Roddney Tjon Poen Gie participation in
Forest Art Guyane, French Guiana
After hopefully a
wonderful years end and a promising start of the new year to all, at Readytex
Art Gallery we have transitioned into 2018 with many good intentions and great
plans in mind. We kick them off with our first Thursday-Night-Feature (TNF) on
Thursday January 4th. On this evening visual artist Roddney Tjon
Poen Gie will give a presentation about his participation in ‘Forest‘ Art
Guyane 2017’ in Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana, in November 2017. During this project
in a national forest, various artists transformed 7 fallen or dead trees into
artistic public art installations, inspired by the theme ‘Libi makandra’
(Living together). As the only non-Frenchspeaking artist, Tjon Poen Gie worked
on a horizontally positioned Wakapou (Brown heart) trunk of more than 6 meters
long and between 40-50 centimeters in diameter, during the entire week. In it
he sculpted two figures with their backs against each other, thereby
symbolizing that the two neighboring countries Suriname and French Guiana
‘should have each others back’. If you would like to
learn more about the ‘Forest’ Art Guyane 2017’ project, and about the creative
process leading up to Roddney Tjon Poen Gie’s sculpture there, then come join
us at his presentation on the TNF at Readytex Art Gallery on Thursday January
4th.
The doors of the
gallery are open from 7:00 – 9:00 pm and the presentation starts at 7:30 pm. Everyone
is welcome!
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