Witte de With's staff wishes you a very happy new year and warmly welcomes you over the course of 2011!   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 Last chance to see On show until 9 January 2011 If you have not yet encountered Daffy Duck & Pessimismus, or discovered “Malice in Wonderland,” don’t miss your chance to see Cosima von Bonin’s engaging solo show, which brings together oversized chicks, cartoon rockets, beach huts and a host of characters who have been thrown out of drama school…  Read more Curated by Zoë Gray & Nicolaus Schafhausen Sunday 9 January, 4pm Cartoon Afternoon Free with usual entry to exhibition To accompany the COSIMA VON BONIN exhibition, a sequence Slothful Sundays have taken place throughout the show. The last, which occurs on the final day of the exhibition is a Cartoon Afternoon, which will see several classic cartoons from Walt Disney and Looney Tunes projected around the gallery space, which Jacques Tati’s satirical masterpiece Playtime is played for the last time.         MAKING IS THINKING 23 January – 1 May 2011 Opening: Saturday 22 January, from 6-9 p.m. Making is Thinking explores distinct artistic practices engaged with notions of conceptual craft and intuitive industry. Among the artworks included, several overlapping areas of interest are discernible: There is a fascination with the role of the amateur, occupied with absurdly time-consuming activities that verge on meditation (Wilfrid Almendra, Dewar & Gicquel, Teppei Kaneuji, Hans Schabus). There is an analysis of the process of creation, and a transformation of this analysis into a new moment of creation (Hedwig Houben, Ane Hjort Guttu, Edgar Leciejewski). There is an exploration of sculpture and the applied arts, a struggle between functionalism and formalism that avoids any hint of nostalgia (Julia Dault, Rita McBride, Eva Rothschild). There is a flourishing of decoration and beauty in the reassessment of certain Modernist tropes (Eva Berendes, Alexandre Da Cunha). There is the avoidance of conscious thinking and the emphasis on intuitive knowledge (William J. O’Brien, Koki Tanaka). And in many of the works, there is a knowing humor or irony that deflates the pious earnestness that can accompany discussions of craft. Read more Curated by Zoë Gray, assisted by Amira Gad 25 January 2011, 10am – 5pm Masterclass by Julia Dault and William O’Brien Accompanying the exhibition Making is Thinking at Witte de With, Julia Dault and William J. O’Brien give a masterclass for young artists, undergraduate and (post)graduate students.  How to enroll - Read more Location: Witte de With Language: English          Lecture by Rita McBride MAKING IS THINKING 3 February 2011, 7pm Location: Witte de With’s auditorium. Language: English Open to all. No reservations necessary          As Rita McBride once said: “Art doesn’t matter, it is the doing, the learning, the scrambling, the growing, the discoveries along the way that matter.” Continuing Witte de With Education’s successful series of “art confrontations,” interactive tours of the exhibition will be available throughout its duration, structured to explore the “discoveries along the way.” For more information about booking tours for student groups,contact us at reservations@wdw.nl         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 are 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). Making is Thinking is generously supported by Goethe-Institut Niederlande; OCA; CulturesFrance. or modify userprofile Stuur deze nieuwsbrief naar een relatie