jan huijben

2005

het werk

het werkhet werk; 2005.
exhibition.

in collaboration with >bas schevers. we called on artists to send in ideas and worked them out to the best of our ability. the works were presented at >stichting kop, breda, after a two month workperiod.

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jongetje

jongetjejongetje; 2005.
pen on paper.

billboard

billboardbillboard; 2005.
paper on billboard. with >michiel huijben.

‘i’m in love’ was the text we pasted over the original text: ‘i want the highest interest’ or something. the small signs read: ‘me too’.

ik weet het ook allemaal niet

ik weet het ook allemaal nietik weet het ook allemaal niet; 2005.

photocopy 7×12 cm.

mimicking the xeroxed ads by african witchdoctors with fabulous names like mr. bafode or professor sadhou. they can cure everything. or at least they promise they can. i can only promise what i can realize.

‘i don’t have a clue either’

eenpersoonsbar

baréénpersoonsbar; extrapool; 2006.
installation; mixed materials.

i was a bartender for one night in my life when the restaurant where i worked as a dishwasher needed some extra hands for christmas night.

i had to divide my attention between the two recently divorced men attending my bar. one was over from britain to visit his children, the other had just been kicked out by his wife. they both wanted to tell their story so i only had half an ear for each of them.

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