Exhibition

glorious (?) FAILURE

Triennial of Contemporary Art at Duffel Psychiatric Hospital
Open: 04/04/2018 - 17/06/2018
Location: Stationsstraat 22c, 2570 Duffel, Belgium
Curators: Hans Martens, Luk Pelgrims, Christian Verschelden

With: Abramovic & Ulay, Francis Alÿs, Banksy, Ben Benaouisse, Dirk Braeckman, Marcel Broodthaers, Wim Cuyvers, Nick Ervinck, Gao Brothers, He Sen, Mark Manders, Kris Martin, Gustav Mesmer, Bruce Nauman, Luc Tuymans, Panamarenko/Jef Cornelis, Thom Puckey, Meggy Rustamova, Anne Wenzel, Patrick Wokmeni, et al.

glorious (?) FAILURE looks at the ambivalence, the social and universal relevance and the interconnectedness of art in relation to mental health.

Exhibition

Workflow

Opening: 20/04/2018
Open: 20/04/2018 - 02/09/2018
Location: Cultuurcentrum Sint-Niklaas, Zwijgershoek 14, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Curator: Wim Wauman

With: Richard Artschwager, Virginie Bailly, Paul Casaer, Joachim Coucke, Luc Deleu, Wim Delvoye, Stefaan Dheedene, Peter De Meyer, Filip Dujardin, Nick Ervinck, Geert Goiris, Athar Jaber, Conny Kuilboer, Almudena Lobera, Charlotte Lybeer, Thomas Min, Sofie Muller, Michael Petry, Kelly Schacht, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Eric van Hove, Herman Van Ingelgem, et al.

Workflow explores the tension between artistic expression and industrially manufactured objects, between elaborate or intuitive forms of making and rather conceptual transformations of everyday objects.

Exhibition

2050. A Brief History of the Future

Opening: 24/03/2018
Open: 24/03/2018 - 03/06/2018
Location: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Wu Chuan West Road, Taichung, 40321 Taiwan
Curators: Pierre-Yves Desaive, Jennifer Beauloye, Jean De Loisy, Jacques Attali, Iris Huang

With: Edward Burtinsky, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Alighiero Boetti, Mona Hatoum, Andy Warhol, Hans Op de Beeck, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Yang Yongliang, Gavin Turk, Gonçalo Mabunda, Mark Titchner, Andres Serrano, Stelarc, et al.

2050. A Brief History of the Future wants to demonstrate how contemporary art deals with critical issues such as economics, ecology and social inequalities. What will the world look like in 2050 if nothing changes?

Exhibition, Festival

Artefact 2018

This Rare Earth - Stories from Below
Opening: 13/02/2018
Open: 13/02 - 01/03/2018
Location: STUK, Naamsestraat 96, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Curators: Karen Verschooren (STUK) & Ils Huygens (Z33)

With: Ilana Halperin, Jimmie Durham, Otobong Nkanga, Julian Charrière, Egill Saebjörnsson, Cecilia Jonsson, Justin Bennett, Prabhakar Pachpute & Rupali Patil, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Liam Young & Kate Davies, Füsun Turetken, Susanne Kriemann, Lise Autogena & Joshua Portway, Milo Rau, Lara Almarcegui, Ursula Biemann & Mo Diener, et al.

This Rare Earth - Stories from Below will focus on the political, economic and ecological implications of the circulation of geological materials, conflict minerals and -metals, and rare earth elements.

Exhibition

Objectif Terre

Opening: 05/12/2017 at 6:30 pm
Open: 06/12/2017 ‒ 11/03/2018
Location: Musée Barrois, 7 Rue François de Guise, 55000 Bar-le-Duc, France
Curator: Claire Paille

With: Amy Balkin, Agnes Denes, Jingfang Hau and Lingjie Wang, Olivier Le Roi, Hicham Berrada, Julien Discrit, Yang Yongliang, Ryuta Amae, James Casebere, Marcel Dinahet, Ellen Kooi, Nicolas Kennett, Jürgen Nefzger, Gyan Panchaln, Maarten Vanden Eynde.

Objectif Terre looks at contemporary concerns by international artists relating to the environment.

Exhibition

Lost in Garbage

Opening: 12/11/2017 at 3pm
Open: 12/11/2017 - summer 2018
Location: Verbeke Foundation, Westakker, Kemzeke, Belgium

With: Jean Groenen, Frank F. Castelyns, Werend Nauta, Lutgart De Meyer, Jallila Essaïdi, Shlomo Koren, Ole Nieling, Ioan Habasescu, Marc Claes, Truus van den Boezem, Barney de Krijger, Renée Verberne, Lin Gerritse.

Commission

Contradictio In Terminarium

Permanent installation
Location: New Belgian Embassy, Boulevard du 30 Juin, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo

Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium

Contradictio In Terminarium brings Belgian and Congolese brick traditions together while honouring the ingenuity of one of the most intelligent animal species on the planet, be they termites or homo sapiens sapiens.

Exhibition

Connected Disconnected

Opening: 22/09/2017 at 6:30pm
Open: 23/09 - 08/10/2017 - Wed, Sat, Sun, from 2pm-6pm
Location: CC De Ververij, Wolvestraat 37, 8600 Ronse, Belgium
Curator: Isabelle De Baets

With: Marie Julia Bollansée, Laura Caroen, Louise Delhaye, Leda De Voldere, Sanne De Wolf, Disarming Design From Palestine, Marijs Kempynck, Alioum Moussa, Joanna Reuse, Golnesa Rezahneshad & Manoeuvre, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Manoeuvre/Ada Van Hoorebeke, Maartje Fliervoet/Participants, Emma Van Roey.

Auction, Exhibition

RE-art 2

Opening: 22/09/2017 at 7pm
Open: 23/09 - 08/10/2017 - Sat & Sun, from 10am-4pm
Location: Papierfabriek Van Grellingen, Fabriekstraat 15-17, 1930 Zaventem, Belgium
Curator: Julie Senden

Auction by Sotheby’s : 12/10/2017 at 7pm

RE-art is a unique contemporary art initiative, bringing companies and artists together to create artworks with recycled materials, curate an exhibition and organize an auction to support Fonds Alexine Clarysse and Canis Fidelis to help children enjoy a better life.

Exhibition

Radiant Matter

Opening: 17/09/2017 at 3pm
Open: 17/09 - 03/12/2017
Location: Zone2Source, Het Glazen Huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Curator: Alice Smits

With: Marjolijn Dijkman, Maarten Vanden Eynde

Radiant Matter explores the complex relation humans have with the earthly environment through the concept of a nuclear Anthropocene.