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1646 opened the first solo exhibition in The Netherlands by self-taught artist Janek Simon, showing his newest 3D printed sculptures.
Growing up in Poland during the 1980’s amidst post-war dichotomies, Simon developed an anarchist political position and a resistance to reducing the world into categories. Combined with his urge to intrude on overpowering, opaque technologies, Simon sees the DIY approach as a tool to reappropriate technology and to empower people to dismantle simplistic constructs of reality, categorisation and hierarchies.
For his exhibition at 1646, Simon collected a large database of images from websites like Etsy and Ebay, that problematically categorise folkloric sculptures from around the world. He then used machine-learning programs, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing techniques to produce new sculptures that everyone and at the same time no-one can recognise themselves in. This way, Simon’s work is a gesture that brings focus to openness and common grounds, amidst the devastating geopolitical conflicts of current times.
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Boekhorststraat 125
2512 CN The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 212 58 60
(10am – 6pm Mon – Fri)
Opening times during exhibitions:
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Thursday: 13:00 – 21:00
Friday: 13:00 – 18:00
Saturday: 13:00 – 18:00
Sunday: 13:00 – 18:00
Special days:
Easter (Sun 20-4-2025): Closed
Pentecost (Sun 8-6-2025): Closed
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