We are proud to share the inspiring story of Rietveld alum Aimée Zito Lema, who has become the first artist in residence at the Rijksmuseum. In an extensive article by de Volkskrant, we get an insight into her approach.
Zito Lema is the Rijksmuseum's first artist in residence, which means she is given funding and access to all the museum's resources for a year to realise an art project. It could be anything, as long as it had to do with the Rijksmuseum as an institution or the museum collection: about 1 million objects (most stored in a depot) that together provide an overview of Dutch art and history.
The first period of her year as artist in residence is mainly spent gathering information, talking to staff, walking around the buildings, observing. She uses that information for her art project. In that project, Zito Lema focuses on heritage restoration. Restorers deal with repairing and conserving objects to preserve them for as long as possible.
We congratulate Aimée on this special role and look forward to the traces she will leave at the Rijksmuseum.
📖 Read the full interview in the Volkskrant
Photo: Aimée Zito Lema at the Rijksmuseum, by Natascha Libbert for the Volkskrant