The Beijing Project

During the month of May I, Toos van Holstein, am artist in residence in the NY Arts Gallery Beijing in China. In this time I want to create in one of the big spaces of the gallery an exhibition of oil paintings of my hand. But as a part of the exhibition I also want to cooperate with several Chinese artists in creating a symbiosis between the Chinese modern art and the Western modern art. For this I have available 8 banners of 6 meter length on which already parts of paintings of mine have been printed. On these banners I want to work with the other artists in changing them in new art works that will hang down from the high ceiling in the gallery space.

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zondag 11 mei 2008

Today the opening at 3pm! And this morning at 5am the rain could be heard loud and clear on the roof and didn’t stop for hours. This doesn’t ease the nerves because rain usually isn’t much beneficial to a successful opening. But we had some luck, about one o’clock the sky became a bit clearer, the rain stopped and even the preparations for the barbecue in the garden of the gallery could start. So it became a lively happening with a lot of visitors. Among them also a number of foreigners, even some Dutchmen, and of course several curious Chinese artists. Let the pictures speak for themselves!