COSIMA VON BONIN'S FAR NIENTE FOR WITTE DE WITH'S SLOTH SECTION, LOOP # 01 OF THE LAZY SUSAN SERIES, A ROTATING EXHIBITION 2010 - 2011 On show until 9 January 2011 The word at the heart of this exhibition – sloth – is a misleading one. Taken now to mean mere laziness, it has a more complex origin. In the Middle Ages, it was labeled by the Church as one of the seven deadly sins, and included elements of restlessness, verbosity and unregulated curiosity. One beautiful oxymoron used to describe sloth in the eighteenth century was “busy idleness” and moralizing tales were written to dissuade people from trying to pursue too many ideas at once. Sloth is therefore a provocative theme for an artist to choose, especially in these times when we are increasingly told that art is just a “left-wing hobby.” Is it Von Bonin’s way of reflecting upon the rhythms of production and presentation that the art market demands? Or is her exhibition title simply the expression of a personal, deep-seated desire to hide on an Italian island and do nothing? Read more Curated by Zoë Gray & Nicolaus Schafhausen       15-5519 by Ayse Erkmen Between You and I - intervention 4 on show until 9 January 2011      15-5519 is the new site-specific public intervention by artist Ayse Erkmen that playfully engages with the tactile characteristics of Witte de With’s architecture. Erkmen has added a temporary “coat” to Witte de With’s building by partially covering its façade with a monochrome composition reminiscent of a nylon winter jacket. The work's title, 15-5519, is the color code of Pantone Color Institute's proposed color of 2010, while the source of the stitched pattern composition is Theo van Doesberg's painting Contra-Composition XVI (1925).   read more       MAKING IS THINKING 23 January – 1 May 2011 Opening: Saturday 22 January 2011, from 6-9 p.m. Making is Thinking is a group show featuring fifteen international artists, curated by Zoë Gray. It explores distinct artistic practices engaged with notions of conceptual craft and intuitive industry. It seeks to collapse the persistent dichotomy between the practical and the intellectual, and presents a range of works that refuse the binary of concept and form. Artists: Wilfrid Almendra (FR); Eva Berendes (DE); Alexandre da Cunha (BR); Julia Dault (CA); Dewar & Gicquel (UK/FR); Anne Hjort Guttu (NO); Hedwig Houben (NL); Teppei Kaneuji (JP); Edgar Leciejewski (DE); Rita McBride (US); William J. O'Brien (US); Eva Rothschild (UK); Hans Schabus (AU); Koki Tanaka (JP).        Free Guided Tours For individuals (NB: not for groups) Every Wednesday at 3 p.m. by a staff member, or every Sunday at 3 p.m. EN / NL, free (excl.entry price) For groups (10+ persons) Available at various times, in several languages (Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Spanish) upon request via reservations@wdw.nl or 0104110144. Price: 60€ per group More information and contact via +31 (0)10 4110144 or by e-mail: reservations@wdw.nl                                                      For more information about Witte de With, please visit our website www.wdw.nl or contact us via info@wdw.nl or +31 (0) 10 4110144 For press requests, please send us an email to press@wdw.nl or call us at +31 (0) 10 4110144 Witte de With is funded by the City of Rotterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Culture. Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition and publication is made possible thanks to the support of The Indofin Group, Cees and Inge de Bruin-Heijn; Goethe-Institut Niederlande; Galerie Daniel Buchholz (Berlin/Cologne) and Galerie Neu (Berlin). or modify userprofile Stuur deze nieuwsbrief naar een relatie