Frank van Eijk in The Curaçao Museum.
The Curaçao Museum announces the following book presentation and exhibition opening.
Tipografia di Kòrsou. Portraits of shops and people of Curaçao.
By Frank van Eijk.
Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Time: 19:00 to 21:00.
Location: The Curaçao Museum.
Mundo Nobo.
Register by mail to attend: info@hetcuracaosch.museum
“My creative work is a way to study human behavior, body language, gestures, and expressions. The interaction between positive and negative space, light and shadow.” -Frank van Eijk-
Introduction of Frank van Eijk by The Curaçao Museum
Frank van Eijk was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He studied at ArtEZ, University of the Arts in Arnhem. He also has a master’s degree in Behavioral Psychology and has been living and working in Curaçao since 2020. Understanding human behavior has always been central to Frank’s studies and work. His creative work focuses on painting, linocuts, and audiovisual work. Frank is a professional in branding, advertising, and communication. With the project Tipografia di Kòrsou, his interest in the power of communication and his creative work come together.
Tipografia di Kòrsou is, in Frank’s words, a colorful journey of discovery through photographs. “The first time I visited Curaçao, I fell in love with the many roadside shops’ colorful advertising and visual language. A completely different world than the world of advertising I am familiar with. While a large company’s marketing is often characterized by uniformity and safe choices, the commercial messages from the shops in Curaçao are spontaneous, done by hand, and therefore, always playful and unique. With the photographs in my book Tipografia di Kòrsou, I took the time to study and portray the local barber shop and good old tire service, which many people may take for granted, in the hope of creating recognition and cultivate an appreciation for the shops and the people that give color to the island.”
The Curaçao Museum remarks that the exhibition Tipografia di Kòrsou symbolizes what Frank truly finds attractive about Curaçao: “Not always completely perfect.”
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