Fontana Gallery | exhibition
At the exhibition at Fontana gallery, Patrick Koster shows works from the Doppelgänger series. Doppelgänger 1 and 2 from a series of 3 both from 2014. They are collage artworks on a lightbox. The art works are made in the technique adhesive film on drawing polyester on light box. The works have th
Art Amsterdam | Gallery Fontana | solo booth
Patrick Koster's artworks were on display at the KunstRai, Art Amsterdam in a solo booth at Fontana Gallery at this 33rd edition of the well-known international art fair for contemporary autonomous art in the Netherlands.
Art The Hague | Fontana Gallery
Artworks Patrick Koster on view at Art The Hague 2017 at the booth of Gallery Fontana from Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 October 2017 at Fokker terminal, The Hague, The Netherlands. One of the works that can be seen at Art The Hague is Hanna and Evy in Delft, 1944 I, series # 2, made in 2015. The artwork
Ode to the Bijlmer
The Bijlmer will be 50 years old in 2018. CBK Zuidoost is developing a group exhibition “Ode To The Bijlmer” with 11 artists. In the exhibition the artists reflect in their work on the urban development of the Bijlmer and the current reforms.
Bijlmer Years 1989-1997
Twenty-nine years ago, as students at the Rietveld Academy, they came to live in this district. After nine years, urban renewal forced them to leave. Their earlier Bijlmer habitat, was former subject matter for their artistic work. It had a significant influence on their personal and artistic develo
Het Parool Review – Ode To The Bijlmer
Bijlmer nostalgia is complicated, as appeared last Saturday at the opening of the exhibition Ode to the Bijlmer. The dingy photos and videos that Patrick Koster (1967) and Thérèse Zoekde (1972) made in the Bijlmermeer in the years 1989-1997 confirm the image of a scary neighborhood where danger lu
Coda Museum: Beauty Of The Battle
Violence, struggle and hatred often evoke disgust. Despite, the combat and its beauty fascinate. For example, if it is depicted in a dance performance or in an art work. In Beauty of the Battle, CODA Museum Apeldoorn confronts the visitor with this contrast. The exhibition explores the boundaries of
Parable of the Sower 6
During a recent research, I discovered Mark Twain’s (1805-1910) book “The War Prayer”. The book was initially forbidden. The story had similarities with the church attack in Charleston. Mark Twain wrote “The War Prayer” in response to the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-
