Herman Krikhaar during his
his speech at Jaski in 2007

After a short illness, Herman Krikhaar has died at the age of 79 in the south of France. He was one of the pioneers in the Netherlands where the modern and contemporary art is concerned. For twenty-five years, until 1988, he ran a famous and much-discussed art gallery in Amsterdam.

Herman Krikhaar was born in 1930 in Almelo. Since 1994 he lived with his wife Helena largely in France. In addition, he regularly visited Amsterdam, where he also had a home. During the last years of his life he was active as painter again. In 2007 he opened the exhibition "Homage to Karel Appel" in Jaski Art Gallery with a witty speech.

Bram Bogart
Blue

Les Deux Garçons
Le Carrousel Indéterminé

At the moment Jaski Art Gallery takes care of an extensive wintershow in our gallery in the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, with works by various artists.

We show CoBrA-works by Karel Appel, Corneille, Eugène Brands, Lucebert, Theo Wolvecamp, Pierre Alechinsky, Constant and Asger Jorn.

Besides that we exhibit works by Jan Cremer, Bram Bogart, Chris Berens, Emilio Kruithof, Dorien Plaat, Les Deux Garçons and others.

My dear Friends - 5

Jaski Art Gallery offers a unique series of portraits by Zhang Xiaogang, titled 'My dear friends'. These series contains seven lithographs in an edition of 99, in the fascinating style which made hem so popular. The portraits (47 x 38 cm) can also be purchased individually for € 3,500 each.

The monochromatic portraits by Zhang Xiaogang, probably the most prominent contemporary Chinese artist, are worldfamous. According to Xiaogang himself the serene quietness of the people he paints hides 'an overwhelming emotional turbulence'.

These series shows no exception. Like so often is his works, in 'My dear friends' Zhang Xiaogang painted little spots in different colours on the left side of the faces, to add an extra touch of individuality to the people that he portrayed.

Chris Berens
Room 21, for your eyes only

Chris Berens
Sisterhood

After his very successful two shows at the westcoast of the United States, Chris Berens now is the central figure during an exhibition in New York City.

Until January 23, 2010, new works by Berens are shown at Sloan Gallery, 128 Rivington Street. The title of the show: The Only Living Boy In New York. The official opening was on December 16, 24 works are already sold.

On the day of the opening, daily paper Het Parool published a large interview with Chris Berens, written by Lorianne van Gelder.

Like always, Jaski Art Gallery was one of the exhibitors at pAn Amsterdam, the famous art and antique fair which was held in the Parkhal of the RAI, from 22 until 29 November, 2009. The pAn was visited by almost 42,000 people, which is a record. Jaski booked very satisfactory results.

As usual, we concentrated on CoBrA-works, for example by Karel Appel, Alechinsky, Constant, Asger Jorn, Lucebert, Jacques Doucet, Anton Rooskens, Hugo Claus and Theo Wolvecamp. We also showed the fascinating 'Memorable Day' by Corneille, an oil on canvas from 2001 which measures 120 x 100 centimeters. From Eugene Brands we exhibited beautiful smaller works, created in the CoBrA period.

Besides that we payed attention to our contemporary artists Emilio Kruithof and Chris Berens. The pAn-organisation decided to select Kruithofs 'The lover she used to be' as an image for the flyer and posters. It is possible to purchase a silkscreen from this work exclusively at Jaski Art Gallery.

Le cas de conscience - 2009
63 x 60 x 30 cm (sold)

La fragilité - 2009
21 x 19 x 15 cm (sold)

From Saturday 17 October until Sunday 8 November, Jaski Art Gallery organized 'La Fragilité', a show with fascinating taxidermi sculptures by Les Deux Garçons. The exhibition was such an enormous success, that we decided to show it a week extra.

During the well attended opening of this spectacular exhibition we also presented the book 'Les Deux Garçons - La Fragilité'. This book is published by our gallery in cooperation with the artists. It has an edition of 1000. Each book is handsigned by Michel Vanderheijden van Tinteren and Roel Moonen.

Jan Hein Sassen, former curator of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, wrote a foreword for the book, in which he states that Les Deux Garçons have made another step forward: "On the tight-rope of emotional ups and downs, they not only show that you cannot escape from life and yourself, but that in the art of life’s equilibrium, one little slip can lead to big, unwelcoming consequences. By mounting their animals on fragile porcelain, Les Deux Garçons want to emphasise that one moment of distraction can turn around a situation; a situation in which peace and quiet are breached, and life can take a totally different turn."

Emilio Kruithof
Art of decadence

Jaski Art Gallery was one of the exhibitors at the Affordable Art Fair in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. During this fair the prices were not higher than € 5.000. Jaski sold many pieces.

Organized for the third time, the AAF had 87 participants. The fair was opened from 29 Ocdober until 1 November, 2009. Other places where the AAF found a home are London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Paris and Brussels.

Jaski showed works by Emilio Kruithof, Chris Berens, Dorien Plaat, Rob Scholte, Bruno Vekemans, Jan Cremer, Corneille, Bram Bogart and Pierre Alenchinsky. For the first time we also had work by the American painter Marion Peck.

Ho One Dot - 2009

From Saturday 26 September until Sunday October 11, 2009, Jaski Art Gallery presented a show of works by Cole Morgan.

One of the works shown in our gallery was 'Ho One Dot' (2009, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm). It was sold immeditately, like many other works. Click on the image for an enlargement.

In the first weekend of this exhibition, it was party time in the Amsterdam Spiegelkwartier. Because of the manifestation 'Open!', thirty official openings could be visited during these two days. All participants were very enthusiastic.

Universal indifference (sold)

From Saturday, September 5, until Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Jaski Art Gallery proudly presented a new show of works by the successful painter Emilio Kruithof, this time titled 'Don't touch'.

One of the works shown during this exhibition, like always oils on canvas, was the impressive 'Universal Indifference' (click on the image for an enlargement) and measured 200 by 140 centimeters. It was sold immediately, like many other works.

Click here to view the paintings which are still available in our gallery.

From June 20, until July 5, Jaski Art Gallery organized a show by Chris Berens, titled 'White Ones', with thirteen works. As you can see, several works were sold.

As the results of his solo-exhibition in Seattle and a group exhibition in Los Angeles prove as well, Chris Berens is very successful abroad with his magic panels, created with mixed media. For 'White Ones' many international art lovers as well as Berens-fans from The Netherlands showed also huge interest.

During this summer the Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch took care of an overview of the works by Chris Berens in the Tuingalerij, which could be visited until August 30.

In cooperation with the artist, Jaski Art Gallery has published a new print by Chris Berens, titled 'The Kiss (It all comes down to this)'. It is a gicleeprint with an edition of only 45.

Brad Keech of Pressure Printing in Denver (US), widely acknowledged as one of the leading art printers in the world, is responsible for the creation of this unique print. Keech also makes all the prints for the famous American painter Mark Ryden. One of the remarkable details on the print is that Berens' version of the logo of the city of Amsterdam is embossed on the bottom side.

'The Kiss (It all comes down to this)' measures 54 by 54 centimeters and can be purchased exclusively at Jaski Art Gallery for € 650 without frame. Frame included, the price of this work is € 800.

From Wednesday April 22 until Sunday April 26, 2009, Jaski Art Gallery was one of the exhibitors at Art Cologne, the huge art fair which was organized in the Koelnmesse at the border of the Rhine for the 43rd time.

For a total of five days, some 180 galleries from Germany and abroad presented modern classics, post-war art and contemporary art on two different floors. Art Cologne offered painting, sculpture, installations, video art, photography, works on paper, editions and multiples in a select presentation of the healthy variety of the modern and contemporary art trade in Europe and overseas.

Art Cologne was received very well by the press. Besides that business was doing well. Not only Jaski Art Gallery, but also many other galleries announced that their sellings were satisfying. During this fair Jaski focused on CoBrA-works.

Bram Bogart - Blue
(sold)

Corneille - Jeux d'Enfants
(sold)

Jaski Art Gallery experienced a very satisfying Tefaf 2009, the world's most important art and antique fair in the MECC-buildings in Maastricht. We sold Corneille's masterpiece 'Jeux d'Enfants' from 1950, as well as 'Figure' by Karel Appel and 'Blue' by Bram Bogart. Also works by Cole Morgan, Eugène Brands and Lucebert were sold.

We showed other unique CoBrA-works as well. For example we exhibited the fascinating 'Three figures' by Karel Appel, a mixed media on paper from 1967. With different works we represented Corneille as well, just like Constant, Eugène Brands, Theo Wolvecamp, Anton Rooskens, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky and Lucebert, from whom we have the beautiful gouache 'Lagrasse', which he created in 1963. We also exhibited works by Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and Kees van Bohemen.

It looks like the breakthrough of Chris Berens in the United States now officially is a fact. Until January 20, 2009, new works by him were shown in a special exhibition titled 'Go west', in the Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle. Jaski Art Gallery was involved in the organization of this very spectacular show. The critics were very enthusiastic. The show, 32 works, was almost sold out immediately.

In relation to 'Go west', Berens was interviewed by the well known American art magazine Hi-Fructose. During this interview the artist explained to Kirsten Anderson which different and rather uncommon techniques he uses. See these two TouTube-films.

With a humoristic speech famous Dutch filmproducer Rob Houwer, just returned from a visit to New York, opened the new solo exhibition 'Competition' with works by Judith Wiersema, in our gallery on Saturday, November 15, 2008.

According to the artist, who was interviewed by Dutch tv-star Ivo Niehe in his 'TV Show op Reis' a couple of days before, her sculptures reflected the ongoing battle of women in the modern western society. During the official opening the gallery was completely crowded. The show went on until Sunday, November 30, 2008.

Photography: Peter Smulders.

From left to right Rob Houwer, Judith Wiersema, Willy Hoogland and Robbert van Ham	The high heel of the sculpture 'Stiletto' symbolizes the ongoing battle of women	In a crowded gallery filmproducer Rob Houwer delivered a very humoristic speech

Robbert van Ham, Corneille and
his wife Natasja

Corneille is in good health again. During a visit he paid to Jaski Art Gallery, the 86-year old painter showed good spirit. It is clear that he has overwon his disease. In the company of his wife Natasja, Corneille stayed in Amsterdam for some days. The couple didn't want to do that without visiting Jaski.

Corneille showed much interest in the works which at that moment could be viewed at Jaski Art Gallery. In particular he enjoyed watching the works by Constant, Brands and by himself. Proudly he stated that it was sixty years ago that the CoBrA-movement started.

Le destin bon - Les Deux
Garçons - taxidermi - 2008

Roel Moonen, Jan Hein Sassen and
Michel Vanderheyden van Tinteren

L'adieu impossible (detail)
Les Deux Garçons
taxidermi - 2008

'L'adieu impossible', the spectacular exhibition with taxidermi sculptures by Les Deux Garçons, was such an enormous success, that we decided to continu to show the remaining five works to the public during the summer of 2008 until the Cole Morgan-exhibition. We combined the schulptures with paintings by Emilio Kruithof, Chris Berens and various CoBrA-artists.

For their exciting taxidermi-art Roel Moonen (1966) and Michel Vanderheyden van Tinteren (1965), who form Les Deux Garçons, use materials that they do not only find in the studio of the taxidermist, but for example also at auctions and in antique shops. They present their deer, lams and piglets often as conjoined twins and with attributes like toy guns, banknotes and perfume bottles, for them symbols of fear, fate and transcience.

The official opening of 'L'adieu impossible', on Saturday, May 17, 2008, was done by Jan Hein Sassen, former head of conservation of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Emilio Kruithof - Show me
200 x 150 cm - 2008

Guilt is a word that is hard
to heal - silkscreen - 2008
100 x 100 cm - € 850

The spectacular exhibition 'Show me', with works by the very popular painter Emilio Kruithof, was a major success.

The official opening of this show took place on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Especially for 'Show me', Emilio Kruithof created various new canvasses, in which, like always, the woman plays a major role.

One of these works is titled 'Show me' and is shown on the right (click on the image for an enlargement). This painting measures 200 by 150 centimeters.

Its name was also the title of the exhibition and of a new book about the works by Emilio, a large 'glossy' in an edition of 2000.

The lover she used to be

Mask	Magic mirror

Sometimes Emilio Kruithof manages to draw attention in a very special way.

Three of his works - click om the images for an enlargement - served as background in the Dutch movie 'Alles is liefde' ('Love is all'), a romantic comedy which broke alle visitor records.

In the bedroom of Klaasje van Ophorst, played by Wendy van Dijk, two silkscreenprints and one litho were visible, which are created by Jaski Art Gallery in cooperation with Emilio. In all cases the edition of these graphic works is 150. They are titled 'The lover she used to be' (silkscreen, 90 x 125 cm, € 950), 'Mask' (silkscreen, 95 x 95 cm, € 850) and 'Magic mirror' (litho, 25 x 30 cm, € 250).

These works can still be purchased in our gallery, just like other graphic works by Kruithof.

These two pictures prove that the Spiegelkwartier and Jaski Art Gallery also receive highly reputated visitors from all over the world. On the left former US president Bill Clinton, looking for art and antiques, and fighting with his umbrella. On the right Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen during one of the festivities in our neighbourhood.