On behalf of Mr. Darwin

I present a few details of some new paintings that I'm working on. 
The paintings feature a Mammoth, a ghostly snowman, and Mr. Darwin (who is quite upset).
More information and pictures will be posted soon.

  

The Dragon Emperor and a Fuping bird

Some recent ceramic sculptures.
I finished the Dragon Emperor sculpture already a few months ago.
The Fuping bird is a new work in progress.
I already made four Fuping birds the last few years, but this one has a different
pattern than the previous four, sample overhere.
The other Fuping birds are sitting on a stone, while this one is sitting on a nest.

Kamasutra rabbits

Difficult to translate in English, 'Het dufste uit Duf': 'The most fusty of Fusty'? Duf (Fusty) is a Dutch pricewinning bookazine for teenage kids. Colourfull, funny and full of interesting subjects. I had the opportunity to participate in this bookazine with illustrations. I made the first 3 illustration spreads in 2006, for the articles 'Handjes booven de deekens' (Hands above the blanket), a glance on masturbation in the 19th century, and for an article about the Kamasutra (rabbits).
Now the Kamasutra rabbits are republished in the overview edition  'Het dufste uit Duf'.
The Dutch Museum of the Image, MOTI has now an interactive exhibition on modern visual culture in collaboration with Duf.

http://www.dufenzo.nl/
http://www.motimuseum.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/nu/waanzien/2184

Meanwhile in Singapore

(WOW) My Dutch settlement drawings are now shown at the AAF, Affordable Artfair, Singapore. with gallery La Lanta, Fine Art from Bangkok.

http://affordableartfair.com/singapore/visit/

See also my previous post on drawing:
http://cirquedepepin.blogspot.nl/2013/09/drawing-time.html

And some background on the two larger drawings shown at the left:
http://cirquedepepin.blogspot.nl/2013/05/dutch-settlement.html

Meanwhile in Oldeberkoop, Friesland, The Netherlands

Disassembling my Afterwar Delight sculpture for transport back to my studio (with my dad). We spent most time on the road (four hours), disassembling took only about one hour.

See also the post on assembling the sculpture:
http://cirquedepepin.blogspot.nl/2013/07/the-circus-has-set-up-tents-again.html 

1000 bombs and grenades

Gallery Nasty Alice goes full on attack in the upcoming exhibition ARTWAR.
They put on some heavy artillery: Kalashnikovs, paint bombs and artgrenades.
I will join this army with my vase 'Der Bärtige Kaiser'.
Let the battle begin!

Opening november 9, 2013, 4-8 pm

November 9 - december 20, 2013

Participating Artwarriors: Stef Fridael, Jakob de Jonge, Erik Klaassen, Jeroen Kool,
Marcel du Long, Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk, Art van Triest
en Andi Watt.
 
http://www.galerienastyalice.nl/expositie/verwacht/art-war
 

A Blue Revolution in Jingdezhen

This month (October) I spent working in Jingdezhen, China.
I made the design for the exhibition Jingdezhen - Delft: The bleu revolution in the Imperial Porcelain Museum in Jingdezhen, and I also designed the booth for UNIC (The UNIC project is a network of 10 European partners that share a common industrial and cultural heritage built around a strong ceramics tradition)  at the Jingdezhen International Ceramic fair, this year hosted by Delft and Limoges.
It was an amazing time, and especially great to work with Chinese Carpenters, Printers, Museum curators translators, archaeologists and more.
Many thanks to Adriaan Rees, projectleader, Ronald Brouwer curator and Steven Jongma, head of the archaeology department of Delft.

Down here are some links to websites about the Blue revolution in Jingdezhen.

http://www.chinatimes.nl/en/lifestyle/culture/1374-delfts-blauw-terug-naar-waar-het-vandaan-komt-china
http://www.erfgoed-delft.nl/contact/pers/persberichten/archive/view/listid-25-perslijst/mailid-365-persbericht-the-blue-revolution-china
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2013/10-21/5405868.shtml
http://china.nlembassy.org/news/2013/10/jingdezhen-delft-the-blue-revolution.html#
http://www.chinaciqi.com/article/news/CeramicNews/
http://www.jdzol.com/2013/1020/72067.html
http://www.jdz.gov.cn/jrcd/201310/t20131021_283073.htm
http://www.yichunba.com/article-57308-1.html

Flyer for the Blue Revolution in the Jingdezhen Imperial Porcelain Museum

Underwater room in the Jingdezhen Imperial Porcelain Museum

Large, 3,5 meter width, ricepaper drawing that I made for the Boat room

Meeting the firefighters at the UNIC booth, Jingdezhen Ceramic Fair

Opening ceremony at the Imperial Porcelain Museum