READYMADE farout flushing
bathing in a somewhat naiVe fashion vaguely reminiscent of bonnard. these nudes
SUNDAY, 17-02-2013 AT 14.00 P.M. NICO OUT, THE LOCAL ART GUIDE FROM SEALAND, CALLS FOR
A 3 MINUTE EXPLANATION ON MY CONTRIBUTION TO A FLUSHING ARTSHOW, AT THE WILLIAM
3 BUILDING NEAR THE ORANGE MILLATTHE OCEAN WATERFRONT. WHAT DOES FLUSHING MEAN
TO ME?, HE ASKS. AS AN ARTIST FAROUT FLUSHING MEANS A LOT TO ME. I SPENT THE FIRST
DECADE OF THIS MILLENIUM IN THE OLD PIRATE TOWN. MY FAVORITE SPOT BECAME THE MER
MAID PLATFORM WAY OUT AT ROWERS HEAD PIER, WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE OCEAN. HERE
THE TIDE IS MOST TURBULENT. IN FAIR WEATHER I GO THERE TO MEDITATE AND WAIT FOR THE
MERMAIDS TO POP UP FROM RAPID TORRENTS AT MY FEET AND FLOAT, SHOWING OF THEIR
BREASTS ON TOP OF THE FRESH SALTY WATER. SINCE NOVEMBER 2008 I PAINT RECLINING NUDES
REMIND ME OF THE SPANISH ART ACADEMY IN MADRID 1989, WHERE I TOOK A COURSE IN AFTER
NATURE PAINTING BYJIRI DOKOUPIL. OTHER MEMBERS OFTHE MASTER CLASS WERE THE DUTCH
PAINTERS KLASHORST, DOMBURG AND VOSS. ROB SCHOLTE, IN HIS ARMANI SUIT, WAS THE COM
ING STAR AT THE MADRID ART FAIR. HE HAD PAINTED HIS NUDES MUCH EARLIER AFTER MANET,
MATISSE AND PICASSO.
SIX YEARS LATER I WAS BACK IN MADRID AT THE ARCO ART FAIR WITH SCHOLTE AND HIS NEW WIFE MICKY
HOOGENDIJK.THEY HAD BEEN CARBOMBED IN THEIR BMW A FEW MONTHS EARLIER IN THE CENTER OF AMSTER
DAM. SCHOLTE LOST HIS LEGS AND MICKY LOST HER BABY. LEAVING FROM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT SCHOLTE GAVE
HIS WELL-KNOWN PRESSCONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE AND HOW TO COUNTER IT. MICKY AND ME WERE SEAT
ED BACKWARDS AGAINST THE CONFERENCE ROOM WALL. SCHOLTE WAS IN FRONT OF US, PERFORMING ON A
TABLE. CAMERAS RAN, LIGHTS FLASHED, QUESTIONS WERE FIRED. I WORE BLACK SOCKS WITH WHITE PRINT
READING: B.V.D., DUTCH FOR "SOLDIERS UNION" BUT ALSO "FBI". IT WAS VISUAL PUN AND MEANT: DON'T FUCK
WITH US! WHERE I GOT THIS PAIR OF SOCKS? AN AMERICAN GIRL FRIEND BOUGHT THEM WAY BACK IN THE SEV
ENTIES IN SOME DUMPSTORE AT THE DUTCH TOWN OF PELLA, IOWA IN THE MIDWEST. IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PRES
ENT.
