Marnix Postma

GRAFFITI ARTIST ROGIER RIGHART WAS AWARDED, BY THE BOROUGH OF AMSTERDAM WEST, TO CARRY OUT A PLAN TO CONSTITUTE A GRAFFITI WALL OF FAME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE OF BROEDPLAATS BOUW, CONSISTING OF PEIM VAN DER SLOOT AND MYSELF, WERE APPROACHED BY THE BOROUGH TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ON OUR BUILDING. AFTER CALCULATING THE COSTS AND GETTING THE NECESSARY APPROVALS BY THE BUILDING’S OWNER, WE STARTED PLANNING THE ARTWORKS FOR THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE WALLS. FOR THESES WORKS THE ARTISTS OF BOUW WERE INVITED TO SEND IN PLANS TO PARTICIPATE. 5 ARTISTS: BOB WAARDENBURG, IRIS BOX, JOSHA ROYMANS, PEIM VAN DER SLOOT AND MYSELF SEND IN OUR WORK, LED BY EXPERIENCED MURALIST ZEDZ. THE GROUND LEVEL WERE AND ARE BEING PAINTED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY ROGIER AND HIS CREW. OUR WORK WAS REVEALED DURING OUR BIANNUAL BOUW OPEN EVENT IN JUNE OF 2019.

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