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A Personal Gesture 2020 - present
2023 © rinihurkmans
November 28, 2020 - April 1, 2021 the arm is with Anne Vegter.
Upon acceptance she pronounces the following text:
My connection to this moment is the early involvement of the Akademie van Kunsten in your residency in Rome, at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). We chose your Pietà project as surprising, vital and connective research. more
April 1 - September 14, 2021 the arm is with Liesbeth Bik.
Arm and hand
Never before in my life have I become so aware of this part of my body as I am now. The arm, eventually ending in the hand. Shortly after I received A Personal Gesture from Anne, I broke my wrist. more
November 28, 2020: During the Amsterdam Art Weekend Anne Vegter, poet, writer, and president of the Akademie van Kunsten, takes home the artwork A Personal Gesture.
September 14, 2021 - March 8, 2022 the arm is with Ineke Sluiter.
The arm
In 1972, a confused Australian with a sledgehammer attacks Michelangelo's Pietà (1499), the iconic sculpture of the mother holding her son's dead body in her lap. With fierce blows, he chops off Mary's left arm, which is reaching out more
November 8, 2022: Kitty Zijlmans hands over the arm to Nancy Jouwe.
March 8, 2022 - November 8, 2022 the arm is with Kitty Zijlmans.
Stopover
The next stop for A Personal Gesture was on the 17th of March 2022, during the course 'Art in a Global Perspective', which Kitty Zijlmans (Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Art History/World Art Studies at more
July 7, 2023: Nancy Jouwe hands over the arm to Carly Everaert.
November 8, 2022 - July 7, 2023 the arm is with Nancy Jouwe.
Stopover
The next stop for A Personal Gesture was on November 8, 2022, where the hand was offered to me while I formally started my three-year Fellowship at the Loods of the HKU, which houses the MA Fine Arts. I had taught more
