Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam and Gallery Mokum are joining forces for the unique exhibition Gallery Mokum at The Grand. As of the 1st of June, the lobby of the five-star hotel will be used as a canvas for figurative painting from the Netherlands.
Gallery Mokum was the first gallery in Amsterdam to exhibit realism in Dutch paintings, and therefore plays a significant role in the development of Dutch post-war realism. Today, the gallery features a variety of Dutch and foreign realists.
The exhibition at The Grand also invites the viewers to admire the warm interior of The Grand, which will be complemented with several artworks from different artists.
The Gallery Mokum at The Grand exposition can be admired from the 1st of June 2023 at Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam. No reservation needed.
The still lifes of the Spanish artist Pedro Escalona make the viewer fall silent. The reflected light and the clear compositions exude a certain serenity in his artworks. He mainly works with earthy shades alternated with saturated red, green and blue colors to create a harmony.
The painter Justin Wood is interested in traditional techniques and genres. He paints still lifes and portraits for immediate observation in his studio. Due to his knowledge of the history of classical painting, his focus is on the fine arts.
Artist Douwe Elias works directly on the canvas on panel, without making a drawing or sketch beforehand. His paintings tell a story where space and light form the main factors. He elaborates the scene with a lot of oil paint to give his artwork extra depth and warmth. In his impressionist paintings he sometimes works out details to emphasize these.
Peter Hartwig is known for painting the perfect balance between abstraction and figuration to create tension in his artworks. He gets inspired by daily scenes around him and his works include interior pieces, people and landscapes. To maintain the right contrast in tones he prefers using a calm pallet of colors.
Kenny Harris has built his career in art by describing his environment both at home and abroad. Due to his travels he has created artworks representing Central America, South America, Italy, France, Cuba, Turkey and China. His style is a combination of modernism and classicism, while focusing on quiet subjects to evoke a calming energy.
Lavely Miller is known for painting portraits with the classical Flemish glazing technique, which give her figures a timeless quality. She focuses on showing the effects of trauma by exploring loss, suffering, recovery and salvation. The viewer’s attention is challenged by her physically still figures with direct gazes in a frozen moment of time.
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam is the perfect place for art lovers with its rich history and the presence of original works of art by various (Dutch) famous painters and sculptors. The monumental building that houses the five-star luxury hotel has a long history when it comes to art. Famous artists have contributed to both the exterior of the building - the imposing façade - and the interior, including Hildo Krop, Chris Lebau, Willem Penaat, Joseph Mendes de Costa, John Raedecker, Karel Appel and Johan Thorn Prikker.
