Featuring: Andreja, Anxelina/Xio, Bella, Bete, Ize, Jesse, Jesse, Joost, Lotte, Ruben, Samuel
Through which object, accessory or item of clothing do you express your gender? What is your favorite pose and how does this define you? Do you prefer to make yourself bigger or do you take up as little room as possible? And what does that have to do with how you identify yourself? In 2024, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, presented the exhibition Point of View, which took a new look at the museum’s own collection to explore how ideas about gender have been visualized across centuries. This series of photographs formed the finale of that exhibition.
About the Artists
We are ten secondary vocational students from all over the Netherlands who responded to a call for participation from the Rijksmuseum. Over the course of five meetings, we spoke, wrote, and took photographs of each other to show what gender means to us, working under the guidance of photographer Bete van Meeuwen (born 1994). We discovered how poses can tell stories, how powerful small movements are, and how details can make all the difference.
As one of us put it: “Discovering your own gender is a lot of fun. It is like learning what you like to eat, what your favorite season is, or what type of clothing you like.”
Organizations
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum for art and history in the Netherlands. The museum aims to shed light on all aspects of Dutch history.
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Photoville
Founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, NY, Photoville was built on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion, which we are always striving for, by ensuring that the artists we exhibit are diverse in gender, class, and race.
In pursuit of its mission, Photoville produces an annual, city-wide open air photography festival in New York City, a wide range of free educational community initiatives, and a nationwide program of public art exhibitions.
By activating public spaces, amplifying visual storytellers, and creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, we join the cause of nurturing a new lens of representation.
Through creative partnerships with festivals, city agencies, and other nonprofit organizations, Photoville offers visual storytellers, educators, and students financial support, mentorship, and promotional & production resources, on a range of exhibition opportunities.
For more information about Photoville visit, www.photoville.com
Point of View at the Rijksmuseum
Featuring: Various Artists
Curated by: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Supported by:
Locations
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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The views and opinions expressed in this exhibit are those of the exhibition artists and partners and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Photoville or any other participants and partners of the Photoville Festival.
This program is supported by DutchCultureUSA, a program of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United States
Point of View was made possible in part by Fonds 21. COC Nederland provided advisory support. Student supervision and photography were coordinated by Bete van Meeuwen.
