Jan Elburg. Experimental painter and poet
5 February - 29 April 2012
From 5 February to 29 April, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will present the exhibition entitled Jan Elburg. Experimental Painter and Poet. The exhibition is a comprehensive overview of all aspects of his artistic calling. Paintings, drawings, gouaches, monoprints, candle-wax compositions, (photo)collages and pop-art-like assemblages demonstrate, along with his poems, the creativeness of Jan Elburg. Besides the visual work, an ample choice of his poetry can be seen and heard. Jan Elburg taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where he had great influence upon the students. (**** NRC)
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Sylvie Zijlmans and Hewald Jongenelis. The Present. The Elimination of Possibilities
5 February - 29 April 2012
From 5 February to 29 April 2012, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will present the exhibition entitled Sylvie Zijlmans and Hewald Jongenelis. The Present. The Elimination of Possibilities. The exhibition consists of five video presentations and a spatial work, in which the play and the perception of time fulfil a crucial role. Since their first joint exhibition in 1993, and in addition to their own individual work, Zijlmans and Jongenelis have been realizing joint projects related to dramatic events. Their work offers an imagination-boosting alternative to an often-complex and overwhelming reality.
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Jeroen Eisinga. Springtime
16 October 2011 – 26 February 2012
Jeroen Eisinga (Delft, 1966) is a romantic in present-day art, an equilibrist, someone who measures his power against a Higher Plan. His oeuvre is a man-to-man contest, a consistently changing duel with himself. It is an activity in which he tempts fate. Although he fearlessly stages and implements his personal rituals, this takes place beyond the spotlights, with the utmost concentration required. The version that ultimately emerges is then presented to the public, which, in the footsteps of Eisinga’s alter ego, empathizes with him on the thin dividing line between ambition and helplessness, between courage and fear. (***** de Volkskrant)
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Unisono 24. Nina Yuen. Lucid Dreaming
16 October 2011 – 26 February 2012
In her films, Nina Yuen visualizes an inner world, a dreamy world in which thoughts and feelings stream onward like words in a book. Or like the surge of a river, the rolling waves of the sea. Just as thoughts and feelings can rage, the ocean pounds, frothing, on the coast. In her latest film, entitled Juanita (2010), Yuen surrenders to that tide, which not only saturates her black hair and dress but completely immerses her outstretched body between the rocks, overpowering it. (**** de Volkskrant)
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Collectionpresentation Art after 1945
14 February 2010 - 8 July 2012
In 2010, the Schiedam Municipal Museum will present its Collection of Post-war Art. Starting point for this exhibition will be the new collection plan for Dutch Art after 1945. In this plan, the emphasis will be on the relationships between the core art collections. From the viewpoint of present-day art, a connection is made with NUL and CoBrA in five themes: War, Animals, Matter, Travel, Rhythm & Regularity.
The concept of the exhibition has been elaborated in conjunction with eleven final-year pupils of Schiedam Municipal Grammar School, acting as assistant curators. Along with the museum director, they selected the works, wrote the texts and came up with innovative ideas for the design and set-up of the exhibition.
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de Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2012
Expected: 11 March - 17 june 2012
From 11 March to 17 June 2012, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will present the exhibition of the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2012 (Volkskrant Art Prize). This will be the sixth edition of the Art Prize, which is organized in conjunction with the Volkskrant (Dutch national daily newspaper), the Fonds BKVB (Netherlands Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture), and the NTR (Netherlands Television and Radio). The prize, a cheque worth € 10,000, will be funded by the Fonds BKVB.
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