"Draw Smogasbord"

Prints by Sonja van Kerkhoff

13 - 28 september 2014, (the entrance of the cafe of "de tuin van de smid"), Polderpad, Cronesteyn Park, Leiden
open: dagelijks (open daily) 10 - 17 uur

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“Letters of the Living” (Letters van de Levende) are a circle of drawings originally for an installation of 19 flags made for the 1996 Oerol international arts festival. That year´s theme was magnetism, and I chose a period of nineteenth-century Iranian Bahá'í history as my starting-point. The first 19 followers of this religion took great personal risks, in leaving an established religion to become part of a newly emerging one. As I worked on these drawings, I realised that uncertainty, restraint and alienation were as much a part of any quest as desire, passion and conviction. So these drawings and flags became the result of my own quest to express the magic, attraction, uncertainty and challenge of the spirit. The circle is not only a reference to sufi mysticism but also a symbollic sky (heavenly or spiritual realm) for the constellation of 'letters' (apostles) of a new alphabet (religion).

prints by Sonja van Kerkhoff

Letters van de Levende | Letters of the Living , € 500,-

1996, litho op papier | Lithograph on acid free paper. Zonder lijst | Unframed. 4 available not framed.

Apocalypse with four worlds, € 250,-

2002, computer print, Editie van 5 | Edition of 5. ingelijst | framed.

Walking home alone, € 150,-

1988, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print. zonder lijst | not framed..
Edition of 26. 3 available not framed on various types of paper. € 300 - 150 depending on the paper.

How the mortals learn to pray, € 200,-

1987, Editie van 28 | Edition of 28. Silkscreen. Zeefdruk op zuur vrij papier,
Niet ingelijst op verschillende papier soorten (3 beschikbaar)
Unframed on different types of paper (3 available): € 200 - 300,- depending on the type of paper.

One of the words for an artist in New Zealand Māori is "mahi a ringa" which means work by hand and two works here are from a series of paintings and prints where a female Māori-like ancestral figure's tongue turns into a hand that gestures. “She cast spells” is a print made from a photograph of a drawing made with my hair in the snow, and Fran is a friend who wears a Baha'i ring.

prints by Sonja van Kerkhoff

He Mahi Wahine, € 270

1989, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print on acid free paper. Zonder lijst | Unframed.
Edition of 25. 3 available not framed on various types of paper + colours. € 330 - 200, depending on the paper.

Ko toku aroha | My love, € 300,-

1989, 20 x 36 cm. Edition of 14. Various colour combinations, some in black and white. 220 - 300 Euros each. 5 prints are available.

She cast spells, € 250

1992, edition of 17, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print on acid free paper. Zonder lijst | Unframed.

Fran, € 170,-

1985, editie van 30, zeefdruk op papier | silkscreen on paper,

Sonja born and raised in Aotearoa | New Zealand, has lived in the Netherlands since 1989 and moved to Leiden in 1999. These drawings were made in response to the poem, New Vessels. Here are the lines these four works here relate to:
The gully that I cleared last year
is troubled with new growth.
...
the vortex of the fallen leaves
whirling under water
....
dead fish glide past, the falling tide:
who can guess the first day
when the ocean starts to stink?
...
Wherever two or three are gathered
footfalls echo
down the passage we did not take,
towards the door we never opened.

The Vortex of fallen leaves, from the New Vessels Series, € 150,-

2008, Editie van 19 | Edition of 19. Computer print, zonder lijst | unframed.

10.

The first day, from the New Vessels Series, € 150,-

2008. Editie van 35. Computer print, zonder lijst | unframed.

11.

Troubled with new growth, from the New Vessels Series € 150,-

2008. Editie van 35. Computer print, zonder lijst | unframed.

12.

Haere ki te kuaha kaore tatou i huaki, € 300,-
Towards the door we never opened | Naar de nooit door ons geopende deur

1989, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print on acid free paper. Editie van 26.

The Hearts Series are a series of prints, paintings and drawings made in New Zealand, 1986-89. Hearts serves as symbols for the emotional self. The figures have transplanted their hearts to hide, lie, hold ...

13.

Holding a heart in your hands, € 150,-

1987, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print. Edition of 30. 3 available not framed on various types of paper. € 330 - 200,- depending on the paper.

14.

Lying on a heart, € 200,-

1987, zeefdruk op papier | Silkscreen print on acid free paper. Zonder lijst | Unframed. Edition of 27.

15.

Hiding a heart, € 200,-

1988, zeefdruk | Silkscreen print. Edition of 21.

16.

Wearing a radiant heart, € 150,-

1988, zeefdruk + acryl op papier | Silkscreen print + acrylic on acid free paper. Zonder lijst | Unframed. Editie van 21.

Postcards are 1 Euro each, during this exhibition only and while stocks last
Ansichtkaarten kosten 1 euro elk, alleen tijdens deze expositie zolang de voorraad strekt.

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"Draw Smogasbord"

Prints by Sonja van Kerkhoff

13 - 28 september 2014, (the entrance of the cafe of "de tuin van de smid"), Polderpad, Cronesteyn Park, Leidenopen: dagelijks (open daily) 10 - 17 uur

13 - 28 september 2014, (the entrance of the cafe of "de tuin van de smid"), Polderpad, Cronesteyn Park, Leiden
open: dagelijks (open daily) 10 - 17 uur