition a catalogue, edited by Koyo Kouoh, as well as an SMBA Newsletter was published.

References

  1. ^ SMBA, The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Raw Material Company.
  3. ^ Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. SMBA Newsletter No. 130, 2012
  4. ^ Bouwhuis, Jelle; Kerstin Winking.'Hollandaise'.SMBA Newsletter No. 130, 2012
  5. ^ Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. SMBA Newsletter No. 130, 2012.
  6. ^ Kouoh, Koyo.'A journey into an iconoc fabric'. SMBA Newsletter No. 130, 2012.