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BOMBARDMENT

Low-budget exhibition with performance on a heap of rubble by 'Jong Talent' members on the occasion of the 40th commemoration of the bombardment of Rotterdam.

Gallery Black Cat, Mauritsweg 56, Rotterdam.

May 14-16, 1980

Bombardment souvenirs:

 

Arnold Schalks, 1980, Bombardement, tentoonstelling, Bombardement, exhibition, Bombardment, Ausstellung, Verwoeste Stad, Paul Henning, Marcos Carrasquer, Jong Talent, Hans Rothmeijer, puin, rubble, Schutt, Verwoeste Stad, Galerie Black Cat, Mauritsweg Rotterdam

Invitation for the exhibition: printed zip-bag filled with ashes.

10 x 16,5 cm / edition: 150 copies.

 

Arnold Schalks, 1980, Bombardement, tentoonstelling, Bombardement, exhibition, Bombardment, Ausstellung, Verwoeste Stad, Paul Henning, Marcos Carrasquer, Jong Talent, Hans Rothmeijer, puin, rubble, Schutt, Verwoeste Stad, Galerie Black Cat, Mauritsweg Rotterdam

(this street was bombed by the Germans)

Stickers, left on locations in the Rotterdam centre where the Germans dropped their bombs in 1940.

5 x 10 cm / edition: 300 copies

 

Arnold Schalks, 1980, Bombardement, tentoonstelling, Bombardement, exhibition, Bombardment, Ausstellung, Verwoeste Stad, Paul Henning, Marcos Carrasquer, Jong Talent, Hans Rothmeijer, puin, rubble, Schutt, Verwoeste Stad, Galerie Black Cat, Mauritsweg Rotterdam

'n-bom eindelijk gevallen'(neutron bomb finally dropped)

Poster 50 x 65 cm / silk screen / edition: 25 copies

 

 

Arnold Schalks, 1980, Bombardement, tentoonstelling, Bombardement, exhibition, Bombardment, Ausstellung, Verwoeste Stad, Paul Henning, Marcos Carrasquer, Jong Talent, Hans Rothmeijer, puin, rubble, Schutt, Verwoeste Stad, Galerie Black Cat, Mauritsweg Rotterdam

"Puin storten op stoep" (dump rubble on pavement)

Delivery receipt issued by the firm Wijnstekers, dated May 14, 1980.

 

Arnold Schalks, 1980, Bombardement, tentoonstelling, Bombardement, exhibition, Bombardment, Ausstellung, Verwoeste Stad, Paul Henning, Marcos Carrasquer, Jong Talent, Hans Rothmeijer, puin, rubble, Schutt, Verwoeste Stad, Galerie Black Cat, Mauritsweg Rotterdam

Gallery owner Hans Rothmeijer kneels before the altar.