Very Contemporary
Network of Contemporary Art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Bureau Europa, CIAP, IKOB, Kunsthaus NRW, La Châtaigneraie, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Leopold-HoeschMuseum, Museum De Domijnen, NAK, SCHUNCK* & SPACE Collection are part of Very Contemporary
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Sharon van Overmeiren, N.N., 2018. Courtesy of Sharon van Overmeiren
Sharon van Overmeiren pp. 2, 3, 4 Julia Scher pp. 5, 6, 7 Egan Frantz pp. 8, 9, 10, 11
Sharon van Overmeiren, N.N., 2018. Courtesy of Sharon van Overmeiren
Provisions and dispositions
Sharon van Overmeiren, The Happy Inn, 2018. Courtesy of Sharon van Overmeiren
Julia Scher, N.N., 2018. Courtesy of Esther Schipper Berlin
Julia Scher, N.N., 2018. Courtesy of Esther Schipper Berlin
Egan Frantz, Ticking, 2018. Courtesy of Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne
Maurice, How can I tempt you to imagine that an exhibition of stripe paintings could be so vital to the conversation of art in our century? I must be brief because stripes don’t wait but are, by definition, in perpetual motion. As a young boy I was told that sailors wear striped shirts to sail faster. Imagine then my surprise, having discovered the speed with which I completed my last painting, a stripe painting . It was as though the stripes themselves had taken hold of the brush which, now operating on their terms, moved with alien swiftness. I propose an exhibition of paintings devoted to the stripe in all its deviations, because the stripe, like your Kunstverein in the park, is both a part of nature and seemingly against it. Not unlike the Ionian grove at the Acropolis, with its continuous colonnade of columns, the stripe
celebrates the breaking of limits, the ready acquiescence of nature to human action, and the victory of the polis over everything. If the Parthenon, largely completed in 432, sacralized democracy with its metered, striped sequence of polychrome stone and space (the people of Athens crowd its frieze too), Malevich’s Black Square of 1914 was the radical reduction of the democratic image and its frame. This black square impressed itself into the minds of artists and historians as inescapable and ontologically democratic; inescapable because all images are simultaneously the black square, and democratic because all representations reside in its now secular frame. The stripe, however, resists enclosure within systems. Its frame is infinite and stretches in all directions. Where does the stripe begin and where does it end? After about 6 stripes, the stripe is no longer readable as a body
without counting, but as a continuity. Extensive striping will confuse even the most diligent of stripe counters. Figure/ ground distinctions are nowhere to be found — which stripe is over and which is under? Is the zebra a white animal with black stripes or a black animal with white stripes? Clearly, the stripe is as much a visual problem as a cultural one too; the stripe is metonymic. I can hear you thinking, “But there are many stripe paintings already! At this very moment Daniel Buren’s fleet of sailboats donning 8.7 cm stripes are racing The River Charles!” Well, my stripes are broken, like the broken tiers of stripes in the temple cella. And not unlike the ancient Greek conception of the temple they are unchained abstractions like forests or ships which, showing their parts broken again and again, could produce just enough clarification and confusion to resist crystalizing into a sign. Egan Frantz July 1st, 2018
Very Contemporary the network of contemporary art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion Sittard
50 min
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Hasselt 35 min
25 min
Maastricht 30 min 35 min 40 min 30 min
50 min
15 min
FlĂŠmalle
Liège
30 min
30 min
Heerlen
20 min
Aachen 20 min
30 min
DĂźren
35 min
KornelimĂźnster
30 min 30 min
Eupen
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Bureau Europa Bob van Dantzig, Lines (1979)
Bureau Europa Platform for architecture and design Timmerfabriek Boschstraat 9 6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 3503020 info@bureau-europa.nl www.bureau-europa.nl open
Wednesday → Sunday
12:00 → 17:00
09.09.2018 14.10.2018
THE THIRD SPACE – SPACE AND SPATIALITY IN THE WORKS OF KRISTINA DE CHÂTEL Krisztina de Châtel’s influential work is known for its powerful synthesis of her choreographies and their spatial contexts. To echo how the dancers in her choreographies are influenced by the spatial conditions of the environment in which they dance, the visitor will also experience a similar sense of contextual physicality when visiting The Third Space. De Châtel’s choreographies have progressively revealed her vision of society and are renowned for the interactions between body and space. This exhibition, which is organised in collaboration with the Dutch Dance Festival, marks Krisztina de Châtel’s 75th birthday.
24.11.2018 24.03.2019
STUCCO STORICO: THE STORY OF STUCCO IN THE EUREGIO The exhibition shows the remarkable art of decorative stucco in the domain of Very Contemporary and the inspiring diaspora of master stuccatori, born and raised at Lake Lugano in the 18th century, creating typical, hybrid styles seen nowhere else. Though mostly practical, for its many useful qualities, the migrants raised stucco to art: the interiors of buildings were not only plastered but also exuberantly decorated with illusional sculptures protruding from the surface. The ornamental styles thus dictated a room’s function and how its occupants behaved. Stucco Storico shows a selection of interiors and studies how they were created. What place did stucco occupy in the 18th century? What techniques were used?
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Bureau Europa, platform for architecture and design, presents exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other activities in architecture, urbanism and design. We aim to advance knowledge production and talent development in design and to engage a broad audience. We articulate our aims through cultural projects at our institute and in the public domain. We focus primarily on the common social agenda of Europe and the Maas-Rhine Euroregion.
CIAP Leen Voet, Alda & Armand, 2018
CIAP Lombaardstraat 23 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) +32 11 22 53 21 info@ciap.be www.ciap.be open
Wednesday → Friday Saturday → Sunday
11:00 → 18:00 13:00 → 17:00
18.11.2018 17.02.2018
WHERE WIDOWED OBJECTS MEET ORPHANED IDEAS A group show curated by Alicja Melzacka With: Ingel Vaikla, Emile Hermans, Anaïs Chabeur, Rokko Miyoshi, Sara Bachour, Kornel Janczy, Julita wojcik. In typography, ‘widows’ and ‘orphans’ are the lines standing alone at the top or bottom of a page, separated from the core paragraph. In this group show, they function as an analogy for other entities that have been purposely or accidentally detached from their context and whose meanings become subject to renegotiation.
18.11.2018 17.02.2018
ALDA & ARMAND (SOLO LEEN VOET) Curated by Louise Osieka In her solo show 'Alda & Armand' Leen Voet (BE, 1971) presents a new series of large-scale oil paintings. These paintings are based on a gift from her father including four kitchen towels from the ‘70s depicting flowers. Voet translated these silkscreen images to painted reproductions ranging from exact copies to stylistic variations. Her paintings are integrated in the historical interior and therefore starting a dialogue with the existing neo-medieval 19th-century paintings.
18.11.2018 17.02.2018
MINECRAFT ECOLOGIES (EXPERIMENT BY ARTIST LODEWIJK HEYLEN) 'Minecraft Ecologies' is an attempt at the limits and possibilities of a self-organizing system. The collected data will give rise to an all-encompassing experiment, where technology and human interaction are central. Different computers will be available for the visitors to play the game Minecraft. Each player is asked to communicate with the other players via a chat room. These conversations will be automatically converted to text and will be broadcast in real-time in the exhibition.
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CIAP has been a beacon of contemporary visual arts in Hasselt since 1976. As a non-profit independent testing ground for visual artists, CIAP organizes a diverse program by both national and international emerging artists and overlooked local artists.
IKOB Jo Caimo, Koorvorming, 2017 Performance, © Jo Caimo, Photo credit: Ed Jansen
IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art Rotenberg 12 B 4700 Eupen (Belgium) +32 87 56 01 10 info@ikob.be www.ikob.be open
Wednesday → Sunday
13:00 → 18:00
31.10.2018 13.01.2019
BASICALLY, IT'S VERY PRAGMATIC Art collections are strange creatures. They are heterogeneous, erratic and often follow highly pragmatic considerations. This makes them extremely exciting indicators of what we call culture. Together with the Space Collection from Liège and in collaboration with BPS22, IKOB is showing a cross-section of the collections involved.
23.01.2019 24.03.2019
ANDREA ÉVA GYŐRI Andrea Eva Györi is one of the most important Hungarian artists of her generation. In her drawings and videos she often focuses on feminist issues. Two years ago she mainly worked in the field of female sexuality, but most recently breast cancer and the vulnerability of bodies became the focus of her artistic work. Disturbingly direct videos and drawings emerged, which speak of loss, illness and the self-healing power through self-invented rituals.
14.04.2019 16.06.2019
CHLOÉ OP DE BEECK - AND THEN WE TAKE IT FROM HERE Chloé Op de Beeck seeks to give the trivial moments of everyday life special attention, using film, photography and (found) objects in an installative way. An ambiguity between objectivity and subjectivity emerges from her work, a tension between distance, intimacy and sensuality. In her approach to the museum as a playful workplace, Chloé will assemble at IKOB a constellation of captured fragments and objects, creating a place in which her videos interact with the space, and the viewer moving through the space, becomes part of a scenography.
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The IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German-speaking part of Belgium, close to the German and the Dutch border. Its program focuses on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant collection (in progress) and temporary exhibitions (in dialogue). Functioning as a discursive platform for contemporary art with its multidisciplinary and thematic exhibition program and concerned with critical and socio-political issues, the IKOB attempts to reflect the matter of the frontier.
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Ewald Mataré, Stehendes Pferd, 1928, KG 530, Ansicht Staatskanzlei NRW 1982 © VG-Bildkunst, Bonn 2018 Polaroid: Maria Engels, Foto: Anne Gold
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Abteigarten 6 52076 Aachen (Germany) +49 2408 6492 info@kunsthaus.nrw.de www.kunsthaus.nrw.de open
Thursday → Saturday Sunday & Public Holidays
14:00 → 18:00 12:00 → 18:00
27.10.2018 28.04.2019
BÜRO KOMPLEX – THE ART OF THE ARTOTHEK IN THE POLITICAL SPHERE Since the 27th October 1948 the ministry of culture acquires artworks of young visual artists with relation to the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The current collection comprises around 4.000 artworks of which one third is generally lent to offices, conference halls and foyers of the federal ministries. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the funding program and the collection with its Artothek, the Kunsthaus presents a detailed exhibition about this antagonistic duo – art and office. Based on works of the collection and interventions by contemporary artists, the office is shown as a place of art, revealing the relationship of art and politics. The exhibition combines questions about the changing position of the office as workplace, about administration bureaus as the place of political power, demonstrating history as well as art history in the Rhineland and Westphalia. →
The exhibition program of the Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster offers an insight into North Rhine-Westphalia’s current and future art scene. Since 1948, NRW has been purchasing works by young artists to support them. Today, the collection numbers 4000 works, documenting the history of North Rhine-Westphalia’s art to the immediate present day. The collection is hosted in the baroque palace building of the old Abbey of Kornelimünster.
La Châtaigneraie Laurence Dervaux, People of different orgins who revolve a red thread around human bones, video. - Photo: Philippe Henneuse
Centre wallon d’art contemporain La Châtaigneraie Chaussée de Ramioul 19 4400 Flémalle (Belgium) +32 4 275 33 30 chataigneraie@cwac.be www.cwac.be open
Tuesday Wednesday Friday → Sunday
14:00 → 17:00 14:00 → 18:00 14:00 → 18:00
06.10.2018 10.11.2018
RECIPROCITY 2018 – THE GUESTS OF OUR GUEST ARE OUR GUESTS The concept of welcome induced by the title is found in the process of the exhibition: Laurence Dervaux, the artist invited by the Châtaigneraie, invites young Syrian, Afghan and Belgian artists to create a multicultural artistic dialogue around the notion of fragility. Curator : Laurence Dervaux Artists : Laurence Dervaux, Benoit Bastin, Priscilla Beccarri, Abdullah Hakawati, Sulafa Hijazi, Omar Ibrahim, Kubra Khademi, Charlotte Louage, Olivia Mortier, Laurent Quillet, Mirella Younes.
24.11.2018 24.12.2018 + 08.01.2019 20.01.2019
DANIEL MICHIELS – ARDENNES’S PHOTOGRAPHER Daniel Michiels (Brussels, 1952) moved to La Roche-en-Ardenne in 1988. This region of adoption becomes its favorite theme. It deals with rural housing, farmers. Little by little, he will widen his field of investigation, he mixes the portrait, the landscape and the various scenes. His work is largely inspired by his daily life. The portraits he makes are also those of his entourage. He strives to make the Ardennes unreal, timeless, beautiful and touching.
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Set up in 1979, La Châtaigneraie occupies a small manor house (1830-1840) bordered by age-old chestnut trees. Exhibitions range from a retrospective of a historical nature to the most contemporary expression, passing through all the techniques. In this way, La Châtaigneraie confirms its vocation as a place for promoting artists as well as the wish to create a place for meetings and awareness. The Centre publishes historical works and monographs.
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren, © Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren 2018, photograph: Peter Hinschläger
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren Hoeschplatz 1 52349 Düren (Germany) +49 2421 252561 museum@dueren.de www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de open
Tuesday → Sunday Thursday
10:00 → 17:00 10:00 → 19:00
23.09.2018 25.11.2018
PAUL SOCHACKI, RAPHAELA VOGEL. STIPENDIATEN DER GÜNTHER-PEILL-STIFTUNG 2016 – 2018 Paul Sochacki and Raphaela Vogel are the grant holders of Günther-Peill foundation from 2016 to 2018. Two solo exhibitions will show works from the recent years, both paintings and sculptures as well as site-specific installations.
30.08.2018 11.11.2018
APROPOS PAPIER: NORA SCHATTAUER, OFFENSICHTLICH NICHT OFFENSICHTLICH The third edition of the exhibition series Apropos Papier: that refers to paper as an essential material for artistic work, Nora Schattauer will show her works that combine liquid substances based on minerals and paper that is entered by them through chemical processes of invasion and evolvement.
09.12.2018 2019
THOMAS ARNOLDS The first museums exhibition of Cologne-based artists Thomas Arnolds will be a survey of works that have been developed through the last ten years as well as it will show most recent works.
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Founded in 1905 the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and its extension, completed in 2010, features collections of collections of modern art, including works of the ZERO formation and post-war concrete art from the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation as well as contemporary art from the Gün-ther-Peill-Foundation and the Museumsverein Düren. The affiliated paper museum, that has recently been reopened after a conceptual renovation in a newly shaped building, is focused on the history of paper production and its various applica-tions. Its exhibition surveys the diversification of the contemporary use of paper as well as it offers the visitors to make their own experiences with the material by various activities of the museums’ art education department.
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen Kim MacConnel, Edible, 1979, acrylic and metal on cotton, 258 x 302 cm, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest © Kim MacConnel / Photo: Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen Jülicher Str. 97-109 52070 Aachen (Germany) +49 241 1807 104 info@ludwigforum.de www.ludwigforum.de open
Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00 Thursday 10:00 → 20:00 Thursday ZENTIS-Day admission free
21.09.2018 13.01.2019
PATTERN AND DECORATION. ORNAMENT AS PROMISE In the mid-1970s, Pattern and Decoration developed in the USA as one of the last art movements of the 20th century, in which the participation of women was as prominent as never before. In reclaiming fantasy, color, variations of forms as well as sensuality, they radically distinguished themselves from the predominant Minimal Art and Concept Art at that time.
12.10.2018 03.03.2019
THE INVENTION OF THE "NEUE WILDE" The success story of this young German generation of painters, whose wild and exuberant paintings were celebrated internationally as the return of figurative painting in the early 1980s, has become an art historical myth. In addition to large- format paintings from the Ludwig Collection, the exhibition also look at how the artists in the beginning experimented with photography, fashion, performance, film and music.
22.02.2019 30.06.2019
THRILL OF DECEPTION. FROM ANCIENT ART TO VIRTUAL REALITY Art has always played with the possibilities of illusion and deception. Their successful implementation is proof of a truly artistic mastery and a challenge for every artist since antiquity. Fascinating works of illusion and eye deception from four millennia - from an ancient Egyptian fake door over early trompe-l'oeil paintings to augmented and virtual reality - offer an exciting course through the (art) history of deception.
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The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art. It bases on the art collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig that comprises key works of Pop Art, Photo Realism and European art from the beginning 1960s to the present. This is the starting point for an attractive exhibition program. Art education offers many activities and guided tours for all ages and types of groups, available in Dutch, French and English.
Museum De Domijnen Berlinde De Bruyckere, Eén, 2001 - Polyester, iron, wood, horse skin, circa 550 x 150 x 170 cm - Sittard-Geleen collection (2)
Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen Ligne 5 6131 MT Sittard (The Netherlands) +31 88 5995556 museum.hk@dedomijnen.nl www.dedomijnen.nl/tentoonstellingen open
Tuesday → Sunday
11:00 → 17:00
16.09.2018 02.12.2019
EÉN. RECENT ACQUISITIONS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION The Hedendaagse Kunst museum (museum of contemporary art) presents and collects work by iconic artists interested in social or political issues, other cultures, gender, or nature and the environment. Based on the annual theme Right to art, the museum presents a wide selection of the acquisitions of the last six years in the context of works that the Municipality of SittardGeleen has collected over a period of more than 25 years.
16.12.2018 27.01.2019
DE SALON: SITTARD: HOW DO YOU IMAGINE IT? The Stichting De Salon Sittard-Geleen foundation for art challenges artists to cast their visions for the future of Sittard into art. What is characteristic of Sittard? Living, working, recreation: anything can serve as a source of inspiration. Guest curator: Joep Vossebeld Participating artists: Chantal Le Doux, Eleni Kamma, Laura van Eik, Vanessa Mezzolla, Tanja Schell & Paul Koenen, Nathalie Brans, OTOMAX and Simone Schuffelen.
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RICARDO BREY The first solo exhibition of the Cuban artist Ricardo Brey (Havana, 1955) in the Netherlands held in fifteen years. His work focuses on matters such as the relationship between humanity and nature, cultural identity, and the interaction between different cultures and religions.
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The museum of contemporary art De Domijnen is located in the Ligne complex in Sittard-Geleen. This architectural landmark consists of two buildings which houses Zuyd HS, residents of Daelzicht ánd a library and cinema for arthouse films, which are also part of the joining forces of De Domijnen. A heritage centre, city theatre and popstage are also part of De Domijnen.
NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Sharon van Overmeiren, Another brick in the wall, 2018. Courtesy of Sharon van Overmeiren
NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Passstrasse 29 52070 Aachen (Germany) +49 241 503255 info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de open
Tuesday → Sunday
14:00 → 18:00
16.09.2018 14.10.2018
SHARON VAN OVERMEIREN - TIME CURVES LIKE A PRETZEL STAWAG and NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein present a solo-presentation by Belgium artist Sharon van Overmeiren. The artist will provide the exhibition space with fictional sculptural artefacts of past, present and future, applying familiar imagery with a twist of betrayal.
28.10.2018 02.12.2018
JULIA SCHER - DELTA Julia Scher has been investigating a public desire for security and public control. For her exhibition at NAK Scher will revive plans for a never-realized work in the park surrounding the Kunstverein dating back to the 1990s, combining this effort with the inclusion of contemporary technical devices emitting an aura of surveillance as well as consent.
09.12.2018 13.12.2018
NAK BENEFIT AUCTION 2018 The end of the year is marked by NAK's benefit auction. New and emerging artists are presented along with established positions, their works being auctioned off on Saturday, the 15th of December.
20.01.2019 10.03.2019 17.03.2019 05.05.2019
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TO BE ANNOUNCED To be announced
EGAN FRANTZ New York-based artist Egan Frantz paintings are devoted to the stripe in all its deviations. The stripe is both a part of nature and seemingly against it, resisting enclosure within systems. Its frame is infinite and stretches in all directions. →
NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of its kind in Germany; a private non-profit association for contemporary art in the tradition of the German Kunstverein model. NAK was founded in 1986 as a late echo of the 1964 Fluxus festival, with Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell as centre protagonists at the local university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment to contemporary art.
SCHUNCK*
BASQUIAT
The artist AND his New York Scene HEERLEN 2 feb t/m 2 jun 2019 Including the exhibition Basquiat before Basquiat: East 12th Street, 1979-1980 organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
SCHUNCK* Museum Bongerd 18 6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands) +31 45 5772200 info@schunck.nl www.schunck.nl open
Tuesday → Sunday
11:00 → 17:00
30.06.2018 02.12.2018
JEAN BERNARD KOEMAN – NOMADIC MOUNTAINS A focus on The Refuge (the sanctuary in the wilderness). Including works by Roy Villevoye, Stian Adlandsvik, Armin Linke, Pieterjan Ginckels, and Sebastian Diaz Moralez.
30.06.2018 02.12.2018
MARIEKE COPPENS - MINE The exhibition MINE concludes Coppens' six months residency in Heerlen.
17.08.2018 16.12.2018
AAD DE HAAS - DO YOU REMEMBER? The artist’s children make a selection from our collection. Memories, perspectives, and sources of inspiration: all will be covered.
02.02.2019 02.06.2019
BASQUIAT, THE ARTIST AND HIS NEW YORK SCENE The exhibition is all about the life and work of the young Basquiat in 1979 to 1980, and consists of four elements: 1) The ‘Basquiat Before Basquiat; East 12th Street, 1979-1980‘ exhibition will be brought in its entirety from the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, USA - a European premiere! It features early works, objects and documentation of Basquiat’s formative years before his breakthrough. 2) Times Square Show; a show that marked the emergence of a cross-over culture and the ‘urban culture’; Basquiat‘s breakthrough. 3) From NY tot NL; a reflection on the Dutch reception of Basquiat and the artists of the Times Square Show. 4) a complementary program full of talks, performances, guided tours etc.
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SCHUNCK*, situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euregion, is a multidisciplinary institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and film - and all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines – manifested by means of presentations, collections and educational projects. A modern public library and music school also rank amongst the amenities at SCHUNCK*, both working in modern-day fashion to promote reading enjoyment and musical learning. SCHUNCK* is housed in the historic Glaspaleis, the “glass palace” built by architect Frits Peutz in 1935.
SPACE Collection
SPACE Collection (En Féronstrée 116) New SPACE (Rue Vivegnis 234) 4000 Liège (Belgium) +32 4 269 86 32 info@space-collection.org www.space-collection.org open
Thursday → Saturday or by appointment
15:00 → 17:30
13.10.2018 17.11.2018
PLAT FROID. YOUR ORDER HAS EXPIRED. An exhibiton by Jeroen Jaenen, Mike Moonen & Joep Vossebeld « What was wrong became good and the good may suddenly be wrong tomorrow. Very wrong even, the day afer tomorrow. Not that it has become more difcult to see how things really are, on the contrary. Our real problem is that the word 'real' turned out to be a fabricaton. So please choose carefully from the following optons: a. Black is the absence of light and White is all colours intertwined. b. Both Black and White are all colours with each other. c. We can no longer use the words Black and White. Can we stll think in 'contrasts' at all? Yes you can, but no, you do not want to. Why would you? » Location: SPACE Collection, Liège
31.10.2018 13.01.2019
DANS LE FOND, C'EST TRÈS PRAGMATIQUE The art collections of IKOB, BPS22 and SPACE Collection meet at IKOB. Location: IKOB, Eupen
05.12.2018 20.12.2018
BEING [NOT] THERE. The Academy of Liege organizes a retrospective of works and videos documentaries of the artist Rob Rombout in differents spaces in Liege. SPACE Collection will exhibit a part of the exhibition with road-movies of Rob Rombout, workshops and conferences. Location: SPACE Collection, Liège
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Launched in 2002 by artist Alain De Clerck, SPACE Collection is building a network of European cities linked by a transborder collection of contemporary art. The works are acquired thanks to interactive sculptures. In Liege and Maastricht, the two first culture machines already allowed to buy 90 works. Situated in the historical center, the exhibition space takes place in an old apartment recognized as a place to experiment. The art center welcomes regularly events, lectures and shows.
Agenda OCTOBER 2018 LUFORM MEETS RECIPROCITY Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
RECIPROCITY 2018 – THE GUESTS OF OUR GUEST ARE OUR GUESTS Opening
La Châtaigneraie
06.-07.10.18
RAISE YOUR VOICE! WITH JO CAIMO, DAVID HELBICH UND EDYTA Workshops
IKOB
11.10.2018
THE INVENTION OF THE "NEUE WILDE" - Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
FILMLOGE: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE - Movie Night
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
PLAT FROID: YOUR ORDER HAS EXPIRED - Opening
SPACE Collection
18:30
13.10.2018
(UN)BUILDING ARCHIVES - Discussion
Bureau Europa
NATAL ON SUNDAY - Discussion
Bureau Europa
SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
MUSEUMSDIALOG - Talk
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
02.10.2018 19:00
05.10.2018 18:30
19:00
11.10.2018 19:30
12.10.2018
20:00
14.10.2018 17:00
16.10.2018 19:30
25.10.2018 19:00
27.10.2018
BÜRO KOMPLEX - Opening
Kunsthaus NRW
27.10.2018
JULIA SCHER - DELTA - Opening
NAK
19:00
NOVEMBER 2018 02.-04.11.18
MEET THE MAKER - Network-Event
Bureau Europa
03.11.2018
LANGE NACHT DER MUSEEN 2018 Guided Tours, Performance
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
08.11.2018
FILMLOGE: IN DER HITZE DER NACHT Movie Night
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
08.11.2018
VIDEOARCHIVE. THE BELGIANS. LES IMAGES IMMATÉRIELLES - Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
10.11.2018
MEET & GREET - VC Event
IKOB
10.11.2018
L’ART POUR ELKAAR - THE ART OF STORYTELLING - Guided Tours, Performances
Bureau Europa
15.11.2018
BASICALLY, IT'S VERY PRAGMATIC - Director's Tour
IKOB
15:00
15.11.2018
FILMLOGE: JOAN LUI, I - Movie Night
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
OPENING 3 NEW EXHIBITIONS - Opening
CIAP
KUNSTENDAG VOOR KINDEREN - Kids Program
CIAP
19:30
13:00–16:00
19:30
17.11.2018 17:00
18.11.2018 13:00-17:00
Agenda SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
DANIEL MICHIELS – ARDENNES’S PHOTOGRAPHER - Opening
La Châtaigneraie
18:30
24.11.2018
STUCCO STORICO - Opening
Bureau Europa
25.11.2018
SPARDA-DAY - PATTERN AND DECORATION - Guided tours
Ludwig Forum Aachen
THE INVENTION OF THE "NEUE WILDE" - Talk
Ludwig Forum Aachen
20.11.2018 19:30
21.11.2018 19:30
23.11.2018
19:00
29.11.2018 18:00
DECEMBER 2018 BEING [NOT] THERE - Opening
SPACE Collection
CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
NAK BENEFIT AUCTION 2018 - Opening
NAK
NAK BENEFIT AUCTION 2018 - Guided Tours
NAK
19:00
15.12.2018
FEAST OF LIGHT - Event
La Châtaigneraie
05.12.2018 19:00
05.12.2018 19:30
08.12.2018 19:00
10.-13.12.18
18:00
15.12.2018
NAK BENEFIT AUCTION 2018 - Auction
NAK
DE SALON - Opening
De Domijnen
SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
BEING [NOT] THERE. TALK WITH ROB ROMBOUT - Talk
SPACE Collection
CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
BASICALLY, IT'S VERY PRAGMATIC Director's Tour
IKOB
SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
TBA. - Opening
NAK
CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
19:00
16.12.2018 12:00
18.12.2018 19:30
19.12.2018 19:30
20.12.2018
JANUARY 2019 09.01.2019 19:30
13.01.2019 15:00
15.01.2019 19:30
19.01.2019 19:00
23.01.2019 19:30
Agenda FEBRUARY 2019 CIAP CINEMA - Movie Night
CIAP
SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
THRILL OF DECEPTION - Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
EGAN FRANTZ - Opening
NAK
SCHUNCK* TALKS; 'CROSS-BORDER' DIALOGUES BETWEEN ART DISCIPLINES AND VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS - Talk
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
WOLFGANG ULLRICH: SIMULATION OF A MUSEUM - Lecture
Kunsthaus NRW
18:00
20.07.2018
SUMMER SPACE SHOTS - Opening
SPACE Collection
06.02.2019 19:30
15.02.2019 19:30
21.02.2019 19:00
MARCH 2019 16.03.2019 19:00
19.03.2018 19:30
14.07.2018
18:30
Regular events WEDNESDAYS Every last Wednesday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00 GOLDEN CLUB - Art walk and discussion over coffee and cake
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every first Wednesday of the month, 18:00 ÖFFENTLICHE FÜHRUNG - Guided Tour
IKOB
THURSDAYS Every Thursday, 10:00 → 20:00 ZENTIS-DAY - Free admission
Ludwig Forum Aachen
SATURDAYS Every last Saturday of the month, 14:00 → 15:30 COMICIADE WORKSHOP - Workshops by comic artists
Ludwig Forum Aachen
SUNDAYS Every first Sunday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00 ÖFFENTLICHE FÜHRUNG - Guided tour
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
Every Sunday, 15:00 → 16:00 THEMENFÜHRUNG - Guided tour WORKSHOP - For kids during the guided tour
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every last Sunday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00 SONNTAGSFÜHRUNG - Guided tour
Kunsthaus NRW
Every last Sunday of the month, 13:00 → 14:00 ZONDAGSRONDLEIDING - Guided tour
SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis
Meet & Greet
The VC partners present themselves during an afternoon with art, performances, workshops, concerts, screenings, talks and a food lab. Get there, to get involved!
Hasselt 11:15
Maastricht 11:30
Liège FlÊmalle Bus departure time
12:00
Saturday, 10 November 2018 13:00 → 16:00 IKOB, Eupen Sittard 11:00
Heerlen 12:00
Aachen 12:00
Düren 11:30
Kornelimünster
IKOB, Eupen
Full program and registration for the busshuttle under: www.verycontemporary.org
art
does not need a common language,
it is international
in itself.
Very Contemporary is the network of contemporary art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. The partners relate to each other through the language of contemporary art. The border region of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany is their common ground. Very Contemporary is as contemporary as the art presented here: Within a radius of 100 km, the network offers a wide variety of exhibitions and events. Each venue has a highly individual approach and presents art in the most appealing way - direct and inspirational, reflective and atmospheric. This brochure is published twice a year and gives an overview of what the partners have to offer in terms of visual arts. Get a regular update on exhibition openings, lectures or guided tours on: → www.verycontemporary.org → www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart We are looking forward to hearing from you under: → info@verycontemporary.org
supported by the ministry for culture and science of north rhine-westphalia (cover photo) Egan Frantz, Ticking, 2018. Courtesy of Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne (backcover photo) Julia Scher, N.N., 2018. Courtesy of DREI, Cologne (graphic design) Niek Kosten (project management) Marie-Claire Krell – info@verycontemporary.org
www.verycontemporary.org
october 2018 → march 2019