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Alik Assatrian
Alik’s art will be on display from April 5 to June 4, 2023
The most important theme in the work of Alik Assatrian (1960) centers around man and his emotional life. Dreams and poetry, love and fear take shape in a personal symbolism. Alik Assatrian studied art in his native Armenia. In 1993 he came to the Netherlands and through some wanderings he ended up in 2002 at the studio Ánders Bekeken’ in The Hague, a place where people with a background in psychiatry develop themselves in art. He still works there as a supervisor.
His free artistry is central to his life. It is not uncommon for him to work on a painting for months before he is convinced that it has the right look. This certainly applies to the works of art that can be admired from 5 April at LOFT, a project that has occupied him since 2004. We are very honored that these works are shown at LOFT.
his homage to “the girl with a pearl earring” by Vermeer consists of a series of 42 works that can now be admired with us for the first time in the Vermeer year!!! In the course of his development, Alik regarded the great painters of art history as his guides.
They return in his ‘Girls with a Pearl Earring’. Each time the girl reappears in different styles and with different expressiveness. And yet this series also tells something about Aliks himself and his hidden love for her. Everyone is cordially invited to the opening of this special exhibition on April 16 at 4 pm. This exhibition, which also includes other works by his hand, is freely accessible in Cafe Loft on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from Thursday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
L.O.F.T. ART
Our art commission (Gaila Pander and Elizabeth Muilwijk) aims to support young artists as well as talented amateurs, for whom it’s often challenging to find affordable spaces to show their work. That’s why we invite artists from Den Haag and its surroundings to come exhibit their art at the high and light space of L.O.F.T.!
For general information the details of our conditions, please contact Gaila or Elizabeth: gaila.pander@hotmail.com,
elizabethmuilwijk@gmail.com
or call 06 27 17 25 83 (Gaila).
About Gaila
Sculptor Gaila Pander grew up in a family of artists, turning creative expression into her second nature. In 1996 she started her own atelier in Pijnacker. She founded a second workshop in 2005 in the Provence, an amazing place for stone, where she stays for several months per year. When Erik and Defne started working on L.O.F.T. right across Gaila’s house, contact between them was made fast. The old shed on the north side of L.O.F.T. appeared to be a perfect place to work with stone. Soon it became Gaila’s new workplace! The first sculpture that was created here was Pomona (the Roman goddess of fruits), in honour of the opening of L.O.F.T. This statue has found a home next to the southern entrance, where you enter via the terrace of Café Loft. Gaila’s creates sculptures that are both figurative as abstract and organically shaped; she also makes tokens. When the weather allows it, you can find Gaila at work next to the pond, where she also organises sculpturing workshops from time to time.
Our first exhibitor is Remigius!
Under his baptismal name Remigius, Remco Hazenbroek mostly paints portraits, like this self-portrait from 2018. He likes to work in series, of which this ‘Zeven Hoofdzonden’ (Seven Deadly Sins) is an example. Explanation about these self-portraits about norms and values, you can find on: https://www.remigius.eu/uitklapplaat-in-atelier-magazine/
For L.O.F.T. he painted a new pentaptych, Het Gewicht van een Instituut (The Weight of an Institute), of which the composition is loosely inspired by The Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci. This work portrays Pope Franciscus, Beyoncé, de holy Virgin Mary and Stephen Hawking. The pentaptych is on display from September 10th at L.O.F.T.
L.O.F.T. , THE LAND OF FREE THOUGHT IS ALSO THE PLACE OF FREEDOM IN EXPRESSION. WE CAN NOT THINK OF ANYTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN TO DECORATE OUR WALLS AND SPACE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS! WITH 16 METRE HIGH CEILINGS/WALLS, CA. 650M2 GROUND AND AROUND 150 EXPECTED VISITORS A DAY WE ARE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER PASSIONATE ARTISTS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR VISION.
OUR ART COMMITTEE REGULARLY ORGANISES EXHIBITIONS IN THE SPACE THAT WE SHARE WITH CAFE LOFT. OF COURSE NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR, BUT WE’RE OFF TO A GOOD START AGAIN!
