From Middelheim Museum to the city and vice versa
The Middelheim Museum highlights its individuality within the work of Contemporary Art Heritage Flanders (CAHF), the partnership between Mu.Zee, SMAK, M HKA and Middelheim Museum with the exhibition entitled “Crossing”. The exhibition was inspired by publications about the collections of the four Flemish institutions for contemporary art.
The main question in this project is situated in the reflection on the relationship between the collection of the open-air museum and the artworks in public space in Antwerp. Which results does this interaction have in practice? And which opportunities does this create for the future?
The publication about the Middelheim Museum will contain a theoretical reflection by Jeroen Boomgaard, a lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy as well as proposals by artists about sculptures that could leave the Middelheim Museum for the city and vice versa. A reflection which enables to add a new significance, a new dimension to these sculptures.
The exhibition meanwhile tries to effectively achieve this. This question is materialised in an installation by the artist Hans Wuyts with documents about and works by Cel Crabeels, Luc Deleu, Jan Dries, Dan Graham, Yoshitomo Nara and Luc Tuymans.
Practical information
- Location: LLS 387 Ruimte voor actuele kunst (Lange Leemstraat 387, 2018 Antwerp).
- Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Can also be viewed upon request (http://users.telenet.be/lls387, lls384@telenet.be of 0497 48 17 27)
- Free admission
- Opening and book presentation on 12 March at 6 p.m. in LLS 387. With: Mihnea Mircan (Director Extra City) in a discussion with Jeroen Boomgaard (lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the author of the publication “Crossing”).
An exhibition with documents about and works by Cel Crabeels, Luc Deleu, Jan Dries, Dan Graham, Yoshitomo Nara and Luc Tuymans in an installation by Hans Wuyts. And a publication with a text by Jeroen Boomgaard and contributions by the artists Guillaume Bijl, Wim Catrysse, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Christoph Fink, Kati Heck, Ludo Mich, Ria Pacquée, Koen Theys, Mitja Tušek, Els Vanden Meersch, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Gert Verhoeven, Kris Vleeschouwer, Leon Vranken and Hans Wuyts.