Deborah Poynton in the Drents Museum / Parade festival

Deborah Poynton - Beyond Belief, the Drents Museum presents Deborah Poynton’s most recent work (2008-2020). She made the painting Beyond Belief especially for this exhibition. The exhibition in Assen is Poynton’s

Deborah Poynton creates paintings in a realistic style, in which she combines pieces of the world she sees around her. She places figures, objects and elements from nature together so that a new reality arises. Poynton refrains from any judgment and wants to use her works to make visitors aware that everyone perceives the world in their own way and that there is no right or wrong.

Poynton takes inspiration from her own, private world. She works with only a few models, who come from her personal environment, and uses objects she finds at home or during a walk. Especially for this exhibition, Poynton made the painting Beyond Belief (2019-2020), which can be seen for the first time in the presentation in Assen. Beyond Belief resembles a work of art standing in a church behind the altar. It contains many references to classical religious paintings, yet it is immediately clear that this work is not religious. The figures are painted humanly and the collection of objects appears to have been chosen at random.

Deborah Poynton was born in South Africa and spent her childhood in Great Britain, Swaziland and the United States. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design for two years. At the age of nineteen she returned to South Africa, where she started painting full-time in Cape Town. Poynton is hardly known in the Netherlands. The Drents Museum wants to change this and shows paintings that she has made during the past ten years.

Deborah Poynton, The Labours of Hercules, 2017, oil on canvas, 230 x 190 cm, © Deborah Poynton

In the summer of 2021, theatre festival Parade travels through the Netherlands for the 30th year. The festival kicks off in Eindhoven. From Eindhoven, the festival will continue its journey with her colorful tents, restaurants and terraces to The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam. The summer tour will conclude in Rotterdam.

The Parade offers something for everyone to experience. There will be over 40 different theatre, music, and dance performances for all ages. The performances that are suitable for non-Dutch-speakers are among others ISHterious by ISH Dance Collective, STUK by 155 and Lost Love Prologue by De Nachtdieren.

In Eindhoven, The Hague en Utrecht you will buy a package with 2 shows and a dinner. The organization hopes that in Amsterdam and Rotterdam everything will be back to ‘normal’. In The Hague and Utrecht are there a couple of packages which are suitable for non-dutchies:

Annica Muller + De Nachtdieren | 15 – 18 july | The Hague Annica Muller + Gavin-Viano | 5 – 8 August | Utrecht ISH Dance Collective + Collectief het Paradijs | 4 – 8 August | Utrecht SeaSession met Frank en René Groothof + The Ruggeds | 23 – 25 August | Utrecht

The program in Amsterdam and Rotterdam wil be announced later.

PARADE 2021: Eindhoven – 18 – 27 June The Hague – 2 – 18 July Utrecht – 23 July – 9 August Amsterdam – 13 – 29 August Rotterdam – The end of September (details will follow)

Ian Berry, Paradise Lost (Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel), 2020, denim, 122 x 244 cm, collectie Yvonne Reiberg-Theden en Manuel Reiberg.

Ian Berry, Paradise Lost (Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel), 2020, denim, 122 x 244 cm, collectie Yvonne Reiberg-Theden en Manuel Reiberg.Ian Berry, Paradise Lost (Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel), 2020, denim, 122 x 244 cm, collectie Yvonne Reiberg-Theden en Manuel Reiberg.

The Singer terrace might well be Laren’s finest hidden gem. A beautiful garden, a peaceful setting, speedy service, good coffee, irresistible cakes, interesting lunch dishes and delicious drinks… With plenty of sun, and shade for when it gets too warm. On Thursday 1 July, from 12.00 to 15.00, we will be offering readers of The Holland Times a special picnic lunch consisting of soup, salad, quiche, fruit salad, a glass of wine and a sumptuous chocolate dessert, all rounded off with a cup of coffee.