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VISUAL
ARTIST
WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT VISUAL ARTS AND ARTISTS IN SURINAME, THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF NAMES THAT COMES TO MIND AUTOMATICALLY: RON FLU,
GLENN FUNG LOY, SOEKI IRODIKROMO, RINALDO KLAS AND PAUL WOEI,
BUT OF COURSE THE MOST FAMOUS NAME OF ALL IS OF THE CARIFESTA
AWARD WINNER: ERWIN DE VRIES.
BESIDE THIS GROUP, A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS IS STEPPING
FORWARD. THIS GROUP HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BROADEN THEIR VIEW,
OUTSIDE OF SURINAME. SOME OF THEM SUCH AS PATRICK TJON JAW CHONG
STUDIED ARTS IN JAMAICA. OTHER YOUNG SURINAME ARTISTS ARE
ROBBERT ENFIELD, MARCEL PINAS, GEORGE STRUIKELBLOK AND HUMPHREY
TAWJOERAM.
PARAMARIBO, THE CAPITAL OF SURINAME, HAS SEVERAL ART GALLERIES.
HERE YOU’LL FIND BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND OTHER FINE
ART OBJECTS.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUNG ARTISTS AT WORK, YOU CAN EITHER VISIT
THE ACADEMY FOR HIGHER ART AND CULTURE - ‘DE ACADEMIE VOOR HOGER
KUNST – EN CULTUUR ONDERWIJS’, AND THE NOLA HATTERMAN INSTITUTE.
THE ACADEMY FOR HIGHER ART AND CULTURE IS SITUATED AT WATERKANT
14, PARAMARIBO. TEL. (597) 479517. THE NOLA HATTERMAN INSTITUTE
IS SITUATED AT ZEELANDIAWEG 6 – FORT ZEELANDIA, PARAMARIBO. TEL.
(597) 470828.
MOST OF THE SURINAME ARTISTS ARE UNITED IN THE FEDERATION FOR
VISUAL ARTISTS IN SURINAME (FVAS). WEBSITE ADRESS FEDERATION:
www.suriname-fvas.org
E – MAIL: info@suriname-fvas.org
THE OTHER WEBSITE WHERE VISUAL ART IS FEATURED IS:
www.readytexartgallery.com
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