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Swimming pool exhibition at MBAL
My works One Swimming Pool and Recounted will be on view in the exhibition For One Solid Time, Wet: The Swimming Pool in the Imagination at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Le Locle, Switzerland.
The exhibition explores the swimming pool as a significant motif within the history of contemporary art. It unites international artists who have explored the complexity of the pool, using it as a symbol of both prosperity and catastrophe, joy and solitude: a metaphor for our search for order and serenity in the face of an increasingly uncertain future. Read more about the show here.
Because of the beautiful space and the efforts of the staff, One Swimming Pool will finally be shown again on the floor. So that is really special for this ephemeral work. The bound book will also be on view thanks to a generous collector. In another room of the exhibition Recounted. After Edward Ruscha (1968) is shown as a specially created series of ten 47 x 42 cm prints.
The exhibition is co-curated by Federica Chiocchetti, former MBAL director, writer and curator based in Paris, and Lou Stoppard, writer and curator based in London.
The featured artists include Judith Albert, Nazgol Ansarinia, Rossella Biscotti, Andrew Cranston, Blaise Drummond, Ellie Epp, Elmgreen & Dragset, Kate Gottgens, Alexander Hahn, David Hockney, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Alain Jacquet, Hilary Lloyd, Jean-Luc Manz, Daina Mattis, Alexandra Maurer, Ian Mwesiga, Antonio Oba, Michael Raedecker, Anastasia Samoylova, Denis Savary, Leanne Shapton, Mary Stephenson, Larry Sultan, Elisabeth Tonnard, Levi van Veluw, Eva Vermandel, Bill Viola, Caroline Walker and Pipilotti Rist.
A section of the exhibition is dedicated to artists’ books, featuring works by Ed Ruscha, Roni Horn, Diego Abellán & Joaquín Lucas, and Tanja Lažetić.
The exhibition runs from October 3 until February 21, 2027. The opening reception is on October 2nd.
Exhibition RE: Follow-ed
My book Recounted is currently on view in Re: Follow-ed (after Hokusai), an exhibition curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler at the Cabinet du livre d’artiste in Rennes. The show runs from September 28 to December 3, 2015. You can find the invitation here.
Performance 3 at the Stedelijk Museum
This coming Saturday, December 27, I will install One Swimming Pool on the floor of the Teijin auditorium at the Stedelijk Museum. Visit the auditorium between 10 am – 6 pm and watch the pool as it appears. Note this is a one day event, and the final in a series of three such demonstrations. It is connected to the exhibition On the Move. The swimming pool will remain on view in the auditorium during the weekend. More info on the website of the Stedelijk.
One Swimming Pool in One Minute
Tetsuro Miyazaki made a timelapse of my installation of One Swimming Pool at the Stedelijk Museum on November 29. Click here to see it (scroll down on the page). The next, and final, installation in the auditorium of the Stedelijk will be on December 27. The installation takes a day to complete, but will remain on view December 28 as well.
Performance 2 at the Stedelijk Museum
This coming Saturday, November 29, I will install One Swimming Pool on the floor of the Teijin auditorium at the Stedelijk Museum. Visit the auditorium between 10 am – 6 pm and watch the pool as it appears. Note this is a one day event, and the second in a series of three such demonstrations. It is connected to the exhibition ‘On the Move’. More info on the website of the Stedelijk.
Performance at the Stedelijk Museum
On Saturday 11 October you can come for a swim at the Stedelijk Museum. I will install One Swimming Pool on the floor of the Teijin auditorium. Visit the auditorium between 10 am – 6 pm and watch the pool as it appears. A word of advice if you’re stopping by: it may be best to come in the afternoon. At the beginning of the day the waters may be dangerously shallow for your dive. More info on the website of the Stedelijk.
Exhibition On the Move at Stedelijk Museum
My work One Swimming Pool will be on view at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. On the Move is the latest edition of the Proposals for Municipal Art Acquisitions that the museum organizes every two years. The exhibition runs from August 29 till January 18, 2015. The opening is on August 28 (19.30-22.00).
Connected to this show I will also install the work on the floor a few times. You’re invited to come and see this temporary performance at the auditorium of the Stedelijk Museum, on the following dates:
October 11,
November 29
December 27&28.
I’ll also be teaching a couple of workshops for children in the museum.
Info about the show from the press release: On the Move focuses on recent developments in photography and reveals the myriad ways in which artists and photographers build their narratives in dialogue with graphic designers. The title On the Move refers to the journeys taken by many of the photographers in creating their projects, as well as the new directions in photography. Last autumn, the Stedelijk invited artists living and/or working in the Netherlands to submit work in which they explore new, playful, critical, and challenging forms of narrativity. The museum received 471 submissions.
A jury consisting of Carolien Glazenburg (curator of graphic design, Stedelijk Museum), Anne Ruygt (junior curator of photography, Stedelijk Museum), Ad van Denderen (photographer), Karin Krijgsman (course leader of the photography department at the AKV St. Joost), and Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen (co-founder of design studio LUST) selected 28 submissions from young and emerging artists. The selected works include both existing projects and works never previously exhibited, which are currently being developed especially for the exhibition.
The selection
Samira Ben Laloua, Ernst van der Hoeven, and Frank Bruggeman │Marc Roig Blesa and Rogier Delfos │Verena Blok │ Sara Blokland │Olivier van Breugel and Simone Mudde │Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács │Sarah Carlier │ Elspeth Diederix │ Meike Eggers and Michael Anhalt │ Ringel Goslinga │ Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen │ Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong │ Thomas Kuijpers │ Kadir van Lohuizen │ Anaïs Lopez, Eva Smallegange en Linda Braber | Hans van der Meer │ Theo Niekus │ Gábor Õsz │ Rune Peitersen │ Ahmet Polat │ Johannes Schwartz │ Petra Stavast │ Anoek Steketee and Eefje Blankevoort │ Martine Stig │ Nadine Stijns │ Andrea Stultiens │ Elisabeth Tonnard │ Witho Worms and Hans Gremmen
A book to dive into
One Swimming Pool at Arti et Amicitiae. The opening reception is tonight. The exhibition runs till June 22. The drawing on the wall in the second picture is by Robbie Cornelissen.
Exhibition Staged City
My work One Swimming Pool will be on view in Staged City at Arti & Amicitiae in Amsterdam. The show is curated by Laura van Rijs and Petra Noordkamp and includes work by Jan Adriaans, Maria Barnas, Robbie Cornelissen, Pawel Jaszczuk, Lucas Lenglet, Petra Noordkamp, Paulien Oltheten, Pablo Pijnappel, Diana Scherer, Arjan van Helmond, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Batia Suter, Rogier Taminiau and Elisabeth Tonnard.
The exhibition runs from May 24 till June 22. Opening night: May 23, 8PM – 10PM.
Update on availability of ‘Recounted’
To coincide with the end of Ed Ruscha’s 75th year, Recounted will be taken out of circulation at the end of December. If you want a copy, please order it before that time. Recounted was realized as a part of ABCED, which has since been shown internationally, most recently at Gagosian Gallery, NY and the Museum Brandhorst in Munich, Germany. Recounted also inspired my other Ed Ruscha remake: One Swimming Pool.
Elisabeth Tonnard 