Youssef Boucenna & Susan Kooi

After the results of a year-long collaboration were stolen from their transport van, Youssef Boucenna and Susan Kooi rose from the ashes. In The Grand Palace of Everyone they present an abundantly set table full of monster-candles, castle-like ceramic candleholders, crockery, wine glass and egg cups. Their production process as well as the table itself, provides parttime philosophers Youssef and Susan a space to discuss the meaning of artifacts, Christmas, and resurrections.

Youssef lived in the streets for 25 years before he started working at art studio Makom, where he has been making unique candles for years now. Multidisciplinary artist Susan first encountered these in the candle shop of the Regenbooggroep and was instantly smitten with them. You can often find Youssef and Susan attending the philosophy group led by street-pastor Hanna Wapenaar in Amsterdam.

The Grand Palace of Everyone

In collaboration with No Limits! Art Castle

Curator
  • Heske ten Cate & Jan Hoek

Welcome to ‘The Grand Palace of Everyone’, a land without borders where collaboration reigns.

Together with No Limits! Art Castle (formerly known as Outsiderland) we tear down the walls between fantasy and reality, art and design, and ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ artists. Why would anyone decide who is ‘professional enough’ to enter the gates?

The Grand Palace of Everyonerolls out a black and white carpet for the work of over sixty artists in 26 unique collaborations between talented and dedicated artists. Side by side they find their way in the art world and present a broad scope of collaborations in every nook and cranny of Nest. Never before have so many artists shared the space in one exhibition.

Sponsors
  • Mondriaan Fonds
  • Gemeente Den Haag
  • Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds