Blog - Ivar Hagendoorn (Page 48)

31 Jan 2005 · Blog | Art

Berlinde de Bruyckere at De Pont Museum

Berlinde de Bruyckere's work is as poignant as sculptures get. Once you've seen them, approached them, walked around them, they will get under your skin and stay there for some time to come.

30 Jan 2005 · Blog | Architecture

Beauty and Waste in the Architecture of Herzog and De Meuron

"Beauty and Waste in the Architecture of Herzog & De Meuron" at the Netherlands Architecture Institute is a visual treat and provides a fascinating insight into the thinking that goes into Herzog & de Meuron's designs.

9 Jan 2005 · Blog | Art

Raoul de Keyser at De Pont Museum

More than anything De Keyser's paintings celebrate painting and as such life itself. It’s just paint on canvas, nothing more, nothing less. There's no ideology, no meaning, no hidden manifesto and no bravura. Just paint on canvas, but sometimes the paint speaks for itself.

9 Jan 2005 · Blog | Literature

J.M. Coetzee: Elizabeth Costello

Elizabeth Costello is not just a brilliant, moving novel, full of ideas. It is also an important novel. It questions the power of writing and answers it, in writing.

26 Dec 2004 · Blog | Design

Simply Droog: 10+1 years of Avant-garde Design

When was the last time you laughed at a chair? That you thought, now that's a funny chair? Chairs don't really have a reputation for being funny.

12 Dec 2004 · Blog | Art

Faces in the Crowd at The Whitechapel Art Gallery

There is much to see and enjoy at the exhibition "Faces in the Crowd. Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today" at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

12 Dec 2004 · Blog | Design

Marc Newson at the Design Museum

Mark Newson is one of today's most celebrated designers. He is famous for his fluid, blob like designs, such as the Lockheed Lounge chair, the Orgone chair and the Embryo chair, all of which have a seemingly timeless futuristic quality to them.

12 Dec 2004 · Blog | Art

Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials

As I entered the Turbine Hall I could hear a voice shouting somewhere from above "Think think think think think think think think think". It seized me by the throat. For a moment I was frozen in my steps. There was no escaping. It felt as if I was thrown against a wall. Shivers ran down my spine.

28 Nov 2004 · Blog | Art

Edward Hopper at the Museum Ludwig

Some of Hopper's paintings have become icons of 20th century art. This is perhaps one of the greatest honours that can be conferred upon an artist, but the omnipresence of his work in the form of posters and coffee mugs also makes it difficult to approach the original paintings with an open mind.

20 Nov 2004 · Blog | Film