BIO

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I am a Dutch artist, born in 1971 in Bergen op Zoom and I live at the moment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and since 2005 I unveill each year guerilla artwise an I Will Win painting of 10 x 6 m (33 x 20 ft) along the course of the New York City Marathon in order to show my painting for 6 to 7 seconds to the 50.000 runners and 260 million tv viewers at home while watching the New York City Marathon. What actually never happend!

Let’s do it together,

Erik Van Loon
US (+1) 865 2 E V LOON (+1865 238 5666)
EU (+31) 6 E VAN LOON (+316 3826 5666)

5 Small Steps

Together with you and many other people from all over the world I want to change history with the following 5 small steps I want to: 1. to buy cotton, acrylic paint, brooms, wood, etc (cost € 2.400) 2. to paint in New York (cost € 2.800 extra) in order to give reporters of websites, newspapers, radio and tv stations time to blog, write or broadcast about I Will Win X in advance 3. to celebrate (regardless coverage) ten years I Will Win with friends, funders and everybody else who loves art and New York with a big Champagneparty (cost € 600) 4. to unveill I Will Win X like the last 9 years at a building near mile 20 at Sunday, November 2nd in the Bronx (step 4 cost € 1,200) 5. to show I Will Win 1 till 10 at least two weeks in New York (step 5 cost € 9.000).

HISTORY

From 2005 till 2012 I painted each year an I Will Win painting for the New York City Marathon in various studio’s in the Netherlands. In the video below you will see 8 of my paintings filmed in a former Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam.


I Will Win 1 I Will Win (2005)	I Will Win 2 The News (2006)	I Will Win 3 The Statue (2007)	I Will Win 4 The Runner (2008)	I Will Win 5 The History (2009)	I Will Win 6 The Creation (2010)	I Will Win 7 The Crisis (2011)	I Will Win 8 The Elections (2012)	I Will Win 9 The War (2013)

FUNDRAISING

With something for everyone you I will send, meet or mail you in return for your pledge between € 5 and € 1,000 a Post, a Digital Photo, 10 Postcards, a Tshirt, a Book, a Signed Photo, a Framed Poster, a Book-in-a-box, a Lunch, a Dinner or a Party before Christmas 2014. So join, pledge and share my affection for New York City by taking part in I Will Win X. To realise I Will Win X I have to raise $ 20.000,- to cover all expenses (see details) and that’s actually why I ask you and other friends, organisations and companies throughout the world to support my Kickstarter fundraising programm by “buying” one of the following things:
– $.. Donation
– $5 Post
– $10 Digital Photo
– $20 Postcards
– $30 Tshirt
– $50 Book
– $ 75 Photo
– $150 Poster
– $200 Book-in-a-Box
– $250 Lunch
– $500 Diner
– $1,000 Party
– $2,500 Day

THE ARTIST

Erik Van Loon is a Dutch Artist known for a.o. his mass media artworks: I Will Win, Demagogue, A Victim’s Perspective, Art Unites Europe, etc. With his art he tries to reach public beyond the art world on his own with the use of mass media in order to move his public literal and metaphorically with work that doesn’t create beauty only but also incites discovery, stimulates reflection, and generates self-knowledge, which will eventually increase understanding, exchange, and cooperation between governments, companies and people worldwide.

I LOVE DC

Due to Sandy (the NYC Marathon was cancelled for the first time in history) I decided to unveil I Will Win – The Elections in Washington DC. During my stay of five days I fall in love with DC and its citizens. That’s why I decided to paint I Will Win – The War in 2013 in DC while I expressed my love for DC with a thorough search for 250 cars for I LOVE DC. voorpagina metro

SUMMARY

Why:I Love NYC
What: A painting of 10 x 6 m (33 x 20 ft)
Who: People who love NYC
When: At November 2nd 2014
Where: At a building at the Bronx side of the Willis Av. Bridge
Cost: $ 20.000

CONTACT

You can reach Erik Van Loon via:
US +1 865 2 E V LOON (865 238 5666)
EU +31 6 E VAN LOON (06 3826 5666)
Twitter: www.twitter.com/erikvanloon
Facebook: www.facebook.com/artist.evanloon