1969, Velsen (NL);
lives in Haarlem (NL).
Since
he was granted the Dutch Prix de Rome in 1999, Cees Krijnen travels
the world with his Woman-in-Divorce-Battle on Tour that started in New
York and visited Amsterdam, Lucerne (Switzerland), Biella (Italy, at
the Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation) and will now stop in Milan.
The tour will continue through Paris, Tokyo, and London. The star of
the Woman-in-Divorce-Battle on Tour is the artist's mother, who, after
15 years of legal strife, has as of yet not succeeded in obtaining a
divorce from her estranged husband. In this performance, Cees Krijnen
transforms his mother into the Ambassadress of Women in Divorce, which
is now a status officially recognized by the Dutch government, who
were exclusive sponsors of the project.
Krijnen's
work plays in a most unique way with the borderlines between art,
theater, fashion and life. The artist organized a fashion shoot for
his mother during one of her court hearings, and also created a line
of cosmetics ("CeesKrijnenCosmetics") that even includes a
nose-hair conditioner.
In
the Double Dutch exhibition, Krijnen's PPPPS (PortablePainkillerPowderPuffSystem)
will be installed, a machine he devised that sprays out aspirine
powder that takes away the pain of divorce.
Cees
is a master in the transformation of reality into grand showmanship
and "egodocudrama".
Cees Krijnen was born in 1969 in Velsen , The Netherlands, and
currently resides in Haarlem.
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