In June,
Museum Beelden aan Zee will be staging an exhibition which creates a dialogue between the work of the British visual artist Ryan
Gander (1976) and that of the French painter and
sculptor Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917). Since 2008, Gander has been working on a conceptual series in which he reinterprets Degas鈥 world-famous sculpture Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (1881) and places her in a contemporary context. Gander鈥檚 sculptures liberate Degas鈥 fourteen year-old dancer from her pedestal and places her in various scenarios. The exhibition in Museum Beelden aan Zee will show Gander鈥檚 series of twenty-one ballerinas for the first time, and also in direct connection with Degas鈥 famous sculpture.