Frank Ammerlaan guest at radio programme Springvossen

Frank Ammerlaan was a guest on Amsterdam FM's Springvossen radio programme, in which he was interviewed by Robert van Altena about his solo exhibition Guardians, which opened May 11th. Click here to listen to the full (Dutch) interview. 

 

Translated quote from the interview:

"Lead was not born as lead. Lead was born as uranium. So in the explosion of a star, a supernova, uranium is created and over a million years it decays into lead.

So you could say that lead in its presence, how it is used for example in a nuclear context or a medical context as an apron against radiation, is actually transformed into the protector against its former self. I think that's a very nice starting point to see if you can't do something with that material as an artist." - Frank Ammerlaan

 

Images:
1. Interview setting Springvossen at Upstream Gallery's Private Viewing Space
2. Overview exhibition Guardians at Upstream Gallery
3. Guardian 1, Frank Ammerlaan (2024) - Lead, styrofoam, epoxy on plywood (150 x 200 x 20 cm)

 

Guardians | Frank Ammerlaan
Kloveniersburgwal 95, Amsterdam
11 May - 15 June, 2024

 

Publication date: 16 May '24