The State of L3 in Contrast magazine
Feat. works of Fleur Ouwerkerk , Raul Balai, Quinsy Gario and Antonio Jose Guzman
Piertopolis
Official opening of L3’s founder Antonio Jose Guzman new project.
In Collaboration with L3’s Ton van Beers & Raul Balai
Date: Saturday the 27th of August 2011
Time: 17.00 – 20.00 (5PM – 8PM)
Location: Museumwerf ‘t Kromhout
Adress: Hoogte Kadijk [...]
BONI/TULA OSO
Expositie en debat in Boni-Tula Oso
Een speciaal gebouwde expositietent met de spraakmakende installatie van ‘The State of L3‘ is de plek waar de jongerendebatten worden gehouden.
‘The State of L3‘ is een in Amsterdam gevestigd internationaal collectief van beeldende en videokunstenaars uit de Afrikaanse diaspora. De coördinatie van dit collectief, opgericht door de [...]
The Dakar Biennale & our Presentation at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris
were a huge sucess for the Collective!
Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain
Dak’Art 2010 7 May – 7 June 2010 Dakar, Sénégal.
Next shows are:
Gallery 23, Amsterdam 27 June
Keti Koti Festival 1 July
Smart Project Space 10 July
MC Mansour at the L3 Vernissage in Medina, Dakar
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Beatnik Supakicks
Raul Balai 4 State of L3
Quinsy Gario (1984) was born on the sunny island of Curacao and although he’s now living in the Netherlands, his Caribbean disposition can still be found in his work. This disposition consists of the ability to use the movement of words, sounds and thoughts and fuse them with a new understanding. In his work he [...]
Design Richard A. Broeksema. Found and used chairframes, upholstered with special materials.
Richard A. Broeksema
Abdel Kader Diakhate
4 State of L3
Promising Dakar young talented Artist Kader work with different materials and utilizes trees as a central motif to explore the complexity of Islamic relationships in the west, connecting them with a curvilinear line pattern that is almost arabesque. The source of his works is mainly figures from books, [...]
The Miracle Sketches
Humberto Vélez
Humberto Vélez’s work actively explores the possibilities of working in collaboration with different groups (artists and handcrafters, special communities, athletes, musicians and groups conformed especially for the project), in different places and cultures. The artistic projects are conceived from what he calls “the ability to create esthetics” of, for, and with these groups, according [...]
Papa Adama (Adama Koudougou Sawadogo) is from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. At the age of 16, right after finishing high school, Papa Adama started his career as an autodidact. From 1998 till 2001 he was student and assistant of Ali Nikiema and specialized in bronze at the CNAA – Centre National Artisanal d’Art in Ouagadougou. The [...]
Ton van Beers 4 State of L3
Contemporary Arts & Film Collective Exchange Established in 2006
The State of L3 is an Amsterdam based art collective working internationally on art, multimedia exchanges, modern tendencies and political issues.
The State of L3 is founded, curated and directed by Antonio Jose Guzman
Cultural Exchange Coordination by OLAA
The State of L3 archive library collection is originally based on our projects as a collective and the works of international artists who inspire our projects.
The State of L3 is sponsored by:
VSB Fonds
Mondriaan Foundation
Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2010-2011 Exhibitions
Dakar Biennale
Senegal, May
Maison de l’Amérique Latine
Paris, June
Gallery 23
Amsterdam, June/July
Smart Project Space
Amsterdam, July/August
SANAA Gallery
Utrecht, September
M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art
Antwerp, Nov/Dec/Jan
Galleri Image
Vestergade 29
8000 Århus C
“Piertopia”
8 April – 22 May 2011
L3 T shirts designed by Raul Balai are now back and available by popular Demand!
If your work appears in our archive and infringes copyright laws, please contact us and we will remove it immediately.
The State of L3 is a non-profit, educational, noncommercial organization, seeking a worldwide art exchange between artists from different disciplines.
L3 is limited to educational exchange, research, archive, criticism, review, and news reporting. Under the Copyright “fair dealing” U.K, “fair use” U.S.A.