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EXHIBITION

SURINAMESE SCHOOL

Painting from Paramaribo to Amsterdam

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About the exhibition

Presenting over 100 artworks by 35 artists, Surinamese School set out to explore the key themes and narratives of Surinamese painting from 1910 to the mid-1980s.

Artists in the exhibition: Armand Baag; Wim Bos Verschuur; Robert Bosari; Jules Chin A Foeng; Frank Creton; Augusta and Anna Curiel; Felix de Rooy; Robbert Doelwijt; Wilgo Elshot; Ron Flu; Rudi Getrouw; Leo Glans; Eddy Goedhart; Nola Hatterman; Soeki Irodikromo; Rihana Jamaludin; Jean Georges Pandellis; Rinaldo Klas; Noni Lichtveld; Hans Lie; Guillaume Lo-A-Njoe; Nic Loning; Rudy Maynard; Jacques Anton Philipszoon; George Ramjiawansingh; Stuart Robles de Medina; George Gerhardus Theodorus Rustwijk; Cliff San A Jong; Gerrit Schouten; Govert Jan Telting; Quintus Jan Telting; René Tosari; Erwin de Vries; Paul Woei; Leo Wong Loi Sing.

The exhibition is curated by guest curators Jessica de Abreu, Mitchell Esajas, Bart Krieger, and Ellen de Vries in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam staff members Inez Blanca van der Scheer, Claire van Els, and Carlien Lammers.

The exhibition design is developed by Serana Angelista.

Essays

let’s plunge

Wake up and smell the coffee: El Dorado is right here in the Netherlands!

by Bart Krieger
June 29, 2022/by Nikolai

The Power of the Everyday: Reflections on The Surinamese School exhibition

Essay by Chandra Frank
July 8, 2021/by Nikolai

Languages of Resistance and Protest in Dutch-Surinamese Painting

Essay by Oneika Russel
July 1, 2021/by Nikolai

Surinamese School: Reflections on History, Art, Decolonization and Cultural Identity

Essay by Azu Nwagbogu 
June 24, 2021/by Nikolai
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Jules Chin A Foeng’s Chinese Flip-Flops
Fig 2. Installation view with Irodikromo’s, Bruid en Bruidegom (1974) and Lebusuro (1971)
Fig. 3 Installation view with Quintus Jan Telting’s De Damspelers (1973)
Fig. 4 Installation view of the portrait gallery of Surinamese School, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 2020.
Fig. 5 Installation view of the portrait gallery of Surinamese School with Jules Chin A Foeng’s portraits of grandparents (1973)
Fig. 6 Installation view of the portrait gallery with Armand Baag, family and self-portrait (1989)
Fig. 7 Installation view with a selection of photographs by Anna and Augusta Curiel
Fig. 8 Installation view of the introductory room, showing Gerrit Schouten’s diorama of butterflies, 1839

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