Bas Fontein

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One of the remarkable things about my father (1948 - 2016) was that, as long as I knew him, he read several books a week, mainly thrillers. Something you might not expect from a (retired) roofer. About half a year after his death, my mother asked me to throw away a bunch of these paperbacks. Before I threw them into a paper recycling container, I looked at each one and wondered what had been going on in my father's mind. I took them home and started reading them. In the first thriller, which was over 600 pages, I found only one sentence about art: On the walls hung several large, unframed paintings that were either particularly good imitations of pools of vomit, or represented modern abstract art (from: If the Dead Do Not Rise by Philip Kerr, p. 340). I found this striking, but not that strange, since the main characters in these kinds of books are often ex-military or police officers and are usually not much into art. However, after reading a number of these thrillers, I noticed that this derogatory description of art was not an exception and these details became increasingly important to me. Bilingual: English / Dutch 15 x 10 cm 144 pages Softcover with a full-color photo as a bookmark If you want to order this publication, please check link in bio.

Back in the days. When @bas_fontein proposed to start an artistic fake emo shoe gaze band. 📷 @medea_huisman

The museum for art in public space was cofounded by us over 10 years ago. We see the public space as a museum and aim to connect people to their city. The museum initiated several art products: museum nights, tours for elementary schools, a statue to statue run and recently an app that shows the most direct route to art. Creatives: @bas_fontein @guidonieuwendijk @mmmarkkuiper Photo: @medea_huisman

Deze hele zomer in ACEC: nieuwe kunst van meer dan 100 makers uit Gelderland en Overijssel. Een van die makers is Bas Fontein (Apeldoorn), van wie als onderdeel van Hoe = Het Nu 2025 een pagina uit zijn nieuwe publicatie ‘Kunst in Thrillers die mijn Vader Las’ te zien is. Hoe = Het Nu 2025 | ACEC Café & Salon | 28 juni t/m 31 augustus 2025 | vr - za - zo 12.00 - 17.00 | 📸 Rob Voss | www.acec.nl

Thanks Berlin and @missreadberlin : representing @diabp_books I had a great time with @xandrinekoller and @jandirkvanderburg ! Almost the last picture: in this street I once lived when I was a promising art student at the Weissensee Art Academy, ‘98-‘99. Last picture: horrible train ride (no airco) on our way back with Deutsche Bahn, but water for free (gratis).

📢 SPREKER SESSIE #7 - BAS FONTEIN 📢 De tweede spreker van Sessie #7 ‘Valt er nog wat te lachen?j’ is @bas_fontein (hij/hem), geboren in Amersfoort, 1978). Bas studeerde af aan de HKU (Beeldende Kunst) en de Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (Taal & Beeld). Als conceptueel kunstenaar gebruikt hij altijd een bepaalde verzameling als startpunt voor een nieuw werk. Een verzameling van woorden, zinnen, foto’s, boeken, lichtbakken, kunstwerken, kunstenaars, etc. De uitkomst kan variëren van boek tot audiotour, van performance tot installatie, van rondleiding tot bibliotheek of museum. Belangrijkste thema binnen zijn werk is de maatschappelijke positie van kunst en de kunstenaar. In Utrecht werkt Bas als docent aan de HKU (afdeling Fine Art) en als adviseur voor de Gemeente Utrecht voor nieuwe kunstprojecten in de openbare ruimte. 📅 Dinsdag 4 maart, 19:30 - 21:15 @slachtstraatfilmtheater 💬 Voertaal: Nederlands 🍻Borrel vanaf 21:15, ticket is inclusief een consumptiebon 🎟️Tickets via @slachtstraatfilmtheater #linkinbio 💶€10 regulier, €5 student, €0 Cineville

Still recovering from @we.are.super.books in München together with @diabp_books colleague and friend @louis_reith . In 3 days: 18 hours driving, 14 hours art book fair, 8 hours drinking beer, and half an hour performance.

For 25 years of @st.wilhelminaring , I was part of a panel discussion about art in public space with @vanijzendoornjan and @gabiprechtl . Moderated by the great @jaspervandergraaf

During the art book fair Between Books @kunsthalleduesseldorf , Katja Illner 📸 captured this subtle text of the great @alvaroseixas in the book Mind the Artist published in collaboration with @bas_fontein (BASBOEK).

@fotogwnl made this impression of my work for this years edition of @royallightfestival It’s a sort of news ticker that is showing a Dutch text moving from right to left. This Dutch text is generated by Google search, with the words ‘ligt’ (Dutch for ‘is located’), ‘licht’ (same Dutch pronunciation as ‘ligt’, but this word means ‘light’) and the English word ‘light’ in combination with the word ‘Apeldoorn’ and is shuffeld and rewritten by me. The text (14 pages of A4) is designed and converted to a 2.5 hours movie by @studioscheffers and the production is done by @studioschilp with three huge beamers. The beamers project on a surface of approximately 50 x 3,5 meters. The project was initiated by @acecgebouw @codaapeldoorn and @outoftheratrace_ootrr and is hosted by @samen01 . @royallightfestival is in my hometown Apeldoorn from March 13-17. I’ll share the real result asap !!

When I work with @medea_huisman in the studio, it’s just impossible to make some straight forward portfolio pics of my 25 years of BASBOEK anniversary box 😃😄😁