R'm Aharoni
Laura van Biervliet
Oliver Blumek
Polien Boons
Jerome Daly
Lydia Debeer
Thorben Eggers
Carolin Eidner
Timo van Grinsven
Hanne Haesevoets
Tom Hallet
Evelien Mattheij
Tessa van der Meeren
Mike Moonen
Griet Moors
Vincent Vreeke
Moritz Wegwerth
Simon Weins
Arnold Wittenberg
Helene Webers
Mels Evers
A selection of contemporary art practice, featuring the work of inspired, young artists from the regions around Maastricht. Works by 19 emerging artists, with stories, shapes, colours, and performances.
Curated by Hélène Webers and Mels Evers
Marres Currents #2: Rumour Has It is the second episode of the annual exhibition series titled Marres Currents. With this series, Marres presents recent graduates from art academies in the Southern Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. While offering emerging artists and curators a platform, Marres also aims to build an international infrastructure for talent development.
Rumour Has It presents a selection of contemporary art practice, featuring the work of inspired, young artists from the regions around Maastricht. It is an impressive selection, with works by nineteen emerging artists, who, after their time at the academy, are now exhibiting their work to a wider public. These are statements, each with its own execution and themes, which challenge the audience to view the work not as an irrefutable end product, but as a layered means of expression. In relation to current tendencies in contemporary art, the selected artists' work is both surprising and convincing. They've taken flight from the art academies, with their sights firmly set on crossingborders. Now their work is seeing the light of day, it represents a contemporary current within the visual arts.
Rumour Has It is a proposition for searching and finding, both for the artists and the visitor. Amidst environments brimming with stories, shapes, colours, and performances, both can meet somewhere in the middle.
Artists:
R’m Aharoni, Laura van Biervliet, Oliver Blumek, Polien Boons, Jerome Daly, Lydia Debeer, Thorben Eggers, Carolin Eidner, Timo van Grinsven, Hanne Haesevoets, Tom Hallet, Evelien Mattheij, Tessa van der Meeren, Mike Moonen, Griet Moors, Vincent Vreeke, Moritz Wegwerth, Simon Weins and Arnold Wittenberg.
Participating academies:
Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Gent, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, MAD-Faculty Hasselt & Genk, AKV|St.Joost Den Bosch & Breda, Sint-Lucas Antwerpen, Sint-Lukas Brussel, Sint-Lucas Gent.
Image: Mike Moonen, detail doubledouble, 2014
Opening: Thursday 11 December 2014
Marres
House for Contemporary Culture
Capucijnenstraat 98
6211 RT Maastricht
Opening hours:
Wednesday until Sunday 12 – 5 pm
Admission:
€10 adults, €5 students and 65+