The title – GIVE US SOME OF IT – seems to call for solidarity, but its patience has run out: yes, sharing is healing, differences are allowed, but things don't need to get any more absurd!
The artist wolf engelen has challenged Yosra Abbady, Liraz Attias, and jip van der hek to bring their work into dialogue because he believes that, although visually divergent, their practices share some inspiring substantive similarities.
The artists accepted the invitation, and the four of them decided to visit each other's studios regularly in the period leading up to the exhibition.
These studio conversations were simultaneously amoral and loving, opening up an uninhibited creative space. The ideas jointly constituted here have generously given energy and direction to new works. Good to know: all three artists feature in Yosra Abbady's paintings.
Not necessarily important to know, but a fact nonetheless: the significant unrest on the current world stage regularly stirred things up.
Yosra Abbady is a Rotterdam-based artist and recent graduate of the Willem de Kooning Academy. Her work revolves around ways of collective storytelling and the uncovering of cultural archetypes to question our shared reality.
Liraz Attias graduated in 2024 from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.. In her personal practice, she explores the malleability of urban outdoor space driven by a desire for more chaos, less order, and more spontaneity.
jip van der hek is a multidisciplinary artist and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in DAI Art Praxis at Artez. They are, among other things, creative director at Kunstlab+Buren, a free drop-in (children’s) studio in Rotterdam South (Slinge).