For Annie Sprinkle, Adriaan was her Art-Pimp!, for me was Adriaan my Art-Father!From day one, back in the early ninetees, He was my: Big-Art-Daddy.
Beside a painter, I'm an performer,and at the first PORN Fair at the Markanti Plaza, and Adriaan was there to support me!
Together we fixed the set of GTST ( the first Dutch soap on national tv) with my paintings and we played a little role too!
On Camp-Art Adriaan had a Adult Road Movie-show, and a harem!, with me and my crazy friends! they loved him all! and we took the front page with a huge photo at a big daily newspaper!!!
Adriaan brought my paintings into the film : COOL, one of the movies of Theo van Gogh, and Daddy and I had popcorn at the premiere, together! with all the young deliguentes/actors of that movie.
Of course, these are just a few memories and there where also the regular shows, and Adriaan was always caring about his artist!
I loved him! for his big heart, the strange, the crazy, the high and unexspectable way of living the Art!Where Adriaan was, there was something going on!
I ll miss you my Big-Art-Daddy!
I ll keep the TORCH burning!
Colien Langerwerf
fotos made by: Eduard bezembinder at Camp Art Amsterdam 1996
