We are happy to participate in this year’s KunstRAI that will take place from 13 to 18 April. At the fair we will be presenting work by Koos Buster and Johan Kleinjan. You will find us in stand number 25. To book your free ticket use the code FLEURENWOUTERKUNSTRAI2022. You can book you tickets via this website. For more information about the fair, visit the website of de KunstRAI.
About the artists
Koos Buster (1991) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2018 with the presentation of his already legendary Grote Koos Buster Museum. In his work he is always looking for the perfect doltish perfection or something trivial that deserves to be celebrated. When he has an idea, he starts to sketch it. He sees these sketches as a first phase of a new idea, but also as a work in itself. The 'clumsiness' of a quick sketch often has the lines he wants to see in the final work.
At this years KunstRai we will show the everyday objects Koos captures life-size in clay. His choice of subject is special. For example, we will be showing cleaning bottles, a fire extinguisher and a security camera. In the objects his naughty sense of humour, special craftsmanship and distinctive own style can be seen.
Johan Kleinjan (1974) works in a characteristic unpolished style with a special use of colour. His works of art originate from his fascinations, which can consist of strange or everyday things. To name a few: Formula 1, the participants of Tempation Island and victims of the Stalin terror.
At this years KunstRai we will present Johan’s ’krisisplanten’: plants left behind on the street that are given a new life and are being cared for in Johan's studio, or leftover bunches of flowers he receives from a local flower shop. He draws them with chalk pastels to give them eternal life on paper. He gave this series the title Bedankt voor die bloemen, as a tribute to the Pope. The other series on view consist of large buildings, another fascination that started during a residency in Japan, China and Russia. On the balconies, Johan discovered the diversity among the residents of the uniform residential towers. Where one turns his balcony into a jungle, the other uses it as a birdcage or storage for air conditioners.
