Originally made for the group show Rembrandt on A4, the purple version above, was also shown in another show in Leiden during the Rembrandt 400th birthday celebrations, this time in the Scheltema building in the Rembrandt reception hall.

For this show, each artist was asked to work with one particular colour. We just chose purple and then realised later that here it relates to Parse politics (the previous government a combination of left (red) and right (blue) parties was called the purple government). It was a goverment of tolerance and liberalism.

The current government has brought in the Citizenship exam referred to in the title. An exam we object to because it is based on discrimination, creating two classes of citizenship in the Netherlands. Those who have to sit the exam (lesser desired migrants) and those who don't (ones from European countries which have treaties with the Netherlands).

The exam is based on the right way to act or behave, and have assumptions about foriegners built into the questions, such as one where the assumption is that the foreigner is offended by the presence of two men who are kissing. The European Human Rights Commission has objected to the new law.