Outside the Soup
The exhibition Outside the Soup, initiated by artists Afra Eisma and Hend Samir, emphasizes the potential of art to create new worldviews through radical imagination and artistic experimentation; placing care, solidarity, and trust at the forefront. Rather than building on a conceptual framework as the underpinning for the exhibition, the role of mutual and reciprocal relationships within the artistic ecosystem takes center stage.
Outside the Soup brings together a large and diverse international group of artists who create narrative-based, highly visual works steeped in imagination. The exhibition will be activated through an extensive context- and community program of workshops and guided tours.
With work by Soad Abdelrasoul, Kenneth Aidoo, Dagmar Bosma, Afra Eisma, Esraa Elfeky, Tessa Mars, Marzia Migliora, Hiroki Miura, Rah Naqvi, Karin Iturralde Nurnberg, Hend Samir, Afrah Shafiq, Meenakshi Thirukode, Marnix van Uum and Debbie Young.
Learn more about the participating artists and exhibition in the handout of Outside the Soup.
This exhibition is generously supported by: Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds21, Iona Foundation, Nieuwe Instituut and Oedipus Brewing.
Our partners: CBK Zuidoost, IMC Weekendschool, Future Institute of Art, Stagehuis Schilderswijk and Kunstinstituut Melly for this exhibition.
Exhibition photography by Pieter Kers.
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Initiated by Afra Eisma and Hend Samir. At W139, we work collectively and intersectionally on exhibitions—guided and led by the initiating artists that we invite.
This exhibition has been developed by the artistic team, with Tomas Adolfs leading the process, together with André Avelãs, Ana Brichta, Dana Claasen, Levi van Gelder, Dil Ghale, Geer van der Klugt, Margarita Osipian, Ghaith Kween Qoutainy, Claudio Ritfeld and Annette Wolfsberger.
Visual Identity: Sheona Turnbull @sheonaaaaa
This exhibition is generously supported by: Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Fonds21, Iona Foundation, Nieuwe Instituut and Oedipus Brewing. Our partners: CBK Zuidoost, IMC Weekendschool, Future Institute of Art, Stagehuis Schilderswijk and Kunstinstituut Melly for this exhibition.
A huge thank you to all the artists for making this exhibition possible, to the team of W139 for their love and care in making this show happen, to the amazing designer Sheona for the incredible work in tying this show together, and to Sam Samiee, for bringing us together. The visit of Meenakshi Thirukode is made possible by the International Visitors Programme of the Nieuwe Instituut with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The work period of Esraa Elfeky in Amsterdam is made possible in collaboration with CBK Zuidoost.
