The World Goes On – Het Archief Artspace

THE WORLD GOES ON

Het Archief Artspace, Rotterdam – 2026

Nico Parlevliet en Ton Kraayeveld

The exhibition The World Goes On brings together the work of artists Nico Parlevliet and Ton Kraayeveld for the first time. This occurs literally in a work consisting of three sculptural figures by Parlevliet, positioned in front of a painting by Kraayeveld on which the words *this – world – goes – on* rotate continuously. The exhibition can be understood as a “match” between the two artists, a contest between the two-dimensional works of one artist and the—often sound-producing—three-dimensional objects of the other. There is no winner, rather a “match” in the sense of a connection and meeting of minds. The World Goes On!