Werkatelier Richter organises a double exhibition on Saturday the 22nd of may by Gemma Gabarron and Floor Fraenkel. In the front part of the atelier the final result of a workshop linoleum cutting will be on display, while the main part of the atelier will be furnished with a selection of paintings by Floor Fraenkel. 

The workshop linoleum cutting by Gemma Gabarron took place at the  “kunst in de kop” atelier at the Westststraat. Gemma Gabarron, a native from Spain has been working as a European volunteer at Richter, and in this capacity has taken on the task of leading the workshop linoleum cutting. This general exhibition consists of various works of art plus a detailed explanation about linoleum cutting. Working with linoleum is an old technique remembered by many as an old school activity. This technique is still a lot of fun and for who would like to try or relive those back to school activities materials will be provided, so give it a try!!

The main part has been reserved for the Helderian artist Floor Fraenkel who has been painting for many years at the “kunst in de kop” atelier and as well as this has been taking lessons from a artist that lives in Den Helder; Jan Nijhof.

It will be a challenge to walk past these colourful canvasses without looking at them. Especially the forceful colour combinations are fascinating and full of movement. A trademark of Floor Fraenkel is the innocence and frankness of her way of painting, which results in a modern Cobra style, full of dynamics, rhythm and movement, generally with a lot of elements such as people,flowers and animals. 

We are happy to invite you to the opening of this fascinating exhibit. This will take place on Saturday the 22nd of May at 16.00 hours in the presence of both artists. The exhibition ends at 03 juli 2010.

“Werkatelier” Richter invites you to join us at the opening of the exhibition on Saturday the 20th of February at 16.00 hours of:”Ad & friends“

In this exhibition 4 (local) Helderian artists namely, Ad Biersteker, Ton Selderbeek, Gerda Pronk and Henk Hofstra will present their remarkably varied and diverse bodies of art. This consists of paintings as well as special images on one side purely inspired by materials trying to reach the soul or representing his thoughts between ratio and intuition, on the other side the start of point is pure realism.

This all happens with a fluent brush-stroke, remarkable use of colour, pure intuition and the capturing of movement within the materials. That this creates an exiting and enervating exhibition is something, which you will be able to discover yourselves on Saturday.

If you are unable to attend the opening, you can visit the exhibition at your own leisure until Saturday 27 March every Wednesday until Saturday from noon until 17.30 at Juttersplein 2a in Den Helder.

Exhibition by Vlad Dumitrescu –Petrica at the Richter werkatelier

The Richter Foundation invites you for the opening of an exhibition by Vlad Dumitrescu Petrica, an artist originally from Romania and first exhibition outside his home country. The opening will be on 14 November at 16:00 hours,

The exhibition is his first words spoken to the world of photography, a chance to share with others what he had discovered during his stay in the Netherlands, fragments and aspects that are nearby our eyes. The artist lived the last 6 weeks in Den Helder at Richter and to worked towards an exhibition what is called WATER-ing.

Touch by the local surrounding of Den Helder, touch by the amount of water, Vlad’s   exhibition is a reflection and a result after a deep visual analyze. The expression of a silent zoom in or a noisy zoom out, of water and a view sides into dark drops of liquid.

Despite the common subject, the artist hopes that the gathering of properties of water is distinguished. The artist selected images that can “speak” of the inside contrasts of Water appearances.

Surrounded by water, guided by several objects and installations, connected with lyrics, stepping on the water, all could represent a resonant medium of a “character” which the artist hope to expand.

You are welcome to join us and the artist at the opening of this fascinating exhibit on Saturday the 14^th of November at 16.00 hours, the exhibit will run until the 23rd of December.

The Richter Foundation invites you to come to the opening of an exhibit by Babs Straalman an artist originally from Den Helder.

Despite Babs having worked as an artist for a considerable time, she only started showing her colourful cheerful and vital work with graphic references to the public recently.

Colourful: she works with coloured inks which have a clear and translucent effect.

Cheerful and vital because she just happens to be like that as a person.
Graphic references : because of her accurate written lines by her hand that shows poetical paraphrasing and which leans a little bit towards the bizarre and is showing an unbridled fantasy which doesn’t exclude precision. Just that feel for the graphic value of the line is the basic foundation of her gift. Her drawings show a remarkable sensibility within this area. She is in the process of building a body of work that because she is an autodidact she has no one to thank for but herself.

The work shows a curiosity for the techniques and materials while simultaneously maintaining its wondrous suppleness and sensitivity. The word “freedom” keeps on imposing. A style which is like no other but which is of such a charm that it is impossible for people to ignore.

You are welcome to join us and the artist at the opening of this new and fascinating exhibit on Saturday the 3rd of October at 16.00 hours, the exhibit will run until the 8th of November.

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From the first of August you can see photos of 50 young photographers from Belarus. The issues are no different from that of other young European youth: environment, arms, solitude, romance, disease, degradation, warmth and much more, but the approach is very specific and clearly from a different cultural background than what seems normal. Both the substantive and technical positions are original to and this makes this exhibition worth a visit.

You are therefore cordially invited to come and take a look. The exhibition lasts until August 29. Richter gallery can be found at Juttersplein 2a (behind the Trabant) in Den helder on Wednesdays till Saturdays, always 12.00 tot17.30u and admission is free

From  June the 20th till the 25th of July “Werkatelier Richter” at Juttersplein 2a in Den Helder will show the work of artist Paul van Twist, whom before he became an artist was working as an inventor as the head of an innovative team at Philips in Eindhoven. Now according to traditional ways he creates unique machines under the well chosen company name of Moving Machines. The machines at the exhibition invite the viewer to actively amaze themselves about special occurrences in nature such as for example the bouncing off of beams of sunlight hitting the water. 

They look like Biedermeier furniture, old pinball machines or disused appliances. But the creations of art made by Van Twist are new and they are all in full working order. With some high Tech processes he utilises some very basic mechanical principles that are familiar to everyone such as turning, flowing or blowing. In principle nothing  is hidden and the viewer can see ho wan effect has come about. And yet they will be seduced again and again to succumb to the romantic illusions.

A visit to this exhibition is completely different from your average gallery experience. Active and playful the visitor will go from one carefully created marvel to the other. The Werkatelier is open for visitors every Wednesday till Saturday, always from 12.00 till 17.30 o’clock. On Saturdays the artist will be available only with an appointment made in advance.

The opening will take place on Saturday the  20^th of June at 16.00 o’clock with a spectacular opening act the “Theremin Performance” by Wilco Botermans.

Poetic art-trash in Richter

This exhibition is the result of the complementary work of Ellen Gieles and Helena Kersten, they are artist coming from Belgium.

The work of Ellen Gieles is inspired by our consumption-throwing society. She collects a lot of garbage or left behind by nature. She gives to the trash a new, often poetic, live.Helena Kersten makes drawings and stripping tales about her point of vieuw on the world, it’s often humoristic and strange. She knows how to take you to her own world; she transforms things and let you enjoy her own “moving” world.

We invite you gladly to attends this new captivating exhibition. This will be on the 25th of April at 16:00 in presence of the artists and the exhibition wil be open by an French noisy-trashy performer Steve Hurring-Laddi.

The werkatelier is open en Wednesday, Thusday, Friday and Saturday fron 12:00 till 17:30.

You can find the Werkatelier on the ‘t Juttersplein 2 Den Helder.

For more information about this exhibition you can call the 0223 619109 or send an e-mail to richterholland@hotmail.com

From March the 7^th of March it’s the turn of a trio of young Dutch artists to show their work at the werkatelier of Richter. Artists, Das, Hoolwerf and Aardema all graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts will show their latest experiments, ranging from stills till movement, in which the absurdness within reality is the pivital theme. Present day situations are viewed with an enlarged eye and are exhibited at the Richter Gallery.

Merel Das is a video artist who works under the pseudonym of: Blackbird Badger as vj at several clubs in amsterdam. (mereldas.web-log.nl)

Daphne Hoolwerf next to her job as a freelance teacher she draws and takes photographs with has a starting point between people and the environment with a wink.

Naomi Aardema is a teacher of visual arts at secondary school and as well as this she paints. Society and every aspect of society often inspire her.

Richter would like to create a platform for young artists to be able to exhibit their work, This developement connects with one of the aims of our werkatelier.

The opening of the exposition will be on Saturday 07 March at 17.00 pm in presence of the artists. The werkatelier is opened at Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12.00 pm till 17.30 pm. You can find the workshop at the ‘t Juttersplein 2 in Den Helder. The exhibition runs till 14 April 2009.

Naomi Aardema is a young and inspired artist from the city of Den Helder who studied in Groningen and Amsterdam and graduated in July from the Academy of Expressive Art.

Momentarily she is working as an artist amongst other things. As well as working on commission she creates her own work in which she has developed a unique language of imagery. She likes to be inspired by subjects from of society, Through which the viewer can see the subject from her sometimes, dramatic but also humoristic, down to earth or sensitive perspective. Her work has a graphic as well as a picturesque aura about it, utilising a diversity of materials, which she loves to combine.

We invite you to attend the opening of her exhibition and hope to welcome you on Saturday the 30th of January at 16:00 hours at Juttersplein 2 , Den Helder. De exhibition will run until March the 4th. The werkatelier is opened on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12 till 17.30 hours. Tel. 0223 619109 or mail richterholland@hotmail.com