Prepshop / Webshop
Arthur Stokvis & Wouter Klein Velderman, NIEUW DAKOTA, AMSTERDAM (NL) 25.02.22 - 10.04.22
It’s a reduction of human evolution to a video game that someone wins by finding the escape hatch and then letting a few of his BFFs come along for the ride. Will it be Musk, Bezos, Thiel or Zuckerberg? (Survival of the Richest, Douglas Rushkoff, 2018)
In Silicon Valley it is no longer science fiction: The end of the world as we know it.
Often it seems a matter of simply denying or fighting to turn the tide.
Arthur Stokvis and Wouter Klein Velderman investigate a third option in their struggle with the earth: a bitter one perhaps, but one that can bring new insights and possibilities: The tipping point is behind us.
The end of the world as we know it will come irrevocably. There is no way back. Invite your friends, start the Sat-Nav, let’s go for the ride! Against a background of fluorescent smoke, we show solutions for possible scenarios. Everything is reminiscent of a world we know, but nothing is as it seems.
Detail Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Prepshop / Webshop , Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Overzicht Prepshop / Webshop 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
ARTHUR STOKVIS
Arthur Stokvis (1981, Groningen) studied at Minerva Academy and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium. His work consists of paintings and murals. In 2019 he co-initiated the exhibition space Art Bar Kippy. Currently, he is mentoring newly graduated artists as part of the Apprentice/Master programme of Kunstpodium T. In 2022, his work will be on display at Willem Twee, Den Bosch and Marres, Maastricht, among others.
Detail, Arthur Stokvis, 2022, Prepshop / Webshop, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
In his paintings, icons from the prep culture come to the forefront. A threatening neon camouflage made with soot flares forms a background of doom and gloom on which rattlesnakes and other MAGA ghostly figures appear. They are stuck or hung, drawn and conjured, trapped in the layers of the painting. Harmless at first sight, these signs seem to stand for potential catastrophes in the future: poison clouds of a post-apocalyptic fever dream.
Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Prepshop / Webshop 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
SITUATION FOR A POSSIBLE SOLUTION (Cross of two canoes)
Situation For a Possible Solution (Cross of two canoes), Wouter Klein Velderman, L370 x B60 x H360cm, PVC fabric, cord, tylene tubes, screws and staples
Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Prepshop / Webshop, 2022, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
HAKBIJL
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
ONE PERCENT
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
Hakbijl (Floorpiece) 2020, Wouter Klein Velderman, 230 x 990 cm, PVC fabric
SOLUTION FOR A POSSIBLE SITUATION (A reproduction of the future model ‘Cybertruck’ by Tesla)
Solution For a Possible Situation, Wouter Klein Velderman, L586 x B220 x H186 cm, Tylene tubes, screws and staples, transparant window foil, straw
Solution For a Possible Situation, Wouter Klein Velderman, L586 x B220 x H186 cm, Tylene tubes, screws and staples, transparant window foil, straw
Solution For a Possible Situation, Wouter Klein Velderman, L586 x B220 x H186 cm, Tylene tubes, screws and staples, transparant window foil, straw
Solution For a Possible Situation, Wouter Klein Velderman, L586 x B220 x H186 cm, Tylene tubes, screws and staples, transparant window foil, straw
Solution For a Possible Situation, Wouter Klein Velderman, L586 x B220 x H186 cm, Tylene tubes, screws and staples, transparant window foil, straw
LOTJE VAN LIESHOUT & BONNO VAN DOORN
Performance by Bonno van Doorn
Performance by Lotje van Lieshout
Performance by Lotje van Lieshout en Bonno van Doorn
Performance by Bonno van Doorn
visit elementary school
Visit and workshop elementary school
OPENING
Prepshop at Villa de Bank and Prepshop / Webshop at Nieuw Dakota were made possible with the generous support of AFK and Stichting Stokroos.
