This summer, the Centraal Museum offers a platform to young and innovative artists. In collaboration with the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, the museum presents, between 19 June and 13 September 2010, the exhibition In your face. Stip 2010 and art now. For this presentation, the museum has selected visual artists, designers and architects from the new generation, who have received a starter stipend for their work from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture between 2006 and 2008.

Modern-day art
Of the more than 350 artists who received a contribution from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, director Edwin Jacobs and all the curators of the Centraal Museum have made a selection. This way, the museum tries to present a broad view on what is going on in the art world at the moment. This has resulted in the fact that we can present the works of 31 promising young artists who have no fear in sharing their opinion about modern-day society with the public. Various disciplines and talents get together in this exhibition: design, architecture, photography, illustration, painting, and film. Despite all diversity, the nature of the works can be characterised as clear, direct and confronting: in your face.

Successful talent and new work
The exhibition In your face. Stip 2010 and art now presents not only up-and-coming talent, but also artists who were granted a stipend and who have developed themselves and become successful since then. In 2008, Christien Meindertsma won a Dutch Design Award for best design with PIG 05049. Illustrator Gijs Huijgen and fashion designer Iris van Herpen were awarded the same prize in 2009 for their work in the categories best illustration and best product fashion, jewellery & accessory. In addition to this, several artists will, especially for this exhibiton, create new works. Sjocosjon, for example, will create a wall painting of 2x3 metres in one of the exhibition rooms and Idan Hayosh will set up a spectacular lighting installation in CM Studio. The work of the artists is not only limited to the works on display at the exhibition, but it also includes the design of the exhibition. Marc Koehler is responsible for the layout of the exhibition. Designers Alfons Hooikaas and Felix Weigand are responsible for the two-part catalogue.

Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture is a national institute which makes it possible for visual artists, designers, architects and intermediaries to develop their work in many ways. A starter stipend is a subsidy meant to let beginning artistst focus on the artistic and professional development of their work. A two-part catalogue about the exhibition will be published. One part of the catalogue will feature the work of the artists that have been selected for In your face. Stip 2010 and art now The other part encloses the works of all artists (368) who were given a starter stipend between 2006-2008.

Participants
Alberto de Michele (until August 30)
Alfons Hooikaas
Anna Bas-Backer
Atelier NL
Awoiska van der Molen
Christien Meindertsma
De Makers Van
Felix Weigand
Gijs Kast
Idan Hayosh
Iris van Herpen
Jennifer Pettersson
Jeroen van Bergen
Job Wouters
Joep Overtoom
Jonas Staal
Lola Landscape Architects
Katrin Maurer
Marc Koehler
Marijn van Kreij
Miranda Cleary
Monika Kluckova
René van Engelenburg
Reineke Otten
Rob Hornstra
Rogier Klomp
Roos van Soest
Sjocosjon
Tom Verbruggen
Ton van Zantvoort
Wikke van Houwelingen