From the Collection. Why Are You Angry?
Under the title 鈥榃hy Are You Angry?鈥� S.M.A.K. is exhibiting a targeted selection of the purchases it has made in recent years. Despite a meagre acquisition budget, S.M.A.K. has managed to make some exceptional additions to its collection. The museum is also fortunate to have received a considerable number of gifts. This exhibition brings together work by Nashashibi/Skaer, Sofia Hult茅n, Jacqueline Mesmaeker and Sine Van Menxel. The exhibition title is borrowed from Nashashibi/Skaer鈥檚 2017 film, a joint artistic project by the artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer that premiered at documenta 14 and that is now part of S.M.A.K.鈥檚 collection. The artists in turn borrowed the title from a 1896 work by Paul Gauguin, and followed in the artist鈥檚 footsteps with their portrayal of contemporary women in Tahiti. They thus invite us to consider the portrayal of women and the notion of 鈥榚xoticism鈥�.
With the video installation 鈥楨nkel Zicht Naar Zee, Naar West鈥� [Single Sea View, Facing West] (1978) by Jacqueline Mesmaeker, S.M.A.K. is adding a key work by this grande dame of Belgian art to its collection, a work that in 1979 was part of the exhibition 鈥楥ontemporary Art in Belgium - Insight/Overview - Overview/Insight鈥� by Jan Hoet in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent Museum. The installation 鈥楴u Cave鈥� (2011) by Sofia Hult茅n in turn forms the core of an ensemble by this Swedish artist. In her work, Hult茅n utilised everyday used objects that are subjected to apparently pointless rituals. Finally, the series 鈥榮peekselsporen, tongstreken鈥� [Traces of Saliva, Strokes of the Tongue] (2020) by Sine Van Menxel is on display. Van Menxel explores photography by rendering the analogue image alien through unusual interventions.
As well as being a film title, 鈥榃hy Are You Angry?鈥� is also an invitation to visitors to answer this question for themselves. The artworks in this exhibition can serve as guides for formulating a possible answer.
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Under the title 鈥榃hy Are You Angry?鈥� S.M.A.K. is exhibiting a targeted selection of the purchases it has made in recent years. Despite a meagre acquisition budget, S.M.A.K. has managed to make some exceptional additions to its collection. The museum is also fortunate to have received a considerable number of gifts. This exhibition brings together work by Nashashibi/Skaer, Sofia Hult茅n, Jacqueline Mesmaeker and Sine Van Menxel. The exhibition title is borrowed from Nashashibi/Skaer鈥檚 2017 film, a joint artistic project by the artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer that premiered at documenta 14 and that is now part of S.M.A.K.鈥檚 collection. The artists in turn borrowed the title from a 1896 work by Paul Gauguin, and followed in the artist鈥檚 footsteps with their portrayal of contemporary women in Tahiti. They thus invite us to consider the portrayal of women and the notion of 鈥榚xoticism鈥�.
With the video installation 鈥楨nkel Zicht Naar Zee, Naar West鈥� [Single Sea View, Facing West] (1978) by Jacqueline Mesmaeker, S.M.A.K. is adding a key work by this grande dame of Belgian art to its collection, a work that in 1979 was part of the exhibition 鈥楥ontemporary Art in Belgium - Insight/Overview - Overview/Insight鈥� by Jan Hoet in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent Museum. The installation 鈥楴u Cave鈥� (2011) by Sofia Hult茅n in turn forms the core of an ensemble by this Swedish artist. In her work, Hult茅n utilised everyday used objects that are subjected to apparently pointless rituals. Finally, the series 鈥榮peekselsporen, tongstreken鈥� [Traces of Saliva, Strokes of the Tongue] (2020) by Sine Van Menxel is on display. Van Menxel explores photography by rendering the analogue image alien through unusual interventions.
As well as being a film title, 鈥榃hy Are You Angry?鈥� is also an invitation to visitors to answer this question for themselves. The artworks in this exhibition can serve as guides for formulating a possible answer.
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