Art, especially great art, is for everybody.
It’s for regular people like us, kings like Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, and out-of-touch political refugees like Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison.
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On Sat, Jun 4, King Willem-Alexander opened Sonsbeek 2016, a three-month long, art-in-the-parkish exhibition at Park Sonsbeek, in the Dutch city of Arnhem.
The event traces its history to 1949 as Holland tried to recover from the traumas of World War II and this year has been curated by a group from Indonesia, a former colony.
Filipino artist Louie Cordero (creator of the “Nardong Tae” comic book, among other talents) is one of the artists showing at Sonsbeek.
Look at the King posing with him (that’s his sculpture in the background)!
A few hours later, with the glorious sunshine behind them, Cordero welcomed another guest, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison.
Sison tried out the artist’s odd-shaped pingpong table, which has been decked out in jeepney paint.
He looked almost harmless.
Sonsbeek runs till Sep 18 in Arnhem City, The Netherlands. Cordero’s works are at Park Sonsbeek. Free admission. For details, go to sonsbeek.org.
