26/7/2012
Summer Salon
Tent, Rotterdam
The group show is a stock-taking exhibition of the creative community in South Rotterdam. An expert jury chaired by Hans Walgenbach, director of Museum Rotterdam, selected the works to be exhibited from a call for entries.
In the Summer Salon, Het Gemaal shines the spotlights on undiscovered talent, established
artists and ambitious amateurs from South Rotterdam. After the example of the annual
Summer Expo in The Hague, an expert jury chaired by Hans Walgenbach, director of Museum
Rotterdam, selects the works to be exhibited. The best work of art wins a place in the
presentation space of the CBK Rotterdam.
The Summer Salon refers to the most important annual exhibition in Paris in the 19th century,
called the Salon, in which a jury decided which works would be shown. It was the exhibition in
which painters and sculptors could make a name for themselves. Summer Salon is a stock-taking
exhibition of the creative community in South Rotterdam. Are there still undiscovered talents,
and which subjects are topical in the art of South Rotterdam? The exhibition has a broad view of
the artistic spectrum in South Rotterdam and, therefore, shows work by artists from the
established and non-established art world.
Call for entries
Established and non-established artists from South Rotterdam have until 6 July to enter a
maximum of two works for the Summer Salon. On the selection day, Sunday 22 July, the jury will
decide which artists participate in the exhibition. The works shown in Het Gemaal will also have
the chance to win a prize. The director of the CBK Rotterdam will invite the most talented artist in
South Rotterdam to exhibit their work in the CBK on the Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam.
More information on entering is available at www.gemaalopzuid.nl. Entries can be submitted
via info@gemaalopzuid.nl (mentioning: entry Summer Salon). Please note: entry is no longer
possible after 6 July.
The exhibition is organized by CBK Rotterdam and TENT, in collaboration with SBAW Cultuurscouts.
Josephine van Kranendonk
Communicatie & Marketing
TENT
Witte de Withstraat 50
3012 BR Rotterdam
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TENT and Witte de Wuth
Witte de With Straat 50, 3012 BR Rotterdam
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 11.00 - 18.00hrs
Admission prices:
€ 4,- TENT,
€ 2,- (<18, student, CJP, 65+, groups of 10 people or more),
€ 7,- combi-ticket Witte de With & TENT,
Free: <12, Rotterdampas, Museumkaart