Phoebus

till 22 november 2015

Hans Houwing - wandobjecten in gaas Hans Houwing, for whom Schoonhoven is an idol, make since 1991 objects of metal mesh. Most of the work caused by to cut up and assemble the wire mesh (often bent) pieces again. After nine years, mainly with fine stainless steel mesh (mesh size 1 mm.) To have worked, has passed on (square and hexagonal) aviary netting, wire netting, chicken wire (or "penny mesh) and" dime mesh. LINK

Jan Smejkal - in reactie op Hans Houwing's werk, installatie in de tuin Jan Smejkal responds with 'Mirror Tisch' and a block-shaped sculpture consisting of texts in silver marker on cardboard / glass, the exhibition of Hans Houwing. LINK

Eva-Maria Schön - 'Parallelles Wachstum' Eva-Maria Schön brings small watercolor paint with fingers or fist, with spatula or brush to smooth paper - so that will not show whether it is a print, photograph or painted unique. And so, that one wonders whether it is a concrete painterly work, images of shells or plant elements. LINK

Paris

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Thus, the threat of any side's incredible live show by someone amidst the bombs in Lebanon years ago (2006). No flags but music and drawings. Whatever one does in bad sense, it touches everyone, including people in Lebanon, Nigeria. Ukraine and far too many other countries  to mention! My heart breaks every day through that fine news. LINK do you remember LINK Facebook

Corsage-Studio Rotterdam

HAT-DRESSES Part I and II 
‘An exploration of the accessory in meaning and form’
photography dolf pauw

The HAT-DRESSES exhibition is a large selection of the striking garments can be seen in the art installation HAT-DRESSES Part I and; II. With this small scale exhibition, Corsage-Studio wants to comment on existing views regarding the accessory. No fashion items are more heavily marketed than accessories. As objects of our greatest desire, they have become larger than life, overshadowing the clothing they were meant to complement. HAT-DRESSES PART I and; II plays with this notion – along with the idea that accessories such as hats and sunglasses make the person wearing them less visible, even invisible. LINK corsage
Participants in the HAT-DRESSES project Aziza (Curacao), Ayse (Surinam), Betul (Turkey), Eumirel (Surinam), Hicran (Turkey), Jane (Surinam), Larisya (Netherlands), Milka (Curacao), Michele (Surinam), Piet-Hein (Netherlands), Rita (Pakistan), Sofia (Greece), Sukran (Turkey), Sita (Surinam), Usha (British Guiana), Wanda (Surinam)

Carly Rose Sonenclar

Sonenclar was born in New York City and resides in Mamaroneck, New York. She began singing at age two, imitating several of the performers on the early years of American Idol. She took numerous singing, dancing, piano and acting classes, and one of her teachers put her in touch with a New York City talent agency, which signed her. She enjoys softball and has an older brother, Russell, who attends the University of Delaware. She takes piano lessons and enjoys composing songs. Sonenclar: “This song is very special to me since it is about a timely topic that we can all relate to. Everyone is constantly on their phones (me included!) documenting life and posting about it,” Carly adds, “And sometimes this takes away from opening our eyes and living in the moment.”
LINK Carly Rose Sonenclar - Give Me Love (Ed Sheeran)

Shadow Theatre Group 18 - 40

from Hungary

Black theatre is magic. This is a place, where there is no gravitation and the rules of physics no longer apply. A black hole out of time and out of space which has its own rules and frame of reference. The Black Theatre absorbs, thrills and enchants everyone. Watching it, you suddenly find yourself in a new dimension, a new, non-existing wonderworld where the audience, the dance, the choreography, the motion, the light and the music melt in one, in perfect harmony. With its thrilling, exciting, sincere and thought-provoking shows, the Attraction Black Light Theatre invites you to take part in a visual and mental adventure where you can learn more about yourself by opening up a new fantasy world, your own imagination. LINK @ Facebook

News by NRC (In Dutch)

Drawing changed by dolf pauw

LINK NRC

Sofia Central Public Bathhouse

Photography: dolf pauw

Charming building of Central Public Bathhouse, built in the beginning of 20th century, served all citizens of Sofia as a public bath. At the times, going to public bath was a ritual and kind of a social activity. Nowadays, local authorities turn this space into a museum with one part of it turned into a spa center. Currently it is working as a temporary exhibition space. Building is located near the park where people can fill up mineral water from one of plenty mineral springs. Mineral Water Springs Bulgaria has many mineral springs and only in Sofia there are 42 of them. They have 8 different hydrothermal zones and temperature can go from 30 to 90 degrees centigrade. Water flow can be up to 480 liters per second. As they are deep under the ground they cannot be polluted. People believe this water is very good for kidneys, eyes and overall health. 
LINK wikipedia

Plovdiv almost ready (Bulgaria)

plovdiv together 2019
photo dolf pauw

Last month I was a few days in Plovdiv. I visit Bulgaria for twenty years and see big changes also in the city Plovdiv. Old dilapidated neighborhoods are restored and made available to small businesses. The Art Nouveau district has become a walking area. And there is a project for many old tobacco buildings in Plovdiv to give it a new purpose. Unfortunately, the plan for a cablecar between the hills of Plovdiv are not accepted by the council. George Trak have the funds, it can be built within three years and will be a great tourist attraction, especially in the year 2019. LINK plovdiv

Square 500 Sofia

Bulgaria’s new national gallery  
The gallery complex is located near the monument to Vassil Levski 
and behind “St. Alexander Nevsky” cathedral

The intention of the organizers was not merely to make a mechanical merger of two galleries, but to launch a museum that is fundamentally different, where Bulgarian art is displayed next to foreign works, a museum that can measure up to European and world tendencies, especially those typical of the 20th century. The main objective was to highlight the valuable local art collected over the years such as works dating back to the National Revival Period: the self-portrait of Zahari Zograf, Selsko Horo ot Samokovska Okoliya (Chain dance from Samokov region) painted by icon-painter Nikola Obrazopisov, as well as the present-day artistic interpretations. In fact, this exposition was arranged by periods, rather than by authors. Thus, visitors can see in one of the exhibition halls works by renowned French artist Eugène Carrière, sculptor Auguste Rodin, as well as works of little known, yet very prominent Bulgarian female artist Sultana Suruzhon. For instance, we can all see how two works by French artist Renoir and a painting by Nikola Petrov created during the Post Impressionism period match so well together. Peculiar is that some famous Bulgarian artists such as landscape and portrait painter Panajot Panajotov and modern artist Paneto are not represented in the permanent collection. 
LINK nationalgallery SQUARE 500

Panayot Panayotov PANETO

@ gallery “Zhorzh Papazov” 
Yambol Bulgaria

The gallery “Zhorzh Papazov” in Yambol is the biggest museum of fine and applied arts in the region. It has more than 3000 works made by Bulgarian and international artists and a collection of more than 200 unique icons. Its biggest treasure is the collection of decorative works that is famous in Bulgaria and in the whole world. The building of the gallery is also unique. At the beginning it was a Synagogue. At the time of the Second World War it was a military storehouse. After its restoration in the 70’s of the 20th century it became a gallery. 
Prof. Panayotov (PANETO)  has held one-artist exhibitions in Sofia, Bulgaria every couple of years since 1976 to the present. His recent works are on display in many galleries, including DekArt, Irida, Art Center, among others. His works are on display in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as the Union of Bulgarian Artists. His art are to be found in the cities of Varna, Pernik, Golden Sands, Blagoevgrad, Smolyan, Vratza and in Rotterdam The Netherlands. LINK panayot panayotov paneto

Waylon

@ North Sea Jazz 2010, 
recorded by NPS 

Waylon took part in 2008 in the first season of Holland’s Got Talent on SBS 6. He made during his audition impressed by the song It's A Man's World by James Brown. Jurors Henk Jan Smits and Patricia Paai were laudatory. Waylon then earned a place in the final. A year later, Universal Music brought him the first Dutchman to under the Motown label. His first single Wicked Way appeared on August 7 2009, a foretaste of the almost eponymous album Wicked Ways, which appeared later that month. Waylon Wicked Way scored with a direct Alarmschijf, and the number in the top 10 of the Dutch Top 40. In April 2010 Waylon won his first music prize, namely a 3FM Award in the category 'Best Newcomer'. A month later he received runs the world in the TV program by a gold record for his debut album. In June 2010 Waylon was one of the winners of the last TMF Awards. The singer won the Borsato Award, a prize for new talent. The award was presented to him by the namesake Marco Borsato, at the TMF Awards Festival in People's Park in Enschede. In October 2011 launched Waylon The Escapist, the first single from his second album After All, published on 3 November. Then came the singles Lose It and Lucky Night. Although the CD scored moderately on the charts, Waylon joined the established names. So in April 2012 he was named best singer at the 3FM Awards. 
LINK @ North Sea Jazz 2010

Help them!

Help hen! Hallo medeburgers, Er zijn vandaag de dag en eerder nogal wat oorlogen aan de gang in de wereld. Oorlog is verkeerd wat mij keer op keer werd verteld door mijn ouders. Zij waren slachtoffer van een tijd' in de veertiger jaren van de vorige eeuw' en verloren daardoor hun jeugd. Al die mensen die vluchten voor het geweld, oorlogsslachtoffers van vandaag, hebben onze hulp nodig! Dolf Pauw 

Help them! Hello fellow citizens, There are today and rather a lot of wars going on in the world. War is wrong and was told to me by my parents. They were victims of a time 'in the forties of the last century" and thereby they lost their youth. All those people fleeing the violence, war victims today, needs our help! 
Dolf Pauw

Културен център - Музей ТРАКАРТ

Cultural Center - Museum TRAKART 
Since 4 May 2011 exhibition ‘Glass in Ancient Art’

TRAKART Cultural Centre is placed in the Archaeological Subway (Arheologicheski), 80 metres east of Al. Stambolov Square, in the direction of Monday Market (Ponedelnik pazar) Plovdiv. 
An unique collection of ancient art that was presented by famous Bulgarian Thracologist prof. Ivan Marazov. He said that for the first time in these territories there was such a full and extremely well-preserved collection of ancient glass covering such a long ancient period from 5th - 6th century BC to 3rd - 4th century AD. The exposition is divided into two, namely ancient glass for utilitarian purposes and ancient glass for sacral purposes. The exceptionally detailed and ornamented phiales are made with extreme craftsmanship that evokes admiration even today building a kind of a bridge between antiquity and the present day. The connoisseurs of ancient Thracian glass will enjoy the special book analysing the creation of these beautiful ancient vessels. LINK trakart

Иван Вазов

Град Сопот

Ivan Vazov,  (born June 27, 1850, Sopot, Bulgaria, man of letters whose poems, short stories, novels, and plays are inspired by patriotism and love of the Bulgarian countryside and reflect the main events in his country’s history. Vazov was educated at Sopot and in Plovdiv; he then taught for a time in the provinces. His father sent him to study commerce in Romania, where contact with the émigré leaders of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement led him to resolve to devote his life to the national cause as well as to literature. After the liberation of Bulgaria from the Turks (1878), Vazov was a civil servant and a district judge. In 1880 he settled in Plovdiv, where he edited several newspapers and periodicals. During the anti-Russian regime of Stefan Stambolov, Vazov went into exile in Odessa (1886-89), where he began his greatest novel, Pod igoto (1894; Under the Yoke, 1894), a chronicle of the trials of the Bulgarians under Ottoman rule. After Stambolov’s fall (1894), Vazov was elected to the assembly and during 1898–99 served as minister of education. LINK wikipedia

АРТ КОЛАЖ ПЛОВДИВ 2015

@ The Union of Plovdiv Artists 
photography dolf pauw

The Union of Plovdiv Artists, re-established after the changes in 1990, is a Not for Profit Organization with an ideal purpose. One of its goals is to make popular its members artwork. This Union accepts the legacy of the Group of Plovdiv Artists in the Union of Bulgarian Artists and now has about 400 members from the Plovdiv region, working in the fields of different visual arts - Painting, Graphics, Sculpture,Applied Arts, Non-conventional Art, Curators Projects and Art History. Plovdiv Artists Union is the biggest in the region and the biggest in Bulgaria, outside of the capital. Its multiple activities include group and solo exhibitions, visiting exhibitions, constant communication with similar organizations in Bulgaria and abroad. It welcomes partnership with artists, curators, galleries, museums and other art organizations or individuals, working in the Art field. LINK Union of Plovdiv Artists

When You Believe

Is a song from the 1998 DreamWorks musical animated feature The Prince of Egypt. It was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz. A pop single version of "When You Believe", with additional music and lyrics by writer-producer Babyface, was also recorded for the film by American singers Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston for the film's end credits and its soundtrack album. Additionally, the song was featured on Houston's fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love and Carey's first compilation album, #1's. The original version of the song, featured in the narrative portion of the film, is performed by Sally Dworsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, and a children's choir. "When You Believe" is described as a big ballad, with meaningful and inspirational lyrics, describing the ability each person has to achieve miracles when they reach out to God and believe. The song received generally mixed reviews from music critics and experienced moderate success, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, despite heavy media attention and live promotion. It achieved better charting throughout Europe and other nations, peaking within the top five in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. "When You Believe" was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 71st annual ceremony on March 21, 1999. Prior to their performance of the song that night, Schwartz left Babyface's name off the nomination submission sheet. He felt that because the additions Babyface added to the song were not featured in the actual film version, he did not deserve writing credits. However, while Babyface did not receive the Oscar, Carey and Houston performed his version of the song, because they were more familiar with it than the one in the film. Prior to their performance at the Academy Awards, they sang it on November 26, 1998 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, promoting the song, as well as both their albums. LINK youtube

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Wilhelm Thöny

Wilhelm Thöny was born on February 10th 1888 in Graz, Austria. In 1908 he went to Munique to study at the academy of arts. After the war he lived in Munique together with his first wife, the American Hilma White, and his daughter Margit. From 1919 to 1922 he moved to Switzerland where he mainly painted religious themes and the cheerless „Buch der Träume“ (book of dreams), a omnibus volume of 100 graphic works. In 1923 passing Munique he went back to Graz. In 1931 he left Graz and travelled to Paris, which he had already visited in 1929. A lot of city views and portraits of the Parisian society originate from this period. In 1938 he left Paris and moved to New York, where he was afflicted with the emigration and isolation. In 1948 a fire destroyed most of the works which the artist kept at the store. On May 1st 1949 Thöny died in New York. LINK wilhelm thöny

Johann Georg Hameter

The works of Johann Georg Hameter includes portraits, cityscapes, architecture and industrial shots. Especially the last two genres can be counted among his specialties. Hameters recordings of railway architecture in the vicinity of his residence in Dordrecht and Rotterdam, are both technically and artistically to the best that is made in this area in the nineteenth century in the Netherlands.

Also in the field of technology - he improved the technique of carbon printing and manufactured high-quality negatives - Hameter played a role in the history of Dutch photography. LINK library.leiden

Soon on the web EXIT your story teller

@ exityourstoryteller.com 
EXITING a project from Alicyn Henning and Dolf Pauw
design dolf pauw

LINK EXITING