During the last decades it has become more clear every year, every month even, that the Surinamese world of visual arts has a lot to offer. It is one of the sections of Suriname’s cultural life that is very dynamic, with a lot of developments, events, opportunities and more. Especially when one takes into account the international and national developments which are not helping to create a good environment for art and culture in general.
With the Sranan Art Xposed platform we hope to do just that: create a platform for visual arts. We strive to promote Surinamese visual art. And also: we hope to document this part of Suriname’s cultural heritage, and to do that in a way so that what we document is easily accessible. That way it can be studied too. Not only enjoyed!
One of the main pillars of Suriname’s art world is Readytex Art Gallery (RAG). Recently the gallery showed yet another beautiful iniative. They have started to make show catalogs for several visual artists in September 2023. The first six catalogs, in the form of a PowerPoint presentation can be found below. They are for Reinier Asmoredjo, Sri Irodikromo, Kurt Nahar, Sunil Puljhun, Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi & René Tosari.
Mar 08-Apr 27, 2024 Reinier Asmoredjo, solo exhibition, Mi Gudu; 40 jaar beeldend kunstenaar [My Treasure; 40 years visual artist], curated by Rinaldo Klas and Sri Irodikromo, RAG Steenbakkerijstraat 30, Paramaribo, Suriname (digital presentation on Artsy, Feature Reinier Asmoredjo: New works on paper, Mar 24-Apr 07, 2024) (digital presentation on Artsy, Solo exhibition Reinier Asmoredjo: ‘My treasure (Mi Gudu), 40 years visual artist’, Apr 08-16, 2024) (digital presentation on Artsy, Feature Reinier Asmoredjo: Vibrant colourful works on paper, Apr 18-27, 2024)
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Nov 12-Dec 04, 2021 Sri Irodikromo, UDAN LIRIS, solo exhibition, under the direction of Curator-in-Residence and artist Miguel Keerveld, lead curator Kurt Nahar, RAG Steenbakkerijstraat 30, Paramaribo, Suriname
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Aug 11-Sep 02, 2023 Kurt Nahar, That which I have found, becomes mine, solo exhibition, RAG Steenbakkerijstraat 30, Paramaribo, Suriname, (digital presentation on Artsy, Aug 16-30, 2023)
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Nov 02-Dec 02, 2023 Sanskrti ka Sanrakshan [Preservation of culture], solo exhibition Sunil Puljhun, RAG Steenbakkerijstraat 30, Paramaribo, Suriname (digital presentation on Artsy, Nov 08, 2023-Dec 03, 2023)
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Nov 03-Dec 03, 2022 Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi, ALAKONDRE TORI, collaboration RAG & Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi. Digital presentation on Artsy, Nov 25-Dec 22, 2022
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May 03-Jun 29, 2024 René Tosari, solo exhibition, RELEASE. Liberated from dogmas, RAG Steenbakkerijstraat 30, Paramaribo, Suriname (digital presentation on Artsy, Solo exhibition René Tosari, part 1 : RELEASE. Liberated from dogmas, May 09-21, 2024) (digital presentation on Artsy, Solo exhibition René Tosari, part 2 : RELEASE. Liberated from dogmas, Jun 11-25, 2024)