Ronald Ophuis and Dimitri Goossens talk at Arti et Amicitiae
Ronald Ophuis and Dimitri Goossens talk at Arti et Amicitiae
Ronald Ophuis and Dimitri Goossens are part of Arti et Amicitiae's last symposium before the summer break: “Arti Shuffle: Emptiness and Infinite Space” on 31 May. The event starts at 20.30 hrs.
Both guests will address the shadow sides of man from the perspective of art and philosophy, respectively. They are interested in how, through 'disruption', we can examine and question our still unscrupulous world and all its horrors. Ophuis has been portraying 'evil' for about 25 years. In his work, we find executions, beatings, rape and suicide scenes, violence and other border violations, among others. Such depictions of (among other things) 'death' also interest Goossens eminently. He examines the often repressed sense of death in Western culture, both in popular culture (partly in his recently published 'In the eyes of Medusa. Philosophy and the dark mirror of horror') and in art.
More information (NL) here.
Arti Shuffle: Emptiness and Infinite Space | Arti et Amicitiae
31 May, 2024 | 20.30 hrs
Admission = free
Language = Dutch
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Image | Close-up: Prison, Egypt 2015, Ronald Ophuis (2016-2018)
Oil on linen, 200 x 340 cm
Photography: Gert Jan van Rooij.
Arti Amicitiae
Rokin 112, Amsterdam