we are proud to announce that our long term artist herman de vries - we're working for over 40 years together - has been elected to represent the netherlands at the venice biennale in a show called: to be ways to be ways ways to be all ways to be ...., curated by dr. cees de boer & colin huizing, and supported by the mondriaan fund.

this energetic artist, who will turn 84 in july, is not sitting back and choosing work from the past, but was ambitious enough to conceive an installation of site specific work.

he set off for venice immediately and spent a lot of time collecting plants and artifacts his eye spotted in the environment, the result of which is framed in a work consisting of 125 pieces called 'from the laguna di venezia: a journal (2014-2015)'.

moreover, he made a work 'from earth: the world, 2015', consisting of 84 shades of earth, rubbed with his fingers from ever so many samples from 'the earth museum', his world wide collection.

we are convinced that his presence in the circus of the competing nations and artistic expression will have an impact on the visitor to take home.

for more information about the separate works and their availability, you may contact the gallery. for background information about the artist, please consult his website: www.hermandevries.org

press contact for the presentation at the dutch pavilion: rhiannon pickles PR, info@picklespr.com