The 'Trailblazers' exhibition at the Royal Palace Amsterdam highlights the bold imagination of artists from the Royal Award's history. This special presentation features seventeen acclaimed artists who have developed innovative styles in contemporary painting. Discover their unique approaches to form, material, and subject matter that redefine artistic conventions.
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This exhibition celebrates the bold imagination of past participants in the Royal Award, showcasing seventeen artists who interrogate, stretch, disrupt, and reconstruct the boundaries of painting. Trailblazers exemplifies how the Award encourages artists to find their own innovative style.
Trailblazers is a special exhibition held in the galleries and rooms of the Royal Palace Amsterdam, marking its 150th anniversary. The exhibition features the work of seventeen former participants in the Royal Award (1980–2020). These artists are celebrated as trailblazers for their innovative approaches to form, material, imagination, and subject matter within the medium of painting. Guest curators Mirjam Westen and Richard Kofi selected these artists to highlight their role in interrogating, stretching, disrupting, and reconstructing the conventions of painting, demonstrating how the Royal Award has fostered artistic individuality and encouraged artists to develop their unique styles.
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