019 ARTI ET AMICITIAE WHO ARE WE AGAIN 2018 PH GJ van ROOIJ — *Liberty*, steel, textile, ceramics, 180 x 60 x 50 cm, 2018, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

007 ARTI ET AMICITIAE WHO ARE WE AGAIN 2018 PH GJ van ROOIJ — *Judith as a tourist*, wood, textile, glazed ceramics, 125 x 45 x 70 cm, 2017, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

012 ARTI ET AMICITIAE WHO ARE WE AGAIN 2018 PH GJ van ROOIJ — *The Tourists*, installation with various sculptures, LED-lights and a plaster copy of *Venus bathing*, exhibition overview at Arti & Amicitiae, 2018, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

GV3 A4152 1 — *The Tourists*, installation with various sculptures, LED-lights and a plaster copy of Venus bathing, exhibition overview at Arti & Amicitiae, 2018

011 ARTI ET AMICITIAE WHO ARE WE AGAIN 2018 PH GJ van ROOIJ — *Remco as a tourist*, plaster, steel, textile, plastic, porcelain, 190 x 30 x 20 cm; *Hilal as a tourist*, bronze, painted steel, textile, porcelain, 160 x 35 x 40 cm, 2018, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

GV3 A4159 1 — *Remco as a tourist* (detail), plaster, steel, textile, plastic, porcelain, 190 x 30 x 20 cm; *Hilal as a tourist* (detail), bronze, painted steel, textile, porcelain, 160 x 35 x 40 cm, 2018

GV3 A4161 — *The Tourists*, installation with various sculptures, LED-lights and a plaster copy of Venus bathing, exhibition overview at Arti & Amicitiae, 2018

The Tourists

installation with various sculptures, plaster copy of a Venus bathing, LED lights, dimensions variable, 2018

The view onto the Rokin in Amsterdam from the windows of artist's society Arti & Amicitiae remains a fascinating sight. Breitner saw carriages rattling over the pavement. Sluiters documented how bicycles and the first electrical trams plowed through the snow. And later the scene was dominated by cars. Presently, it is mostly a coming and going of tourists. Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen extended this contemporary view from the window into the exhibition spaces, with an installation that features several figures around a copy of a classical sculpture of Aphrodite. Some of the figures are wearing printed t-shirts such as ‘I climbed the Chinese Wall’, or carry bags from major fashion chains. Inside their trolleys are pictures from style icons of the past. The installation creates a matryoshka-like nesting effect: you are looking at people who are looking at people who are looking at people. [Kees Keijer, adapted from review in Dutch newspaper Het Parool]