Stedelijk Museum – Felix de Rooy Apocolypse
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April 22 - September 3, 2023
The Stedelijk presents five decades of artistry by multi-talented artist Felix de Rooy with film, theatre and visual art in myriad forms from paintings and assemblages to (digital) collages and wall hangings. Far ahead of his time, De Rooy explored topics that remain relevant today, such as the continuing negative legacy of colonialism, everyday racism and the meaning of Afro-Caribbean and queer identities in art.
Everything in De Rooy’s universe is connected. Fuelled by a profound interest in beauty and love, the artist blends imagery and stories from diverse times, cultures, religions and geographies in images that sometimes verge on the magical and surreal. Drawing on his transhistorical vision and cosmopolitan approach, the artist explores the concept of ‘cross culture’ and ‘cross time’. He transcends differences by highlighting things we all deal with—inner turmoil, mortality, and the longing for sexual and romantic fulfilment.
Far ahead of his time, De Rooy explored topics that remain relevant today, such as the continuing negative legacy of colonialism, everyday racism and the meaning of Afro-Caribbean and queer identities in art. De Rooy’s work as an artist, theatre maker, film director, curator, collector, observer and social critic, has been of enormous significance to several generations. In 2000 he was named a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau and was presented with the Black Achievement Award for a lifetime of artistic accomplishments. In 2023, De Rooy is augurated as member of the Akademie van Kunsten.
Everything in De Rooy’s universe is connected. Fuelled by a profound interest in beauty and love, the artist blends imagery and stories from diverse times, cultures, religions and geographies in images that sometimes verge on the magical and surreal. Drawing on his transhistorical vision and cosmopolitan approach, the artist explores the concept of ‘cross culture’ and ‘cross time’. He transcends differences by highlighting things we all deal with—inner turmoil, mortality, and the longing for sexual and romantic fulfilment.
Far ahead of his time, De Rooy explored topics that remain relevant today, such as the continuing negative legacy of colonialism, everyday racism and the meaning of Afro-Caribbean and queer identities in art. De Rooy’s work as an artist, theatre maker, film director, curator, collector, observer and social critic, has been of enormous significance to several generations. In 2000 he was named a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau and was presented with the Black Achievement Award for a lifetime of artistic accomplishments. In 2023, De Rooy is augurated as member of the Akademie van Kunsten.
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