René Emil Bergsma – Tropisch Koninkrijk
From November 29, 2013 till March 14, 2014 Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, The Netherlands presents the exhibition ‘Tropisch Koninkrijk’ (Tropical Kingdom). In 2013 the Dutch kingdom is celebrating its 200th anniversary and this exhibition will give an overview of the contemporary visual arts in the Dutch Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten.
A total of 19 artists from the Dutch Caribbean have been selected to participate.
Aruba: Ciro Abath, Stan Kuiperi, Elvis Lopez, Osaira Muyale and Ryan Oduber.
Bonaire: Nochi Coffie and Winfred Dania.
Curaçao: David Bade, Herman van Bergen, René Emil Bergsma, Ruben la Cruz, Yubi Kirindongo, Tirzo Martha, Felix de Rooy, Evelien Sipkes and Ellen Spijkstra.
Saba: Heleen Cornet, Glenda Heyliger.
St. Maarten: Ras Mosera.
Images below are photographs by René Bergsma (Curaçao, 1959).
Museum De Fundatie,
in the Palace at the Blijmarkt,
Zwolle.
December 2013 – March 2014.