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Very Contemporary Network of Contemporary Art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Bureau Europa, CIAP, IKOB, Kunsthaus NRW, La Châtaigneraie, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Leopold-Hoesch- Museum, Marres, Museum De Domijnen, NAK, SCHUNCK*, SPACE Collection, Van Eyck & Z33 are part of Very Contemporary www.verycontemporary.org
QUI REM On the
FAMILIAREM Social Impact
IPSE CURAT * of the Loner
The loner is a figure in European cultural history who,
according to the Duden dictionary, “is separate, handles
his affairs by himself and in his own way and seems
to others to have a peculiar behaviour.” This evaluation
was not always so unambiguously negative: in the 16th
and 17th centuries, the loner (“Eigenbrötler” in German)
was a patient in a hospital who looked after himself,
was proverbially “the baker of his own bread” (the literal
meaning of the German term) and mostly kept a distance
from the other patients. In short: He lived self-sufficiently
as someone who was better-off, and he expressed that
elevated position by keeping his distance and cultivating
alternative patterns of behaviour. His social status and
financial power were still inseparably linked during that
era. This changed at the latest with Romanticism, the
heyday of the loner, when a new type of artist developed:
the outsider characterized by renunciation and poverty
who, all the way down to today, has had to serve as the
* someone who looks after himself blueprint for many long-outdated but still influential
and his household concepts of how artists are and are supposed to be.
MA PATRIE MON AMOUR MA VIE. THE PATRIOT 2, 2016, Performance for Video, © Jerry Frantz
MA PATRIE MON AMOUR MA VIE. THE PATRIOT 2, 2016, Performance for Video, © Jerry Frantz
For their exhibition “Museum of Vanities,” which will
be presented from 17 May to 20 August at the IKOB
– Museum of Contemporary Art, Jerry Frantz as the
notorious inventor of scurrilous persons and projects and
Sali Muller as a sensitive analyst of habits of vision and
perception have created a series of works of art that focus
on the image of the loner and his social function. In his
creative output, the loner is an obsessive individual who
retreats to his cellar either to build bombs or simply to
polish them. Is he a terrorist? Does he seek to kill innocent
persons in order to attain a political goal? When and
where will he attack? Grippingly resonant questions like
these make it clear that in recent decades, terrorists and
loners have been linked by the media in an unproductive
connection that cannot be easily unravelled.
I See You Looking Back at Me, 2016, © Sali Muller
I See You Looking Back at Me, 2016, © Sali Muller
It seems to us that the question as to how society should
handle the threat of “international terrorism” is less
important than candid reflection as to how we handle the
oddball, the outsider, the eccentric, the weirdo. How can
we transform the paranoia with which we encounter the
loner into a benevolent suspicion? Is there any possibility
of avoiding being sucked into the whirlpool of tangled
argumentation purveyed by the “war on terrorism” and
not automatically regarding everything that occurs within
concealment as being suspicious, even downright evil?
With her dysfunctional mirror works, Sali Muller directs
our attention to the possibility of getting to the bottom
of our visual culture. She does this by treating with
skepticism and irony the contemporary obsession with
the transparency of all private processes – one need think
only of the folly of self-revelation that runs rampant
on Facebook and other Internet platforms. When Jerry
Frantz polishes grenades until they sparkle and shine,
this is more than a performative act – it mirrors our own
obsessions. It shows the loner as a labourer laying his
hands on what we have repressed as a society and causes
us to pause and think for a brief moment.
Looking directly and enduring the frustration that what
we see is not what we expected: this is the lesson we can
learn from the works of these two artists. In this way,
the Museum of Vanities becomes a museum of our own
vain conviction that our gaze is in fact unprejudiced. Sali
Muller and Jerry Frantz make it all too clear to us that in
this regard, we often overestimate ourselves.
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Bureau Europa 06.04.2017 → INTENSIVE CARE:
25.06.2017 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN HEALTHCARE
Intensive Care: Architecture and Design in Health-
OpenSurgery installation shot: OK Offenes Kulturhaus, Center for Contemporary Art, Linz / AT, 2016. Photo: Otto Saxinger
care, an exhibition about care, spatial design, and design
explores the healthcare challenges of the 21st century
from different perspectives and design disciplines.
In the nineteenth and early twentieth century,
architects and urban designers played an influential role
in the fight against dangerous infectious diseases, such as
cholera and tuberculosis. They contributed to a 'hygiene
wave' through their designs for the construction of water
supply and sewage systems, better buildings, and plenty
of inner city green spaces. Healthcare innovations and
the spatial translation thereof can be historically traced
one-on-one.
What challenges await us in the 21st century?
These could be prosperity diseases, associated psycho-
logical social issues such as loneliness, and ethical social
issues such as prioritising life quality over life duration.
We examine the impact of technological acceleration on
new organisational forms, from prevention in health care
to privatisation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Bureau Europa
Timmerfabriek
Boschstraat 9
6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Bureau Europa, platform for architecture and design is a cultural institute, that presents
+31 43 3503020 exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other activities in architecture, urbanism and
info@bureau-europa.nl design. We aim to advance knowledge production and talent development in design and
www.bureau-europa.nl architecture while also engaging with a broad audience on the subject of understanding
of their designed environment. We articulate these ambitions through cultural projects
at our institute and in public domain. We focus primarily on a contemporary and social
open Wednesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00 agenda of the Maas-Rhine Euroregion and Europe as a whole.
CIAP 08.03.2017 → ONDER ONS
14.05.2017 Onder ons is a group show investigating how
cultural values are produced and sustained by specific
Gerard Herman, meisjesnaam (2016), courtesy of trampoline and M HKA
interiors in the past, present and future. Artists: Billie
Zangewa, Atelier Van Lieshout, Jos De Gruyter & Harald
Thys, Marina Pinsky, Wermke & Leinkauf, Jef Geys, Lara
Ögel, Apparatus 22, Kasia Fudakowski, Martijn Hendriks,
Oliver Laric, Mika Rottenberg, Raffaella Crispino, Hen-
rique Nascimento, Olivier Goethals, The Army of Love &
Casco, Gerard Herman and Monica Bonvicini.
08.03.2017 → TOM VOLKAERT –
14.05.2017 CART WHEELS & ACCESSORIES
HET KABINET gives emerging artists the oppor-
tunity to present their work in the architectural historical
context of the former provincial council hall of Limburg.
In Cart Wheels and Accessories Tom Volkaert (Antwerp,
1989) combines 19th century tools with elements from
contemporary advertisement, entertainment and the skate
scene.
07.06.2017 → ALINE BOUVY - SOLOSHOW
03.09.2017 Following her interest in the figure of Brazilian
theatre director Augusto Boal and his Theatre of the
Oppressed, Aline Bouvy (Brussels, 1974) has been part
of a research workshop at the Parisian headquarters of
the organisation. The theatrical act, experienced as a way
of fighting back against any form of oppression, is the
departure point for her exhibition at CIAP. Through a
CIAP diverse range of mediums, she will present an immersive
Lombaardstraat 23 process-oriented installation, the remains of an intense art
3500 Hasselt (Belgium) and therapy session gone wild.
+32 11 22 53 21
CIAP is an independent association for contemporary art. CIAP was founded in
info@ciap.be 1976 and its operating methods are very comparable to the German model of the
www.ciap.be Kunstverein, a model that is not well known in Flanders. CIAP aims to respond to the
local art scene in a 2-way direction, on the one hand by presenting form within the
local context towards a larger (eu)regional public and on the other hand by boosting
open Wednesday → Friday 11:00 → 18:00 the local artists, art-professionals and public by showing innovative international
Saturday → Sunday 13:00 → 17:00 artistic developments.IKOB 17.05.2017 → JERRY FRANTZ AND SALI MULLER
20.08.2017 MUSEUM OF VANITIES
With the exhibition Museum of Vanities, the two
Tout le monde court trop après le temps, 2015, © Romain van Wissen_
Luxembourg artists Jerry Frantz and Sali Muller will
present their latest works on the subject of vanity in a
setting that is both specially developed for the muse-
um’s architecture and aimed to dare the viewer. Topics
addressed are art as a fetish, transience, eccentricity, and
terrorism – all in connection with the museum’s theme of
2017, resentment.
17.05.2017 → HORST KEINING
20.08.2017 At the same time we are showing works of the
German painter Horst Keining, witch are part of the IKOB
collection.
13.09.2017 → ROMAIN VAN WISSEN
19.11.2017 Romain van Wissen, currently appointed as Artist
of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, is having
his first museum solo show at the IKOB this fall. Through
his postmodern paintings which draw on sources from
the history of art as well as from pop culture he has
become quite well known in the entire Meuse-Rhine Eu-
region. Towards the end of the exhibition, on November
11th, the successor of van Wissen will be presented to the
public within an event at the museum.
IKOB
Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst
Rotenberg 12 B
4700 Eupen (Belgium)
The IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German-speak-
+32 87 56 01 10 ing part of Belgium, close to the German and the Dutch border. Its program focuses
info@ikob.be on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant
www.ikob.be collection (in progress) and temporary exhibitions (in dialogue). Functioning as a
discursive platform for contemporary art with its multidisciplinary and thematic
exhibition program and concerned with critical and socio-political issues, the IKOB
open Wednesday → Sunday 13:00 → 18:00 attempts to reflect the matter of the frontier.Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster 11.01.2017 → NEW TALENTS – DESTINATION KUNSTHAUS NRW
23.04.2017 A distinct format of artist support is visiting the
Kunsthaus: ten selected artists of 'new talents – biennale
Installationsansicht Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (c) Foto Carl Brunn.jpg
cologne'. These young artistic positions range from classi-
cal paintings over video- and soundworks to site-specific
installations, developed for the baroque furnishings of the
venue.
13.05.2017 → AGAINST REPRESENTATION –
24.09.2017 INTERVENTIONS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE
Architecture can be overpowering, as it is often
a representation of power. Even modern architecture
focusing on the functional form, still transports messages.
The building of the former abbey, in which the Kunsthaus
is located, shows the power of a few over lots of people.
Even today, the old dynamics of representation are still
in power. Clemens Botho Goldbach, Frauke Dannert,
Christian Odzuck and Adrien Tirtiaux will research and
deconstruct these dynamics.
08.10.2016 → COLLECTION WITH LOOSE ENDS 02 - IDENTITIES
24.09.2017 The presentation of the collection picks up one of
the collection’s loose ends and is dedicated to deliberate
about its identity: “How did »art from NRW« come into
being and what has shaped it since?
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster
Abteigarten 6
52076 Aachen (Germany)
+49 2408 6492
info@kunsthaus.nrw.de The exhibition program of the Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster offers an insight into
www.kunsthaus.nrw.de North Rhine-Westphalia’s current and future art scene. Since 1948, North Rhine-West-
phalia has been purchasing works by young artists to support them. Today, the collec-
tion numbers 4000 works, documenting the history of North Rhine-Westphalia’s art to
open Thursday → Saturday 14:00 → 18:00 the immediate present day. The collection is hosted in the baroque palace building of
Sunday & Public Holidays 12:00 → 18:00 the old Abbey of Kornelimünster.La Châtaigneraie UNTIL → LE DOMAINE DE LA LICE
20.04.2017 For 35 years, the ‘Domaine de la lice’ has shown
that the art of tapestry is a full way of expression. Far
alain bornain
from the conventional picture of its traditional form, the
principle of interlace being kept, contemporary tapestry
becomes sculpture. Nowadays it uses rubber, epoxy resins,
plastics, etc and explores all the fields of contemporary art.
13.05.2017 → CHAMPS DE LUTTE
02.07.2017 If there is one subject that particularly links Char-
leroi to Liège, it is industry and social struggle. Be it the
paintings of Pierre Paulus of those of Thomas Mazzarella,
from the sides of the river Sambre to the sides of the river
Meuse, the history is the same: struggle and labour.
Works selection in the Hainaut collection.
16.09.2017 → PRIX DE LA JEUNE SCULPTURE
21.10.2017 9ème Prix de la jeune sculpture
Exhibition and prizes intended to young visual
artists below 40 years of the Federation Wallonie-Brux-
elles. Organized in collaboration with the ‘Musée en Plein
Air du Sart Timan’
Centre wallon d’art contemporain
La Châtaigneraie
Chaussée de Ramioul 19
4400 Flémalle (Belgium)
+32 4 275 33 30
chataigneraie@cwac.be
www.cwac.be Set up in 1979, La Châtaigneraie occupies a small manor house (1830-1840) bordered
by age-old chestnut trees. Exhibitions range from a retrospective of a historical nature
open Tuesday 14:00 → 17:00 to the most contemporary expression, passing through all the techniques. In this way,
La Châtaigneraie confirms its vocation as a place for promoting artists as well as the
Wednesday 14:00 → 18:00 wish to create a place for meetings and awareness. The Centre publishes historical
Friday → Sunday 14:00 → 18:00 works and monographs.Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren 02.04.2017 → NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE UND DAS THEATER –
02.07.2017 AT LAST I FOUND THE TREASURE
This exhibition demonstrates Niki de Saint Phalle’s
Niki de Saint Phalle, Nana rouge jambes en l’air, 1968 © Niki Charitable Art Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017. Photo: Peter Hinschläger
fascination with the world of theatre and what this meant
for her own work, shedding new light on her overall oeuvre,
with particular focus on her development of the theme of
love. In cooperation with the Kunst- und Kulturstiftung
Opelvillen and the Kunstsammlung Jena.
16.07.2017 → HEIJO HANGEN. MALEREI /
10.09.2017 EGON KARL NICOLAUS
Heijo Hangen is one of the most significant artists
of German and European Constructivism. The retrospec-
tive exhibition in Duren coincides with his 90th birthyear.
Through a donation to the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation,
the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum holds Hangen’s complete
works on paper.
Egon Karl Nicolaus’s early experiments with Con-
structivism in the 1950s are later marked by his contact
with Tachism and Informalism in Paris. The show is in
collaboration with the Egon Karl Nicolaus Foundation,
Cologne.
30.09.2017 → SIMONSKALL, EIFEL „INSPIRATION NATUR.
29.10.2017 KÜNSTLERISCHE VIELFALT IM KALLTAL“
Located in the scenic valley of the river Kall in the
Eifel region, the 17th century “Junkerhaus” served as a
meeting point for regional artists and intellectuals in the
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum early 1920s. In collaboration with the HöhenArt Hürtgen-
& Papiermuseum Düren wald Foundation, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum will present
Hoeschplatz 1 works by Ernst Ohst, Armin Renker and Hans Salentin in
52349 Düren (Germany) the Junkerhaus. The show is curated by Dr. Reinhard Schilf.
+49 2421 252561
Founded in 1905, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and its new extension, completed in
museum@dueren.de 2010 by the architect Peter Kulka, features collections of modern works, including
www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de examples of ZERO and Concrete Art from the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation and
contemporary positions from the Günter Peill Foundation. United under a dual muse-
um concept, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and the Papiermuseum Düren have formed
open Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00 a globally-oriented platform for showcasing contemporary art in the 21st century and
Thursday 10:00 → 19:00 the cultural history of paper in form of interdisciplinary exhibitions.Ludwig Forum Aachen 10.03.2017 → LUFORM. THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT
ONGOING A new seria in Cooperation with FH Aachen and
Designmetropole Aachen.
Armin Linke, Ezeiza Penitentiary, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999 – © Armin Linke, Foto: Courtesy der Künstler
24.03.2017 → ARMIN LINKE – THE APPEARANCE OF THAT
18.06.2017 WHICH CANNOT BE SEEN
Armin Linkes’ work draws attention to the impact
of globalization, the effects of a changing infrastructure
and the increasing interconnectedness of our post-indus-
trial society in the age of information and communication
technology.
29.05.2017 → ERIK LEVINE – AS A MATTER OF FACT
24.09.2017 What makes a man a ‘real man’? In his video works
Erik Levine (born 1960 in Los Angeles), investigates how
our society dictates and stages norms, rituals and male
stereotypes.
01.06.2017 → AACHEN ART PRIZE 2016
20.11.2017 FRANZ ERHARD WALTHER
The relationship between work of art, artist and
viewer is the focus of the practice of 2016’s recipient of the
Kunstpreis Aachen.
14.07.2017 → KUBA O.K. - NEW ART FROM CUBA 1990 – 2017
15.11.2017 Against the backdrop of the recent political and
cultural opening of Cuba, the exhibition looks back at an
unique point within the history of the Ludwig Collec-
Ludwig Forum Aachen tion, its longstanding ties to Cuban art and the Ludwigs'
Jülicher Str. 97-109 acquisition strategies.
52070 Aachen (Germany)
+49 241 1807 104
info@ludwigforum.de
The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art.
www.ludwigforum.de It bases on the art collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig that comprises key works of
Pop Art, Photo Realism and European art from the beginning 1960s to the present.
open Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00 This is the starting point for an attractive exhibition program. Art education offers
many activities and guided tours for all ages and types of groups, available in Dutch,
Thursday 10:00 → 20:00 French and English. Contact Karl-Heinz Jeiter +49 241 1807 115, Email Karl-Heinz.
Thursday ZENTIS-Day admission free Jeiter@mail.aachen.deMarres 10.03.2017 → THE PAINTED BIRD
13.08.2017 In the spring of 2017, Marres will present a spectac-
ular mural about Europe. To create this mural, sixteen na-
tional and international artists will paint all galleries and
corridors, the stairwell, floors and ceilings of the Marres
House. Having a surface area of over 750 m2, the painting
depicts a series of beautiful and frightening environments:
visitors will walk through a high-tech ethnic supermar-
ket to the last surviving piece of primeval forest, from a
virtual detention room to a new life festival in the year
2050. The painting encompasses recognizable landscapes,
portraits, historic events and fearful dreams. The painting
will be directed by muralist Gijs Frieling.
Participating artists: Marie Aly, Cian Yu Bai, Bonno
van Doorn, Gijs Frieling, Natasja Kensmil, Klaas
Kloosterboer,Mirthe Klück, Frank Koolen, Jan van
de Pavert, Tanja Ritterbex, Sam Samiee, Charlotte
Schleiffert, Derk Thijs, Sarah Verbeek, Helen
Verhoeven, Evi Vingerling and Job Wouters
25.08.2017 → THE MATERIALITY OF THE INVISIBLE
26.11.2017 An exhibition on art and archaeology, organized
by the Van Eyck in collaboration with Bureau Europa and
Marres. Each in their own ways, these three art insti-
tutes in Maastricht will explore the common grounds of
archaeology and contemporary art.
Marres
House for Contemporary Culture
Capucijnenstraat 98
6211 RT Maastricht (The Netherlands)
+31 43 327 0207 Marres is a house for contemporary culture in Maastricht. Marres initiates and shows
info@marres.org a variety of contemporary artistic practices with a strong emphasis on the senses. It
www.marres.org works with visual artists, perfume makers, composers, herbalists, memory experts and
cooks. In Marres, artists sing the landscape, draw taste, let us feel music, and touch
our minds. In addition to exhibition spaces, Marres offers its visitors also a restaurant
open Tuesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00 (Marres Kitchen) and a beautiful garden.Museum De Domijnen 05.03.2017 → ACROSS THE BORDER
28.05.2017 In 'Across the border' guest curator Anne Berkers
takes us on a journey on the basis of the work of four very
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different artists all with a the same starting point. Precise-
ly at a time when walls are built and differences are tight-
ened, it is important to continue to look around, literally,
across borders. Something that artists have always done
and continue to do. We will see works from Brele Scholz,
Jaap de Ruig, Roy Villevoye & Jan Dietvorst.
03.09.2017 → ECO-VENTION
27.01.2018 In Eco-vention, a contraction of Eco (logical art)
and Intervention, subtitled: Art to transform ecologies,
we see the development and progress of this art move-
ment between 1962 and now. Guest curator Sue Spaid
together with curator Roel Arkesteijn bring together a
large number of artworks from across Europe together
for this 'state of mind' exhibition. More than 40 artists are
on display from 16 different countries. The artworks are
primarily a call to reflect on how we treat our ecological
systems in the world. We will see artworks and instal-
lations among others from Georg Dietzler, AnneMarie
Maes, Joseph Beuys, Cecylia Malik, Lara Almercegui and
Lois Weinberger.
Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen
Ligne 2
6131 MT Sittard (The Netherlands)
+31 46 4513460 The museum contemporary (modern) art of De Domijnen is as off 4th September
balie.museum@dedomijnen.nl located in the new complex Ligne in Sittard-Geleen. This new architectural landmark
www.dedomijnen.nl consists of two buildings which houses Zuyd HS, residents of Daelzicht, the new
library of De Domijnen in a joint venture with Zuyd HS, a cinema for art house films
and the new museum. There are also offices, apartments and shops for various retail
open Tuesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00 concepts. See for further information: www.ligne-sittard.nlNAK 09.04.2017 → PLAMEN DEJANOFF
21.05.2017 Plamen Dejanoff's project concerns the
relationships between the artist's self and his art and
Plamen Dejanoff, Plamen 116, 2016 Poster, digital print © Galerie Emanuel Layr
the labile periphery of homage and appropriation. The
exhibition examines the idea of a self-fashioned identity
versus that of a historical contingency.
02.06.2017 → BUNT IST MEINE LIEBLINGSFARBE.
10.06.2017 ARCHITEKTUR IM FOTO
In cooperation with the RWTH Aachen the NAK
initializes a photo exhibition by students of the faculty of
architecture in the spirit of Bauhaus photography.
18.06.2017 → BEING CLOSE / NATURE CANIBALIA
30.07.2017 With Being Close the artist collective TRIPOT will
realize a room installation, exploring nature in an artistic
way. A second exhibition called Nature Canibalia curated
by Estelle Nabeyrat offers a selection of artists dealing
with the subject of cannibalism as a socio-cultural idea of
the other.
03.09.2017 → HIROKI TSUKUDA
15.10.2017 Japanese artist Hiroki Tsukuda explores imaginary
cityscapes via drawings. Constructing geometric shapes
and reconstructing a modern world, Tsukuda understands
his visions as a view into a parallel world composed of the
past, present and future.
NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Passstrasse 29
52070 Aachen (Germany)
+49 241 503255 NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of its kind in
info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de Germany; a private non-profit association for contemporary art in the tradition of
www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de the German Kunstverein model. NAK was founded in 1986 as a late echo of the 1964
Fluxus festival, with Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell as centre protagonists at the local
university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment
open Tuesday → Sunday 14:00 → 18:00 to contemporary art.SCHUNCK* 04.03.2017 → FASHION VS ART
06.08.2017 The multidisciplinary FASHION VS. ART exhibi-
tion put together by FASHION CLASH displays a selection
Keetje Mans, In Midswig, 2016
of work by fashion designers who in their own practice
question and challenge the boundaries of fashion as a
form of art. With their playful and innovative approach to
fashion they stimulate our imaginary world and question
our perception.
02.04.2017 → PAINT IT SOFT
06.08.2017 PAINT IT SOFT presents the ‘renaissance’ of
contemporary textile art. Based on the art collection of
SCHUNCK*, the term ‘textile art’ is interpreted in all its
facets: from both the materiality and the conceptual char-
acteristics of textile. PAINT IT SOFT builds on the artistic
research and presentation policy around avant-garde
trends from the 50s and the social urgency to engage the
public interactively through art.
09.06.2017 → AAD DE HAAS - HEIMWEE
01.10.2017 In 1944, Aad de Haas fled Rotterdam for the village
of Ingber in South Limburg during the war. Rotterdam
always held a special place in his heart, but many attempts
to return were all in vain. The selected works portrays De
Haas’ memories of Rotterdam: important people, places
and things.
SCHUNCK*
Bongerd 18
6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands)
SCHUNCK*, situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euregion, is a multidisciplinary
+31 45 5772200 institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and
info@schunck.nl film - and all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines – manifested by means of
www.schunck.nl presentations, collections and educational projects. A modern public library and music
school also rank amongst the amenities at SCHUNCK*, both working in modern-day
fashion to promote reading enjoyment and musical learning. SCHUNCK* is housed in
open Tuesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00 the historic Glaspaleis, the “glass palace” built by architect Frits Peutz in 1935.SPACE Collection 31.03.2017 → OPENING/RELEASE
15.04.2017 Les Filles d'Hirohito visits La Space Collection for
a « little wild commissariat », echoes and plastic rumors of
lara gasparotto
their last two albums SINGLE (Célibataire) and (Hors-jeu)
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (January 2016).
29.04.2017 → LARA GASPAROTTO - NEW IMAGES
27.05.2017 Lara Gasparotto (Liège, 1989) is one of today’s most
fascinating photographers. Her work has already been
shown at La Space Collection, during La Biennale de la
Photographie de Liège 2012. After her noticed solo show
at The Hague Museum of Photography, December 2016,
she comes back to La Space Collection to present her pho-
to-series Ask the Dusk (an intimate journal somewhere
between dream and reality) and her latest photographs.
At first glance, Lara Gasparotto’s work may seem to be
documentary but her aim is something more than just
reportage. Together, these fragments of her life form a new
story.
17.06.2017 → MAZATEQUES
22.07.2017 Guillaume Baronnet, Chris Lecler, Jonas Locht
SPACE Collection
En Féronstrée 116
4000 Liège (Belgium)
+32 486 33 93 93
info@space-collection.org Launched in 2002 by artist Alain De Clerck, SPACE Collection is building a network
www.space-collection.org of European cities linked by a transborder collection of contemporary art. The works
are acquired thanks to interactive sculptures. In Liege and Maastricht, the two first
culture machines already allowed to buy 90 works. Situated in the historical center,
open Wednesday → Saturday 15:00 → 17:30 the exhibition space takes place in an old apartment recognized as a place to experi-
or by appointment ment. The art center welcomes regularly events, lectures and shows.Van Eyck 07.04.2017 → THINGS THAT GO BUMP
During Museum Night Maastricht, the Van Eyck
will be immersed for a whole evening in noises, voices,
musical instruments, images, and poetry. Artists and mu-
sicians, professionals and students alike, will give full rein
to their talents on the open stage. Visitors to our museum
night are invited to make their own contributions to an
impromptu sonic and visual landscape.
Things That Go Bump will be an evening full of art/music
performances and jam sessions, in a programme hosted by
the artist Rod Summers.
29.08.2017 → THE MATERIALITY OF THE INVISIBLE
26.11.2017 An exhibition on art and archaeology, organized
by the Van Eyck in collaboration with Bureau Europa and
Marres. Each in their own ways, these three art insti-
tutes in Maastricht will explore the common grounds of
archaeology and contemporary art.
ALL YEAR → The Van Eyck organizes throughout the year several
exhibitions, connected to the programme of the acade-
my and its (former) participants. During the Wednesday
night presentations, participants present themselves and
their work. The Van Eyck regularly invites guests (artists,
museum directors, curators, designers, writers, poets) for
a talk about their work and practice and organizes master
classes, meetings and conferences.
Follow the Van Eyck progamme on janvaneyck.nl,
Van Eyck facebook.com/janvaneyckacademie,
Multiform Institute for fine art, twitter.com/jve_academie
design and reflection
Academieplein 1
6211 KM Maastricht (The Netherlands)
+31 43 3503737 The Van Eyck is a multiform institute for fine art, design and reflection. International
info@janvaneyck.nl artists, designers, curators, photographers, architects, landscape architects, critics
www.janvaneyck.nl and writers stay for one year at the academy to work on their projects. The Van Eyck
also offers a public programme of exhibitions, presentations and lectures. The well-
equipped labs (wood, metal, printing, photography/new media and a library) and the
open Monday → Friday 09:00 → 18:00 café-restaurant are open to everyone.Z33 → Z33 IN TRANSITION
In 2017, work will start on the construction of an
extension on the site next to the current exhibition build-
ing Vleugel ’58. Both the new extension and the renovated
Vleugel '58 will make one new house for contemporary
art. A welcoming home with a new front door to the city.
The Italian architect Francesca Torzo designed a sober and
intimate building with great respect towards the unique
heritage of the beguinage and to the city center of Hasselt.
The construction and renovation will be finished in 2018.
In the meantime, Z33 will present nomadic projects
and exhibitions on various locations. For more informa-
tion, and program, visit www.z33.be
Z33 – House for contemporary art
Zuivelmarkt 33
3500 Hasselt (Belgium) Z33 is a house for contemporary art. Z33 creates projects and exhibitions which
+32 11 29 59 60 encourage the visitor to take a different look at everyday life. It is a unique laboratory
and a meeting space for experiments and innovation that makes ground breaking
info@z33.be exhibitions featuring contemporary art and design. Z33 also develops collaborative
www.z33.be projects and art in public space. You can visit Z33 at the beguinage of Hasselt. Z33
is heading for exciting times with the start of renovation and construction work to
enlarge the House for contemporary art. The main building, Vleugel '58 (Wing '58),
open Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00 will be closed, but exhibitions continue to place at the beguinage site. Z33 will also
& Public Holidays continue to work on projects outside its own walls.Agenda
APRIL 2017 MAY 2017
01.04.2017 PICASSO - Lecture SCHUNCK* 04.05.2017 NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE - Talk with Leopold-Hoesch-
17:00 19:00 Dr. Beate Kemfert, Director Kunst- und Museum
Kulturstiftung Opelvillen
02.04.2017 NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE UND DAS THEAT- Leopold-Hoesch-
12:00 ER – AT LAST I FOUND THE TREASURE Museum 13.05.2017 AGAINST REPRESENTATION - Opening Kunsthaus NRW
- Opening 16:00
06.04.2017 TOURING STUDIO 02 – EU Representa- 14.05.2017 MUSEUM OF VANITIES & IKOB
19:00 CHRISTIAN ODZUCK - Artist talk tion of NRW, 15:00 HORST KEINING - Opening
Brussels
18.05.2017 ERIK LEVINE - Opening Ludwig Forum
07.04.2017 THINGS THAT GO BUMP Van Eyck 19:00 Aachen
20:00 Night of the Museum Maastricht
21.05.2017 INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS DAY All houses
08.04.2017 KLAUS PAIER - THE AACHEN MURALIST Ludwig Forum
19:00 - Opening Aachen
JUNE 2017
08.04.2017 PLAMEN DEJANOFF - Opening NAK
19:00
01.06.2017 BUNT IST MEINE LIEBLINGSFARBE. NAK
22.04.2017 IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER IKOB 19:00 ARCHITEKTUR IM FOTO - Opening
19:00
01.06.2017 FRANZ ERHARD WALTHER - Opening Ludwig Forum
23.04.2017 IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER IKOB 19:00 Aachen
17:00
03.06.2017 SOLO BY ALINE BOUVY - Opening CIAP
19:00
25.04.2017 ROLAND SCHIMMEL - Artist talk SCHUNCK*
17.06.2017 BEING CLOSE / NATURE CANIBALIA - NAK
19:00 Opening
22.06.2017 POETRY SLAM Ludwig Forum
19:00 AachenAgenda
photo: kristof vrancken
25.06.2017 CHILDREN'S PROMOTION AWARD Ludwig Forum
12:00 Aachen
JULY 2017
13.07.2017 KUBA O.K. - NEW ART FROM CUBA Ludwig Forum
19:00 1990 – 2017 - Opening Aachen
16.07.2017 HEIJO HANGEN. MALEREI / EGON Leopold-Hoesch-
12:00 KARL NICOLAUS - Opening Museum
AUGUST 2017
04.08.2017 TOUR D’ART BY BUS SOUTH LIMBURG SCHUNCK*
- Guided tour
17.08.2017 FRANK HAVERMANS – KAPKAR SCHUNCK*
17:00
29.08.2017 THE MATERIALITY OF THE INVISIBLE - Van Eyck
Opening (in collaboration
with Bureau
Europa and
Marres)
SEPTEMBER 2017
02.09.2017 HIROKI TSUKUDA - Opening NAK
19:00
30.09.2017 INSPIRATION NATUR. KÜNSTLERISCHE Junkerhaus,
16:00 VIELFALT IM KALLTAL - Opening SimonskallRegular events
WEDNESDAYS SATURDAYS
Every Wednesday, 15:30 → 17:30 Ludwig Forum Every last Saturday of the month, 14:00 → 15:30 Ludwig Forum
Lufonauten – for kids Aachen Comiciade Workshop - open workshop with comic Aachen
artist – free admission
Every Wednesday, 17:30 Van Eyck
Presentations by Van Eyck participants
SUNDAYS
Every first Wednesday of the month, 18:00 IKOB
Public Guided Tour – free admission Every Sunday, 15:00 Ludwig Forum
Guided Tour – on demand in English or Dutch Aachen
Every last Wednesday of the month, 15:00 Leopold-Hoesch-
GOLDEN CLUB – Seniors get together to talk about art Museum Every Sunday, 15:00 → 16:00 Ludwig Forum
over coffee and cake. Child Care – open creative program for children Aachen
and teens
THURSDAYS
Every first Sunday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00 Leopold-Hoesch-
Guided Tour – on demand in English Museum
Every Thursday, 15:30 → 17:30 Ludwig Forum
Lufonauten – for kids Aachen Every last Sunday of the month, 13:00 SCHUNCK*
Guided Tour – free admission
Every Thursday Ludwig Forum
ZENTIS-DAY - free admission! Aachen Every last Sunday of the month, 15:00 IKOB
Director's Tour
Every first Thursday of the month, 18:30 CIAP
HET KABINET - opening hosted by the CIAP Young Art Every last Sunday of the month, 15:00 Kunsthaus NRW
Club (CYAC) Guided Tour – on demand in English, French or Dutch
Every 3rd Thursday of the month, 19:30 Leopold-Hoesch-
Movie Night Museumart does not need a common
language,
it is international in itself.
The association of fourteen institutions in the Meuse-Rhine
Region is as contemporary as the art they present. Within a
radius of 100 km, the border region of Belgium, Germany
and the Netherlands offers a wide variety of exhibitions
and events, many of which can be visited in one day. The
venues each have a highly individual approach and present
art in the most appealing way: direct and inspirational,
reflective and atmospheric. This brochure wants to increase
the awareness of what this region has to offer in terms
of visual arts. It is published twice a year and gives an
overview of exhibitions and events.
Get a regular update on exhibition openings, lectures
and guided tours on:
www.verycontemporary.org
www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart
We are looking forward to hearing from you under:
info@verycontemporary.org
supported by the ministry of north rhine-westphalia – printed by kliemo
(cover photo) MA PATRIE MON AMOUR MA VIE. THE PATRIOT 2_Performance for Video, Jerry Frantz, 2016
(editing) Miriam Elebe, ikob (graphic design) Niek Kosten
(project management) Marie-Claire Krell – info@verycontemporary.orgwww.verycontemporary.org april 2017 → september 2017
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