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LOCAL A13
Friday 11 December 2015

Special to Aruba Today:

Local Artist Cado de Lannoy Capturing Our Heritage in a Different Perspective

CAROLINA BULOS
(www.bondia24.com)
ORANJESTAD – Cado de
Lannoy is an artist dedicat-
ed to doing art/photog-
raphy work of the Aruban
heritage and presenting
this in a different perspec-
tive. “Aruba is known for its
beaches, palm trees etc.,
but I want to show that
there is much more than
that, there is a history that
can be shown through our
monumental buildings”.

-NAME aspect of a business and
The artistic name that is as an artist as well. He took
used to present his work part in an exhibition to dis-
is “Cadosbla” and as he play his work that he had
puts it, is a very “random” done in Aruba as well as
name that just sort of hap- New Jersey and had great
pened. “There was a time feedback. In Aruba the
when I used to make some support is huge since ev-
T-shirts with black & white eryone knows each other
photography, so it was Ca- in a way. Which is why he
do’s Black & White T-shirt also wanted to display his
edition, and I showed my work internationally to see
friend Ash from Tangerine, what the reactions would
the tag and he read the be, and the perfect plac-
first part only and a piece es for doing so being New
of the another, and asked York & New Jersey that are
me ‘Cados bla?’ and I told known to be art hubs and
him to keep reading. But having his girlfriend living in
after that day the name New Jersey as well, who is
just kind of stuck” Cado one of his biggest support-
tells us. ers.
Cado receives his material
all over the island of Aruba. Continued on Page 14
He explains that he is a very
outdoors person and loves
to surf and he sees every-
thing as an opportunity to
find something new and
different. “Around Aruba
there are plenty of old
houses or new ones with
nobody living in them yet,
and they all have a story to
tell”, he continues telling us
that he was recently in New
York where he took part
in a photography course
to continue improving his
skills. He always taught him-
self everything he knows,
but then decided to take
things more seriously to re-
ally become more profes-
sional in digital photogra-
phy, which he thinks is a
very important step in the