Bright Young Things feature in Het Parool

New temporary gallery space opening / Snar - End of an Era

A stone-throw away from the Heinekenplein, we have a beautiful new 250 m2 space with a studio, three exhibition spaces and an installation room. One exhibition space will show a selection of some of the best work we have in stock and the other two spaces will be used as gallery rooms.

As our opening exhibition we proudly presented Snar's 'End of an Era', which will be on show until November 20th.

Snar's work, which he himself describes as 'graphic-abstract-expressionism' with a dab of street-art, has been exhibited throughout Europe and the United States with great success.
His work is a fierce mix of colours, abstract form, images (cut out, drawn, painted or stenciled) and scattered lines and fragments of poetry thrown onto the canvas to create colourful images that demand attention and capture the beholders gaze to draw it into Snar's world.
Snar is influenced by painters such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, but also a great deal by the literary beat generation, with Burroughs and Kerouac championing the concept of 'stream of consciousness', which is at the core of his paintings.


We have also been very busy the past summer with a new venture, which will kick off at 'Where The Bright Things Are'. Next to transforming walls, with exceptional paintings, photographs and collages, we will also be filling interiors with exceptional pieces! We will exhibit and sell contemporary design pieces as well as antique furniture of high quality. We don't particularly believe in periods and styles, but we do particularly believe in quality, craftsmanship, form, function and above all else: beauty.

Public Faces

Public faces is a collection of photographs which frame faces seen on the weathered and decayed commercial outdoor advertising posters prolific on our city walls.

The faces of politicians, popstars, actors, sportsmen and artists; public people trying to seduce the unsuspecting consumer into action. To vote, to buy a cd. To take out a mortgage, to see a play or to attend a party. Behind each of these convincing images stands a team of photographers, stylists, designers and art-directors. Together they work towards getting the best possible result: A complete, well-composed image doing its duty in an urban setting.

Until decomposition strikes...

With the fading of the colours, the healthy bloom of our star disappears. The paper gets torn. New posters partially cover up the invincible kickboxer and the fresh-faced singer-songwriter. The context becomes unclear. Moisture trickles down behind the paper and turns the star into an ordinary tramp. Shredded eyes look scared instead of proud. The political leader who appeared confident and persuasive has become insecure and trivial. Beautiful women rot away into junkies. Little by little the stars become anonymous shadows, doomed to maintain their grimace until sun, wind, rain, glue, tearing hands and the passing-by of time liberates them from their agony.

In August Bright Young Things showed it's first solo exhibition with Public Faces by bright young Thom van Rijckevorsel