Maintaining Its Spirit: Collection Marlies & Jo Eyck at Bonnefanten
On display at these two venues, the exhibition is a testament to distinctive private collecting. Marlies and Jo Eyck were prominent collectors in the Netherlands and they created undisputedly the most important former private collection in Limburg. This is the first time the collection will be exhibited in its entirety. Maintaining Its Spirit encompasses 147 works by 60 artists.
In 2012, the Bonnefanten acquired an extensive private collection of contemporary art. Amassed over a span of forty years by entrepreneurial couple Marlies and Jo Eyck, the collection includes renowned names from the geometric-abstract tradition. The collection鈥檚 home base is Kasteel Wijlre, the castle that serves as the Eyck鈥檚 residence. Thanks in part to considerable financial support from the Province of Limburg, the Bonnefanten鈥檚 acquisition of the collection helps to keep this South Limburg country estate publicly accessible, including the beautifully landscaped gardens, carriage house and exhibition pavilion.
Starting on September 21, the exhibition Maintaining Its Spirit: Collection Marlies & Jo Eyck will be set up in three clusters spread out over ten galleries at the Bonnefanten. The first two rooms will feature a group of abstract sculptures from the 1980s as well as an extensive series of works by one artist, 鈥榗omputer pioneer鈥� Peter Struycken. Next, five galleries will provide an impression of the increasing multiformity of the collection since the 1990s, including works by Carel Visser, Ger van Elk and Guido Geelen, but also by Luc Tuymans, Marlene Dumas, Keith Edmier and Fons Haagmans. The last three rooms, including the monumental main gallery, are devoted to geometric-abstract works from the 1960s and 1970s. The paintings and works on paper are of international stature with works by Fran莽ois Morellet and Richard Paul Lohse, among others. Marlies and Jo Eyck thus established their name in the art world.
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On display at these two venues, the exhibition is a testament to distinctive private collecting. Marlies and Jo Eyck were prominent collectors in the Netherlands and they created undisputedly the most important former private collection in Limburg. This is the first time the collection will be exhibited in its entirety. Maintaining Its Spirit encompasses 147 works by 60 artists.
In 2012, the Bonnefanten acquired an extensive private collection of contemporary art. Amassed over a span of forty years by entrepreneurial couple Marlies and Jo Eyck, the collection includes renowned names from the geometric-abstract tradition. The collection鈥檚 home base is Kasteel Wijlre, the castle that serves as the Eyck鈥檚 residence. Thanks in part to considerable financial support from the Province of Limburg, the Bonnefanten鈥檚 acquisition of the collection helps to keep this South Limburg country estate publicly accessible, including the beautifully landscaped gardens, carriage house and exhibition pavilion.
Starting on September 21, the exhibition Maintaining Its Spirit: Collection Marlies & Jo Eyck will be set up in three clusters spread out over ten galleries at the Bonnefanten. The first two rooms will feature a group of abstract sculptures from the 1980s as well as an extensive series of works by one artist, 鈥榗omputer pioneer鈥� Peter Struycken. Next, five galleries will provide an impression of the increasing multiformity of the collection since the 1990s, including works by Carel Visser, Ger van Elk and Guido Geelen, but also by Luc Tuymans, Marlene Dumas, Keith Edmier and Fons Haagmans. The last three rooms, including the monumental main gallery, are devoted to geometric-abstract works from the 1960s and 1970s. The paintings and works on paper are of international stature with works by Fran莽ois Morellet and Richard Paul Lohse, among others. Marlies and Jo Eyck thus established their name in the art world.
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