Het bottenpaleis, 2000
Book, 19.9 cm x 12.5 cm, 184 p, language: Dutch, publisher: Amsterdam: Em Querido’s Uitgeverij BV, ISBN: 9021461544.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2025/568).
Literary synopsis
Het bottenpaleis is the story of the life of two women, who are connected in a special way. The book is funny, language-crazy, with a sharp eye for human behaviour and misbehaviour. It is about the longing for love and the love of story-telling everyone has.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
In the author’s words: “Het bottenpaleis shows how I see life, and art for me is an important part of that life…”
Authorship: Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: Artwork-Novel Parallel Lives.
Genre: Bildungsroman, Romance.
Publishing: Publishing House.
Theme: Childhood, Death, Desire, Love, Memory, Rituals, States of the Self.
Media
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>"These drawings have the same atmosphere as my novel" - Pam Emmerik. 70x100cm, paper/acrylic paint and acrylic paint in stifts
>"These drawings have the same atmosphere as my novel" - Pam Emmerik. 70x100cm, paper/acrylic paint and acrylic paint in stifts
>"These drawings have the same atmosphere as my novel" - Pam Emmerik. 70x100cm, paper/acrylic paint and acrylic paint in stifts
>"These drawings have the same atmosphere as my novel" - Pam Emmerik. 70x100cm, paper/acrylic paint and acrylic paint in stifts
>"These drawings have the same atmosphere as my novel" - Pam Emmerik. 70x100cm, paper/acrylic paint and acrylic paint in stifts
Artist
> Pam Emmerik .
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). Fabra i Coats - Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.