Policy
Gallery Carla Koch specializes in modern glass and ceramics, especially glass and ceramics related or referring to functionality and design.
The Gallery preferably shows objects that may have a function , and yet can easily stand on their own as autonomous art.
The objects should enclose some space, while the spectator should be able to enclose the objects.
The Gallery yearly has ten exhibitions, alternately glass and ceramics.
In addition, the Gallery has a presentation on the KunstRAI, Art Rotterdam, Art Twente and pAn Amsterdam and twice a year organizes exhibitions at another location.
Selection of the Artists:
In addition to exhibiting work of internationally acclaimed artists, the Gallery wishes to enable young artists to make a start.
Usually, these artists are selected from the students graduating from Ducth and Belgian art academies.
When the Gallery shows work by a beginning artist, it invariably starts with a small presentation in the stock room.
The main exhibition room is spacious, therefore merciless. Although young artists may show genuine talent and skill, they may not yet be up to filling the entire space, they may even be engulfed by the space and not fulfill their potential.
Therefore it's safer to start with a small presentation in the stock room.
Deciding when a certain artist is ready for a solo exhibition is one of the most important tasks of the Gallery.
Other activities
Carla Koch has many years of experience in glass and ceramics. She has run Gallery Inart for more than fifteen years.
When this gallery closed its doors, she made the logical decision to start her own gallery. Gallery Carla Koch opened in April 1995.
Carla Koch has several times been a supervisor of the final examinations of the departments of Glass and Ceramic Design of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Carla Koch is the European representative of the prestigious Japanese "INAX Design Prize for European Ceramicists".
In 1998, Carla Koch was asked to join the nomination committee for the Rotterdam Design Prize.
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