Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague Art Circle;
HKK) is not the place where
you’d expect an exceptionally surprising or
exciting exhibition. But Kees Wattjes’ installation
Kees speelt door (Kees plays on)
can hardly not be called exciting.
The installation comprises photo’s, collages and
paintings, more or less shouting out
that art and artist are one,
which is Wattjes’ motto. Pictures of
boarded-up homes, primitive painting, Wattjes himself
in or in front of famous
works of art are presented in
a way to submerge you in
a world of artistic reality in
a culturally appropriate environment which makes
this a very Hague-ish experience where
the artistic is always trying to
challenge the bourgeois longing for cultural
pleasure. But it’s more than a
pleasure, in spite of all that.
(Click on the pictures to enlarge)
Bertus Pieters
