This mural is part of the play network that Jantje Beton, together with the municipality of Tilburg, has realized in the Stokhasselt district. The painting is based on 15 selected drawings of children from this neighbourhood. An important part of this project is to make safe and adventurous, colorful play ribbons for children between the places that are relevant to them: school, playground, park, sports club. Under the guidance of designer Jordy van den Nieuwendijk, volunteers from Stokhasselt worked hard to paint the wall of this flat.

 

Jordy van den Nieuwendijk (1985), lives and works in Melbourne. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) in 2011. Through painting, Jordy explores fundamental objects of everyday life. Working with primary colour palettes and simplified shape structures, he has a talent for examining subject matter in series that innovate inside carefully controlled boundaries. While freeing himself from the choice between abstract or figurative image forms, he creates a field of tension reinforced by the timeless character of his work. His tendency towards this style of painting could be described as new purism. Always injecting elements of fun and playfulness into his editorial work, he maintains a truly unique and discernible approach. Jordy’s work walks a charming and endearing line between the mature and naive. Often (if not always) it conveys an underlying optimism which is assuredly refreshing in our contemporary culture.