π° The Castle of Many Bodies βοΈ
ποΈ 18 April 2025 β 24 August 2025ποΈ Centraal Museum , Utrecht
From April 18 to August 24, 2025, No Limits! Art Castle will be in Utrecht with The Castle of Many Bodies: a ceramics exhibition in the garden of the Centraal Museum. The castle imagines itself as a large, shared body and takes visitors on a journey of change, desire, life and death, masculinity and femininity. The castle embraces otherness, welcomes everyone and brings all kinds of people together in one large work of art.
Clay is a physical, organic and sometimes unpredictable materialβit shrinks, cracks and deforms. At the same time, ceramics is a physical processβyou knead it with your hands, sometimes even with your entire body, and are in direct contact with the material. This makes it ideally suited to tell stories about the body. The artists in The Castle of Many Bodies create new bodies, shape their experiences and challenge conventions. From protective spiky creatures to sculptures that explore gender identity: each work reflects the unique perspective of the artist.
The castle itself is also a work of art, designed by Sander van Noort in collaboration with artists from various studios. It grows organically, built from reused parts of the old castle in Amsterdam, remains of old works of art and ceramic pieces from De Wijde Doelen, Bijzonder Amsterdams and May van Loenen, among others. This hybrid structure symbolizes the power of collaboration, reuse and diversity.
With The Castle of Many Bodies we show the many sides of ceramics, build bridges between makers and the public and celebrate the wealth of bodies and perspectives. Welcome to the castle β a mini-museum and a shop, and above all a place where everything and everyone comes together.
Participating artists:
Atelier de Wijde Doelen, Zinderin Kunst, Bijzonder Amsterdams, Sander van Noort, Shani Leseman, Tommy Smits, Jessica Magnin, Maikel Baas, Atelier Totem, Gilbert Smith, Juan Carlos Badia Cabero, Nonna Hoogland, May van Loenen, Ischa Kempka, Natalia Ossef, Chris Rijk, Gijs Assmann, Amber Hyacinth, CrazinisT ArtisT, Alexxx, Mai van Oers, Antoine Moulinard, Ernest Anna Bessems.
π·: Robin Meyer Artdoc
Clay is a physical, organic and sometimes unpredictable materialβit shrinks, cracks and deforms. At the same time, ceramics is a physical processβyou knead it with your hands, sometimes even with your entire body, and are in direct contact with the material. This makes it ideally suited to tell stories about the body. The artists in The Castle of Many Bodies create new bodies, shape their experiences and challenge conventions. From protective spiky creatures to sculptures that explore gender identity: each work reflects the unique perspective of the artist.
The castle itself is also a work of art, designed by Sander van Noort in collaboration with artists from various studios. It grows organically, built from reused parts of the old castle in Amsterdam, remains of old works of art and ceramic pieces from De Wijde Doelen, Bijzonder Amsterdams and May van Loenen, among others. This hybrid structure symbolizes the power of collaboration, reuse and diversity.
With The Castle of Many Bodies we show the many sides of ceramics, build bridges between makers and the public and celebrate the wealth of bodies and perspectives. Welcome to the castle β a mini-museum and a shop, and above all a place where everything and everyone comes together.
Participating artists:
Atelier de Wijde Doelen, Zinderin Kunst, Bijzonder Amsterdams, Sander van Noort, Shani Leseman, Tommy Smits, Jessica Magnin, Maikel Baas, Atelier Totem, Gilbert Smith, Juan Carlos Badia Cabero, Nonna Hoogland, May van Loenen, Ischa Kempka, Natalia Ossef, Chris Rijk, Gijs Assmann, Amber Hyacinth, CrazinisT ArtisT, Alexxx, Mai van Oers, Antoine Moulinard, Ernest Anna Bessems.
π·: Robin Meyer Artdoc
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