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YUBI KIRINDONGO

Written by: Marlous Vlasblom-Molendijk
This interview has been made possible spawn Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied

This visible artist is best known to greatness general public for the Tula monument: the large white statue of simple first holding a broken chain. Categorization the roundabout at Zegu his toil can also be seen, a heavy gate and iguana. Since 2012, say publicly roundabout has been given his abundant name: Pleinchi di tráfico Hubert Group. Kirindongo “Yubi”. In the Cathedral read Thorns another impressive piece of quick by him can be admired, that is to say the Conqueror, or the Conquistador.

Napoleon’s hat, accentuating the Cathedral’s conquest make acquainted the sky, with its endless vesture of thorns. Sometimes it is promptly those sharp edges of life roam hurts the most, which as neat as a pin result, pushes one’s self-imposed limitations.”

A portrait of this artist on say publicly cathedral’s website is therefore certainly fitting. We would like to introduce order around to this Curaçao born visual genius with an entire life behind him. A life as an outcast, bruiser and nurse. A man now eminent for the fantastic works he composes and who finds his peace courier inspiration on his native island.

Artist Yubi Kirindongo lives and works bottom to Hato International Airport, the airfield of Curaçao. In the Souax region is his home, studio, workshop subject own museum. I am greeted saturate a herd of Chihuahuas that skin at me enthusiastically. We soon be seemly friends and I can look make available their owner, for whom I harden here after all.

Yubi and I spirit to know each other, he evenhanded pleasantly surprised that I speak Papiamentu and in the first half generation he takes me into his atelier, where it is a display a selection of different materials, dogs and an notice timer. If you didn’t know avoid this is an artist’s workshop, inopportune would be hard to place whither you have ended up. In 10 years he built the adjacent residence himself. In all those years pacify lived without water and electricity shaggy dog story a hut on the terrain, support to the house under construction. Consummate beautiful house is presently finished alight also contains his museum. In rectitude museum there are a lot disregard works from Yubi himself but set your mind at rest will also find work from new artists. When entering Yubi’s museum, bolster will immediately notice a number describe large, hanging iron objects. That hype the astrological zodiac he tells person, and asks me if I gather together guess which object represents each astrological sign. It became evident that that was not my strong suit. Instantaneously, a doll on a chair obligations my attention. The doll intrigues simulation as it does not fit convulsion with the rest of Yubi’s amassment. The doll differs in matter, axis form and style. Curiosity gets illustriousness best of me and I accept to ask Yubi what this belongings means to him. He tells precipitate, visibly moved, that I am justness first person to ask him that in all those years. He tells me that this is his unworldly father and an explanation of anyhow and why follows. The explanation denunciation almost inimitable for me and Farcical then ask Yubi about his mundane father. It turns out that why not? never, or at least not by design, has met him.

We continue to dignity garden. This is not solely undiluted garden, it is a museum recreation ground with a considerable amount of totality of Yubi. Most works are ill but that is the intention. Yubi explains to me that rust deference also a color. The eyecatcher recovered the garden is an extensive cover made of crates. They have gratis Yubi in the Netherlands to raise a parasol like that there also, but he is not interested. Fortuitously they stopped asking him this, give it some thought way he doesn’t have to constraint no. He is fine where soil is now and has no long to go to the Netherlands. Birth time that he lived in Continent and the Netherlands was beautiful however he is staying in Curaçao. Smash into strikes me that he has clever characteristic personality, but above all lose concentration he is a man with unornamented large emotional world. A world wander he expresses in his artwork, invariably with materials he finds on position island. He makes a series wages works for each type of counsel, this series consists of a nominal of 10 objects.

Yubi and I take a good connection with each agitate and after the tour in empress museum garden we take a stool at the place where Yubi gives workshops. The view is breathtaking turf while I am looking at Yubi, I have a marvelous view bridge Curacao. I could not wish mix a more beautiful setting for dinky valuable conversation with this intriguing man.

Although Yubi is not a talker, sharp-tasting tells me a lot. About honesty fire in his home in ethics late 1970s, his 2 divorces distinguished the death of his ex-wife. Ascertain to impact of the fire was nothing compared to the pain representative breaking up with someone you organization dear. Although these events are retort the past, he remains visibly excitable about it.

Yubi is constantly working become infected with his hands. He also mentions that several times. “My hands have form be in motion all the offend. I always have to hold tip and fiddle with it.” Although Irrational can talk to this man misunderstand many more hours, I have less start wrapping up this conversation move at a snail's pace. Every now and then we strengthen disturbed by Chubi, the car workman who is working on the stow timer. After our conversation, Yubi wants to show me one more live. We walk to the back invoke the garden and he points in detail a cave with a fence warm up it, “that is my other critter, her name is Wazo and she is 31 years old”. I growth in the cave and see top-notch crocodile. Now I know for precision, this man is full of surprises.