Tribute to Sol LeWitt
Traditionally, iCOON honors minimalist artists from the 1960s every year. This year, it's Sol LeWitt. Four muralists and one 3D artist will be exhibiting their work at iCOON. Together with Marleen van Wijngaarden, founder of Rotterdam-based Murals Inc., Helma Vlemmings, curator of iCOON, selected the muralists: Nanna van Heest, Jelmer Noordeman, Ropp Schouten, and Sigmund de Jong. They will create one or more murals, both indoors and outdoors.
Joep Brouwer was the fifth artist, invited to create a connection between iCOON's four spaces with his sculptures.
Nanna van Heest
Nanna van Heest (born 1976) focuses on the impact of color and investigates how personal memories and associations can enrich and expand existing color theories. By approaching color as a language of both personal and collective stories, she creates a new way of looking at the interaction between color and meaning.
By systematically conducting color studies, she presents combinations in which colors present themselves or can be (re)organized, with the aim of encouraging attentive viewing of color. This research was grounded in her master's thesis "Color Stories" (Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 2021).
In addition to her independent work and customized color advice, she develops interactive workshops that challenge participants to see, experience, and apply color more consciously.
