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Ondine de Kroon

socio-social , nature while , Graphic , History , Figurative , Etching , Education , Diversity , Community

'Art is a way for me to make contact with the world around me'
I hear the thumping of a class above me and I smell Fatma's exotic neighborhood kitchen downstairs. Through the large window I literally look into my own neighborhood from two floors up. My studio is located in the Wijkpaleis, a collective building in the middle of the Middelland district. It is a community center, workplace for artists and entrepreneurs and an alternative place for the primary school around the corner. I create my art in this lively and diverse environment.
My work can be called classical figurative, but also borders on Art Brut. It is about the world around us, the colorful society. Sometimes I make an animal portrait or a flower. I look for poetry in the things I make, I associate and thus arrive at meaning. Things that strike me on the street or on the internet I combine in my head with photos and pictures of works of art. I look at works from art history, especially by Manet and Marisol. Recently I also use the community to realize work together.

Tak - 180 cm long Linoleum print on wood 2021
De Singel ˜ een gedicht - Community project with local residents around the Heemraadssingel. 2018-2020
The doubt - Linoleum cut on wood 2017 2 x 50 x 45 cm
In gedachte
De Singel ˜ een gedicht - linoleum cut 2020 70 x 40 cm
De Singel ˜ een gedicht Dieren en Mensen op de Singel - Etching made by local residents 60 x 120 cm
Smallest Stage in Rotterdam
Kleinste Podium van Rotterdam - Work in collaboration with neighborhood children at Claes de Vrieselaan 2022
Ceramics
Keramiek - Commission for Bloemhof
The Railway Garden
De Spoortuin - Linoleum cut 90 x 67 cm
Peentje van de Binnenweg detail 2025
Peentje van de Binnenweg detail 2025 - Migrant workers harvesting carrots, embroidery; and linocut on cotton.
Carrot from the Binnenweg
Peentje van de Binnenweg 2025 "Peentje van de Binnenweg" refers to an old Rotterdam folk tune/song: "Woman, give me a carrot." It likely dates back to the time of the Second World War in Rotterdam, when people cultivated vegetables on vacant plots of land following the bombing. The "Binnenweg" refers to the Nieuwe or Oude Binnenweg in Rotterdam. The well-known refrain goes something like this: "Woman, give me a carrot I don't know where you live I already live on the Binnenweg Carrots grow there along the road." It is a project by Ana Glisic and Ondine de Kroon about the history of the carrot, which has its roots in Ancient Persia. Seven tablecloths were embroidered by local residents in the vicinity of the Nieuwe Binnenweg based on designs by Ondine de Kroon.
The Railway Garden IV
De Spoortuin IV - Color linocut reduction technique 2026 48 x 54 cm image size

De Singel ≈ een gedicht

Date:
Location: Heemraadssingel
In association with: Het Wijkpaleis, de Groene Connectie

The Singel ≈ a poem
Giant Poetic Picture Book of the Singel 80 x 200cm
created for and with the residents and users of the Heemraadssingel
The Heemraadssingel is used by all kinds of local residents. By working together on a work of art about the neighborhood, contact between neighborhood residents and canal residents is increased, creating social cohesion. By carefully studying nature on the Singel, users become more aware.

https://desingeleengedicht.com/

Archetipi

Date:
Location: Villa Zebra
In association with: Villa Zebra

Children can bring their own chosen family in Archetipi's tent. To this end, a number of cushions have been printed that fit in the tent. During the project, more and more self-portraits of children appear on the outside of the Tipi.

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