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Dear friends and art lovers,
Mark your calendars for a special book presentation in Readytex Art Gallery that you don't want to miss. On Thursday, July 11, visual artist and writer Xavier Robles de Medina will present his artists’ book: 'Stuart Robles de Medina: Pengel'. In this unique book, Xavier uses extensive photographic and archival material as well as texts based on various interviews, to document the construction process of the iconic statue on Paramaribo’s Independence Square. The book also...
Dear art lovers,
Readytex Art Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of the new art project by visual artist Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi: 'The Myth of El Dorado'. The project, which consists of several phases, is documented by the artist in a series of blog posts, which she will publish on her website https://kitlingtjonpiangi.net/blog/. As a whole, the project 'The Myth of El Dorado' consists of the production of 5 series of 9 paintings of 30 x 30 cm,...
Dear art lovers,
We kindly invite you to come and enjoy the new solo exhibition of René Tosari, opening in Readytex Art Gallery, on May 2. For his new exhibition, Tosari, a visual artist with an extensive oeuvre and an established art career in Suriname as well as the Netherlands, gives the lead to his urge to experiment and a totally intuitive process of creation. Unencumbered by any sense of expectation or limitation, he quite appropriately names his exhibition: RELEASE....
We are happy to invite you to the special solo-exhibition of Reinier Asmoredjo, titled Mi Gudu; 40 jaar beeldend kunstenaar (My Treasure; 40 years visual artist), opening on March 7. With this exhibition, the artist celebrates his active and multi-faceted art career of already four decades, together with the public.
As an artist who is highly productive, Reinier has once again created an impressive collection of works, ranging from paintings in various sizes on canvas, paper and foam board, to...
Dear art friends,
Readytex Art Gallery kindly invites you to visit the special exhibition ‘In de Blaauwe Boon’ (In the Blue Bean), curated by literary historian Hilde Neus, whose focus is on describing women’s histories. This exhibition is inspired by her research into the manumitted Caatje van Heijne, who owned two houses on Maagdenstraat and Jodenbreestraat, close to where Readytex Art Gallery is currently located.
Caatje van Heijne was also owner of the coffee plantation Dwingelo. In Suriname, the coffee that...
Dear art friends,
The main hall on the first floor of Readytex Art Gallery is graced with an extensive display of ceramic artworks made by Hanka Wolterstorff. A beautiful collection that you must see!
Hanka Wolterstorff’s compositions come about very organically, driven by the urge to create something that she considers beautiful. And although she rarely works from a preconceived concept or design, her tropical surroundings are, whether consciously or subconsciously, still clearly of influence on her work. With careful precision,...
We are excited to invite you to a special group exhibition titled Compositie. Spreken in patronen (Composition. Speaking in patterns). Inspired by alakondre, visual artist Dhiradj Ramsamoedj, the curator of this exhibition, created a unique arrangement to showcase artworks from eighteen artists affiliated to Readytex Art Gallery.
“Our society is a ‘mamjo’ (patchwork) of various ethnicities. We have an alakondre structure and are dynamic. That is why I took the courage and freedom to use this as a point of...
Dear art friends,
Get ready to enjoy yet another beautiful solo exhibition at Readytex Art Gallery this November. Visual artist Sunil Puljhun will present a new collection of artworks in his exhibition titled Sanskrti ka Sanrakshan (Preservation of culture). A collection in which Sunil exhibits a surprising new approach to the theme that he has been focusing on in the past several years.
Where his imagery previously emphasized the darker side of human nature, Sunil currently focuses on something that he...
Dear art friends,
Please visit Readytex Art Gallery for a special new group exhibition in light of this year’s 170th commemoration of Chinese Immigration to Suriname. For the exhibition Hakka Opera in Suriname, curatorsKit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi and Rinaldo Klas took their inspiration from the way in which the Hakka people who have migrated all over the world have been able to adapt, and also from the engaging storylines in their lively and colorful operas.
“The Hakka Opera is a story....
Readytex Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to the exhibition 'Muddy Waters', an artistic reflection on the Amazon Biennale that opened for the first time this year in the city of Belém in Brazil, and for which works by five of our artists were also selected by the organization.
The significance of the waters of the Amazon for local life is a central theme in the Amazon Biennale. In 'Muddy Waters', curators Aruna Mungra and Miguel Keerveld add to...
