{"id":68965,"date":"2024-05-11T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdammagazine.com\/?p=68965"},"modified":"2024-09-07T21:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:21:59","slug":"peggy-kuiper-with-solo-presentation-in-reflex-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/peggy-kuiper-met-solovoorstelling-in-reflex-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Kuiper with solo show at Reflex Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The star of Peggy Kuiper (b. 1986) is rising. In the past year the young artist has been in the magazines. With publications in Vogue Living, Harper's Bazaar and Het Parool, you can feel in your bones that the Netherlands has gained a great artist. Everyone wants something from Peggy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Conversation That Never Took Place<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the past year and a half, Peggy Kuiper has created more than 50 new works, including etchings and paintings. Recently, Kuiper debuted the solo exhibition \"The Conversation That Never Took Place.\" at Reflex Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68968\" title=\"peggy cooper2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2.jpeg\" alt=\"peggy cooper2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-376x425.jpeg 376w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-906x1024.jpeg 906w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-768x868.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-11x12.jpeg 11w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-354x400.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper2-442x500.jpeg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Cooper's art<\/strong><br \/>\nKuiper paints abstract portraits of memories. The brush strokes evoke sensations, wrapping and preserving each memory in a thick layer of paint on her signature portraits. The figures embody feelings and echoes of the past, acting as the logic of memory itself; it is compelling and experienced as unique, yet common and unifying to us all. Memory and emotional experience require vulnerability. In Kuiper's portraits, she refuses any implication of fragility; she insists on the fierce strength it brings. Ultimately, her portraits are studies of endurance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the palette is borrowed from the natural world, the figures are abstract, leaning toward an imaginary world. Constructed of several layers of paint, in clearly separated fields of color, they are rendered nude in soft, earthy tones. They often wear masks, offering themselves to the viewer while simultaneously remaining hidden. They are the result of a labor-intensive process of erasure and addition, and other paintings may be hidden beneath the final motif. As such, Kuiper's works are vessels of mystery, memory and muses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68980\" title=\"peggy cooper3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3.jpeg\" alt=\"peggy cooper3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-374x425.jpeg 374w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-902x1024.jpeg 902w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-768x872.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-11x12.jpeg 11w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-352x400.jpeg 352w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/peggy-kuiper3-440x500.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Peggy Kuiper?<\/strong><br \/>\nPeggy Kuiper (b. 1986, Haarlem, Netherlands) was originally trained as a graphic designer and educated by Anthon Beeke, a monumental figure in Dutch graphic design. Longing for artistic freedom, Kuiper changed career paths and paved her way to a successful career in photography. In 2019, she returned to painting, and with a distinct signature and undeniable talent, she has established herself as a unique voice, balancing on a thin edge between tenderness and herculean strength.<\/p>\n\n    <div class='LeesOokSection'>\n    <p class='introleesook'>READ ALSO<\/p>\n    <hr class='locline2'> \n    <a href='https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/winkels\/koffietafelboeken-nl-is-de-plek-voor-luxe-kunst-en-fotografieboeken\/'>\n    <div class='LeesOokBox'>\n     <div class='locatiebox'>\n     <div class='leftLeesOok'>\n          <img class='imgbox' src='https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/Mokumo-Koffietafelboeken-Shop.jpeg' alt='Akrt' \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class='RechtsLeesOok leesook'>\n     <p style='margin-top: -2px; color:red; letter-spacing: 0.5px; font-weight: 400 !important; font-size: 13px;' class='categorietitel-sug'><\/p>\n     <h3 style='text-align:left; font-size: 1.3em'  class='relatedh3'>Koffietafelbooks.co.uk is the place for luxury art and photography books<\/h3>\n     <span class='WijkTekst LeesOokTekst'>Koffietafelboeken.nl is an online bookstore specializing in coffee table books by the world's best-known artists, photographers, designers, fashion and interior designers, architects, chefs and publishers such as Taschen, Assouline, Rizzoli, TeNeues, Phaidon, Idea, Thames &amp; Hudson, Hannibal, Mack and...<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <hr class='locline3'> \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><strong>Art Book<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the exhibition, Reflex worked closely with the artist to produce a book with beautiful essays by Daniel Humm, the celebrated three-star chef of Eleven Madison Park in New York, internationally renowned artist Roger Ballen and Katya Tylevich, the author of \"Marina Abramovi\u0107: A Visual Biography.\" The book contains a large selection of works created over the past 4 years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The star of Peggy Kuiper (b. 1986) is rising. In the past year the young artist has been in the magazines. With publications in Vogue Living, Harper's Bazaar and Het Parool, you can feel in your bones that the Netherlands has gained a great artist. Everyone wants something from Peggy.  The Conversation That Never Took ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/peggy-kuiper-met-solovoorstelling-in-reflex-gallery\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10923],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-68965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-tentoonstellingen-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[68967],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"In 2019 begon zij met schilderen. 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Alvorens Kuiper de oversteek maakt, heeft de jonge kunstenaar zich aangesloten bij Reflex Amsterdam alwaar haar werken de witte muren sieren.<\/p>","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Reflex Amsterdam","adres":"Weteringschans 79A","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/reflexamsterdam.com\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68965"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69736,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68965\/revisions\/69736"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68965"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=68965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}