This Is Us
In the exhibition This Is Us, selected works from the four largest Flemish museums for contemporary art will be presented together for the very first time. Curator Fabian Fl眉ckiger chose artworks from the contemporary collections of M HKA, S.M.A.K., Mu.ZEE and M Leuven. With the artistic learning environment as his inspiration, he reflected on what these collections represent. What do they say about modern society and what can this teach visitors? The exhibition is divided into three chapters: The Art Institution, Living Spaces, and Telling Stories, which contain works by some fifty artists, more than half of whom live and work in Belgium. They also include seven new works, created specifically for this exhibition. This Is Us is a unique collaboration between the leading Flemish museums of contemporary art and Z33.
The three chapters in This Is Us are part of the Z33 series 鈥淭he Art Institution as a Learning Environment鈥� and explore institutions as places where knowledge is shared through art. Fabian Fl眉ckiger sees art collections as seismographs of time, simultaneously capturing both the past and the present. Each new exhibition offers a space for reflection and a place to question the validity of ideas. In This Is Us, the dialogue between past and present is further challenged by the inclusion of newly produced works. This friction creates an artistic learning environment that can sharpen, align and shift perspectives.
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In the exhibition This Is Us, selected works from the four largest Flemish museums for contemporary art will be presented together for the very first time. Curator Fabian Fl眉ckiger chose artworks from the contemporary collections of M HKA, S.M.A.K., Mu.ZEE and M Leuven. With the artistic learning environment as his inspiration, he reflected on what these collections represent. What do they say about modern society and what can this teach visitors? The exhibition is divided into three chapters: The Art Institution, Living Spaces, and Telling Stories, which contain works by some fifty artists, more than half of whom live and work in Belgium. They also include seven new works, created specifically for this exhibition. This Is Us is a unique collaboration between the leading Flemish museums of contemporary art and Z33.
The three chapters in This Is Us are part of the Z33 series 鈥淭he Art Institution as a Learning Environment鈥� and explore institutions as places where knowledge is shared through art. Fabian Fl眉ckiger sees art collections as seismographs of time, simultaneously capturing both the past and the present. Each new exhibition offers a space for reflection and a place to question the validity of ideas. In This Is Us, the dialogue between past and present is further challenged by the inclusion of newly produced works. This friction creates an artistic learning environment that can sharpen, align and shift perspectives.
Artists on show
- Aglaia Konrad
- Ana Torfs
- Andrea Fraser
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Anna Zacharoff
- Anne Daems
- Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
- Audrey Cottin
- Avery Preesman
- Bruce Nauman
- Cady Noland
- Clare Noonan
- Dara Birnbaum
- Dyan Marie
- Emmanuel Van der Auwera
- Emmanuelle Quertain
- Felix Kindermann
- Hana Miletic
- Heimo Zobernig
- Jean Katambayi Mukendi
- Jean van de Kerkhove
- John Baldessari
- Joris Ghekiere
- Jura Shust
- Karin Hanssen
- Keith Tyson
- Kerry James Marshall
- Konrad Lueg
- Maarten van den Eynde
- Marina Pinsky
- Marlene Dumas
- Meret Oppenheim
- Michael van den Abeele
- Mona Filleul
- Monika Stricker
- N. Dash
- Natasja Mabesoone
- Otobong Nkanga
- Peter Rogiers
- Ria Pacquée
- Richard Artschwager
- Robert Devriendt
- Sammy Baloji
- Sophie Nys
- Willem Oorebeek
- Wolfgang Laib
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