How Soon is Now?
dal 26/11/2014 al 30/3/2015
Segnalato da
Tjebbe Beekman
Sema Bekirovic
Mark Boulos
Yael Davids
Amie Dicke
Elspeth Diederix
Irene Fortuyn
Peggy Franck
Lucas Lenglet
Nathaniel Mellors
Amalia Pica
Maaike Schoorel
Daniel van Straalen
Pilvi Takala
Freek Wambacq
Corinne Groot
26/11/2014
How Soon is Now?
Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam
How Soon is Now? The exhibition is a display of Dutch and international artists invited by the gallery Stigter Van Doesburg and co-curator Corinne Groot to exhibit their works in the various iconic rooms and monumental office spaces of Herengracht 474.
Manifesta Foundation and DutchCulture are proud to present How Soon is Now?, a display of Dutch and international artists invited by the gallery Stigter Van Doesburg and co-curator Corinne Groot to exhibit their works in the various iconic rooms and monumental office spaces of Herengracht 474. The Amsterdam based gallery is the third partner in the series.
As part of an on-going series of in-house exhibitions each half-year a different Amsterdam based contemporary art gallery is invited to curate a site-specific show specially made to reflect the history of the building and the place. The exhibitions are a starting point for public meetings, discussions and receptions. Through this program we would like to show our appreciation and support towards the Amsterdam art scene.
During Amsterdam Art Weekend, on 28 November 2014, we will open the exhibition How Soon is Now? by the gallery Stigter van Doesburg. The title How Soon is Now? derives itself from The Smiths’ song from 1985 in which their singer Morrissey describes his difficulties to connect to other people, with the social isolation and self-defensive anger that results from it. Some contemporary art practices have shared a similar exile position in the last few years, fighting in the media against accusations of elitism; and struggling to communicate its message outside of its own internal system.
In the very heart of Amsterdam in this special historical building (the former NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies), the exhibition brings together a group of artists with distinct conceptual, material and formal procedures. Their works, varying from perfectly built up photographs to evocative installations, will engage and decode many aspects of the present moment.
Image: Semâ Bekirovic, How to stop falling, 2007/2008
Contact:
administration@manifesta.org
Opening: Friday 28 November 2014, 19:00
Manifesta Foundation & DutchCulture
Herengracht 474
1017CA Amsterdam