Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures at Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem
Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures sequel at Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem. Designers and artists from all over the world honour the iconic shoe designer Jan Jansen with unique works of art that have been designed and made specially for the Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures project. Every work of art is inspired by shoes in the private collection of Jan & Tonny Jansen. On show at Rozet in Arnhem. From June 2 till July 31 2018.
Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures at Rozet
The exhibition is an initiative by Amber Ambrose Aurèle (art historian and designer under her brand name) and Liza Snook (collector and founder of the Virtual Shoe Museum). For this project, Jan Jansen donated shoes from his private collection, consisting of more than 4.000 models. This includes the iconic ‘What is this ?’, the wooden clogs, the famous ‘hovering wedge’ and countless others. The artists had carte blanche to create new objects from the shoes. This resulted in one of a kind artworks, from sculptures with gold leaf to woodcuts and exuberant dolls.
Routing Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures
You will find the artworks from the ‘Erfgoedmuseum in the basement’, end of the hallway on the ground floor and on 3 floors, just follow our signs 1 till 18.
AmberAmbroseAurele
AmberVerstegen explores the boundaries between art and design under her own label Amber Ambrose Aurèle. She’s got two master’s degrees: one in shoe design from ArtEZ in Arnhem and one in art history from the University of Amsterdam. Her academic background is what makes her research unique, it resembles her vision on aesthetics and design. With her designs, she does not follow trends but makes shoes that are strongly rooted in concepts. She’s constantly questioning the status quo, such as that of the femme fatale and the femme fragile. Next to her work as a designer, she works as a teacher at several art academies in The Netherlands and China.
Liza Snook
Ever since her studies in graphic design at the Royal College in The Hague, Liza Snook collects anything and everything that has something to do with shoes. To share this passion with the world, she started the website Virtual Shoe Museum together with her partner Taco Zwaanswijk in 2004. For ten years now, she has been designing exhibitions around shoes that are involved in art and design by collaborating with museums worldwide. Next to that, she works closely together with Workman Publishers in New York, is a regular judge at international design schools and helps young designers find their way.
Artists and designers
ONA B. (Oostenrijk), Peter Dautzenberg (NL), Fantich&Young (UK), Liselore Frowijn (NL), Joyce de Gruiter (NL), Lok Jansen (Japan), Kei Kagami (Japan), Hetty Kelderman (NL), Bas Kosters (NL), Jasper Krabbé (NL), Costis Magarakis (Israël), Ted Noten (NL), Alet Pilon (NL), Elvira Rajek (Oostenrijk), Joop Rubens (NL), Ton van der Spruit (NL), Marie Verstegen (NL), Albert van der Weide (NL), Lie van der Werff (NL).
Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures exhibition
Form saturday 2 June till wednesday 1 July our exhibition is open to the public.
Location
Kortestraat 16, Arnhem
Opening hours
Monday 8:30AM–10PM
Tuesday 8:30AM–10PM
Wednesday 8:30AM–10PM
Thursday AM–10PM
Friday 8:30AM–10PM
Saturday 8:30AM–5PM
Sunday Closed
Publication No More Shoes
Order your catalgue No More Shoes or get your copy at the desk of ToArt at the Rozet, 3rd floor.
More information about Jan Jansen, the artworks and artists at janjansenshoetreasures.com.
Special thanks to
Jan & Tonny Jansen, Lok Jansen, Joyce de Gruiter & Peter Willemse, Marie & Hanny Verstegen, Charlotte Visser, Taco, Alaska and Loladina Zwaanswijk and to all artists who share our passion for shoes and have participed in the Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures project.
Photo Charlotte Visser: I choose comfort over fashion/I love a party where you can wear sandals/Let’s do it one time upside down by Bas Kosters.
