We are very excited to invite you to our exhibition Extravaganza. During the opening weekend marathon on 12, 13 and 14 March, you can drop by in pairs between 10.00 and 20.00. Please send us a message about what time you want to visit us. You will then have the opportunity to enjoy the exhibition for half an hour. We will provide the festive atmosphere you are used to during our openings.
In the exhibition Extravaganza special personalities, artists and rituals are shown. Photographs of activist, transsexual sex workers that Jan Hoek and Duran Lantink made with SistaazHood juxtaposed with explicit paintings by the flamboyant diva Eleonora Stol. Carmen Schabracq shows an installation with masks inspired by cultures from all over the world.
Coco is the flame of the Statue of Liberty
The Sistaaz
Jan Hoek and Duran Lantink exhibit the project Sistaaz of the Castle. It is a collaboration with trans sex worker organization SistaazHood. The Sistaaz are fierce activists, proud to be trans, proud to be sex workers, and even prouder of their stunning sense of style. And they want it to be acknowledged. Most of the girls are homeless, living under a bridge near Cape Town’s (South Africa) Castle of Good Hope.
Together they created a series of photographs and a fashion collection based on the girls’ appearance and their ability to turn whatever they find into the most exuberant outfits. So far this has resulted in a activistic fashion show presented during Amsterdam Fashion Week, a photo exhibition in Foam and a publication. For the exhibition in our gallery Jan took six photographs from the series and made special frames for them which he decorated with things characteristic of the Sista being portrayed. With the proceeds of the exhibition, they want to realise a long cherished dream: a fashion show in Cape Town.
Carmen Schabracq, Jaguar
Carmen Schabracq has been researching masks and the rituals for which they are used for ten years. For this research she travels all over the world. The exhibition includes an overview of her masks, including the latest: a mask inspired by her stay in the Vincent van Gogh residency in Zundert. Also on display are masks she made during and after her residency in Mexico City. Here Carmen dived into the Day of the Dead, on which the deceased return to earth to celebrate with their living loved ones. In her art she combines stories, myths and traditions like these with her own life and experiences. In this way she creates stories which she uses to create masks and performances.
Eleonora Stol, Sottosopra / Upside down
A living artwork
Galerie Fleur & Wouter was founded four years ago when we were asked to make an exhibition about the extravagant artist Eleonora Stol and her muse Anton Martineau. Eleonora lives among her very bright and explicit works of art. Her works are about sexual intrigues with Mediterranean men, her fascination with tango and flamenco, and a belief in divination and astrology. It was the fascination for Eleonora's special art and stories that made Fleur and Wouter decide to make exhibitions together. This exhibition is a tribute to Eleonora and the extravagant artists we meet through the gallery.
