kenderfrau: Jan Ros

maandag 10 november 2025

PAN 2025

Last week we visited the 40th edition of PAN Amsterdam.

This was the first time security didn't allow me to bring my pocket camera.

I'm sorry for the poor quality of the photos.

The antique tiles of Lameris... a good tradition to start with.

Then my eye caught two 'collectebussen' (poor box, collecting tin)

ELD = Eer Langs den Diaconie

Oe Mn & Vn Huis = Oude Mannen- en Vrouwenhuis

'The Curtain' by one of my favourite PAN artists Jan Ros

A exciting new artist to me this year is Ben McLaughlin, a contemporary painter from Britain.

The collection of collages and small paintings was drawing lots of attention....

... small intriguing paintings,

a bit confusing by its composition, not a complete picture,

objects covered in romantic light.

Something very different... this work of art from 1968 'Weißer Regen'

I like it. It seems the artist Günther Uecker is primarily known for his nail reliefs.

Curved and Organic

A vintage chair by Joe Colombo

I was impressed by this work, a glass sculpture by Karin Mørch

Big Line Amorphous Peridot

Beautiful art deco glass by René Lalique

⬆︎ 'Mimosa' vase in opalescent glass and ⬇︎ 'Acacia' vase

Dark bronze okimono of a cormorant drying its wings by Okabe Tatsuo.

Wooden Marten sculpture by Fernand Vago Weiss (1896-1942)

I thought I would have bought it in 2024, if it hadn't been already sold by then.

Just my kind of 'thing'. The wooden material, the stylised form, a fauna subject,

incredibly skilled carving..... and now, what a coincidence, I got a second chance!

If its wasn't for the price, I would have bought it straight away (big smile).

I reconized this artist from a far distance herman de vries.

One of my favourite artists. A link to an earlier post with his work is here

Apical #7 by Diana Scherer

Wandering Albatross Egg by Leila Jeffreys

'Pecten' from France, 17 million years old

Fossil fish from Green River Formation, Wyoming USA. 50 million years old

"Aap op houtvlot" by Carolein Smit

I'm not so interested in jewelry, but then I spotted this piece of art:

"Pistil" by Marta Mattsson in collaboration with glass artist Jessica Tsai.

Borosilicate glass (flower-body by Jessica),

Rhino beetles, copper, enamel lacquer, silver, resin.

My friend Antoon is great company when I visit an art fair!

This year being our 10th anniversary since we started in 2015 ★

Here some links to our earlier visits to PAN and other art fairs:

PAN 2024, PAN 2023, PAN 2021, PAN 2019 , PAN 2017 , PAN 2015

Eurantica 2016 , Art Breda 2017

woensdag 27 november 2024

PAN 2024 - Kenderfrau Picks

We visited PAN Amsterdam again.

Traditionally I start with Frides Lameris' antiques tiles.

Next is the 'wonderkamer', 'wunderkammer' with a collection of curiosities

a wall mounted console made from a 'tonderzwam' (tree fungus)

And my favourite object: an extremely rare Kiribati warrior's armour.

Central Pacific Ocean, Micronesia, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)

Dating from the 19th century or earlier.

Provenance: Collection Jean Roudillon (1924-2020),

a Frech expert in the tribal arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas

made from materials like porcupinefish skin, shark teeth and coconut fibers

..... the craftmanship and quality is excellent

This object should go to a museum collection, not to a private collection.

One of the senior students at Rongorongo training college, Beru, wearing Kiribati armor, before 1925

(Photo: George Hubert Eastman, © Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge)

Historically, the I-Kiribati (the people of the Republic of Kiribati) produced extraordinary objects such as suits of armor made from coconut fiber. The armor provided protection from the dangerous shark’s-teeth-edged swords, spears, and daggers carried by island warriors. Each suit is made up of a set of overalls and sleeves made from coconut fiber, with a coconut fiber cuirass (arbor that covers the front and back of the torso) worn over the top. The distinctive cuirasses have high backboards to protect from attack from behind, and were often worn with thick belts made from woven coconut fiber or dried ray skin to protect the vital organs. The cuirasses are usually decorated, either with human hair, feathers or shells.

Warriors sometimes wore hand armour also made from coconut fiber, inlaid with shark's teeth along the knuckles. The warriors would also wear fearsome-looking helmets made of porcupine fish skin, which dried hard in the sun and provided another layer of protection for the head.

These helmets would usually have been worn over an coconut fiber or woven

pandanus (palm-like plant with ling frond-like leaves used for weaving) leaf cap.

It is not known where and when this type of armor was developed in the island, but is has come to stand as uniquely Kiribati, with its influence also spreading to the nearby islands of Nauru and Tuvalu.

(check out the information source: khanacademy for more examples)