

Frederik van Simaey, excerpts from ‘Together we are one’.
Van Simaey’s work is on view from Friday 20hrs on until the 18th of April, during the exhibition ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?’


Frederik van Simaey, excerpts from ‘Together we are one’.
Van Simaey’s work is on view from Friday 20hrs on until the 18th of April, during the exhibition ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?’

Olivier Maarschalk, ‘Memories from the future’
During a lonely stay in Finland, Maarschalk asked his mother, girlfriend and roommate to pick a date and time in the future, on which they expected him and themselves to still be alive. For each person he made a drawing that shows the exact curve in which the sun enters his studio on that specific time. The drawings were sent to each participant by post.
Olivier Maarschalk is participating in WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTISTS? which opens coming Friday at eight.

‘Gone fishing, be back tomorrow nite. Raf’
Raf Rooijmans will participate in WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?

‘Event used orr’ (2009) by André Kok
André Kok will participate in ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?‘ !

Jack Falanga, Untitled (Fireworks) (Ongoing)
Jack Falanga will participate in ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?‘ !

Wolfgang Plöger, detail from ‘Let’s give them what they want’ (12 b/w photographs) (2009)
Wolfgang Plöger will be taking part in WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS? @ KOP

Stefaan Dheedene, ‘A.U.B. RAAK NIET AAN WAT U NIET BEGRIJPT’
(’PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND’) (2005)
Stefaan Dheedene is one of the ten artists taking part in the exhibition ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?’, curated by Pietmondriaan.com, taking place at Stichting KOP.
‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?’ opens Friday the 12th of March, 20.ooh @ stichting KOP, Breda.

‘Beard – Model K. Leo II’ (2005)
(Cardboard beards to take away)

pietmondriaan.com presents:
WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?
An exhibition curated by pietmondriaan.com.
Starting point for this exhibition is this work by Welsh-born, Paris-based artist Bethan Huws.
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— OPENING: Friday March 12, 20:00h —
with a performance by Olivier Maarschalk
&
music by O Tannenbaum DJ’s Berlin.
EXHIBITION: March 12 – April 18 2010,
Stichting KOP
Speelhuislaan 171, Breda (NL)
www.kop.nu
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Participating artists:
Stefaan Dheedene (BE)
Wolfgang Plöger (D)
Jack Falanga (USA)
André Kok (NL)
Pierre Ardouvin (FR)
Olivier Maarschalk (NL)
Frederik van Simaey (BE)
Raf Rooijmans (NL)
Eric v Robertson (USA)
Ruben Kindermans (BE)
‘We’re Number One!’ solo show by Ruben Kindermans at Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (B).
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Ruben Kindermans will participate in
An exhibition curated by pietmondriaan.com. At Stichting KOP, Breda (NL).
Opening March 12 !

Danh Vo, ‘Oma Totem’ (2009)
Totem of objects that Vo’s grandmother, Nguyen Thi Ty, received from The Immigrant Relief Program and The Catholic Church upon arriving in Denmark as a refugee: – 1 Phillips 26 inch TV – 1 Gorenje washing machine – 1 Bomann refrigerator – 1 wooden crucifix – 1 personalized entrance card for a casino

Today this came to my attention: Artis Den Bosch is closing its doors permanently!
From their website:
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Artis Den Bosch has been one of the best artists initiatives around. What a shame!


‘Relocated houses, Brittons yard’ (2009) by Lara Almarcegui.
On the outskirts of the city of Wellington (NZ) there is a weird collection of houses. The houses are moved there from different places and on display, waiting to be sold (housemoving is a common occurance in New Zealand). The result is a ghost-town like street with empty buildings, some in state of disrepair.
Lara Almarcegui traced the roots of each building in this street. For the One Day Sculpture project she created a tour and a catalogue showing the individual stories and memories connected to each house. By inviting people to visit the yard with her one evening, Almarcegui coaxes us to look not simply at what these buildings are but why and how they are here, and in turn to speculate on the processes of change in our environment.

‘Space shuttle banana’ (2008) by Pieterjan Ginckels.
Sculpture designed after a spam email title (’space shuttle banana’).

All of these pictures were found on the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks. Go “see” more yourself!

Tris Vonna-Michell, ‘The trades of others’. Performance still (2008)
Vonna-Michell’s performances and installations function as chapters within a non-linear story, combining personal myth with historical traces.
Interview here

Pietmondriaan.com will curate its first exhibition at Stichting KOP, Breda (NL)!
It promises to be one hell of a show! Mark friday March 12th in your calendar!
More info will follow soon!
‘Si j’étais un charpentier…’ (2008) by Briac Leprêtre.
The title is based on a Johnny Cash song: ‘If i were a carpenter’:
Seen yesterday at Witte de With’s 24-hour film program ‘and the moral of the story is…’;
‘Wall Street’, by Oliver Stone
‘Enron, the smartest guys in the room’, by Alex Gibney
A combination that put both films in a different perspective. The documentary on the rise and fall of this American super-company was completely sickening..
More films at WdW today until midnight!
Martin Boyle, Untitled (2008)
Click the picture to see the video.
Martin Boyle produces work that is both playful and performative. He re-presents mass produced quirky objects and packaging in multiple forms to the viewer through video installation and sculptural pieces. His work highlights a preoccupation with ideas of value, or lack off, through his use of packaging and consumer goods…
Watch the top right surveillance screen.
This is sped-up footage of mr. Nicholas White trapped in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill Building for 41 hours, after having a cigarette for lunch outside.
The story and some more facts about elevators, as featured in the New Yorker, here.
Pierre Ardouvin
Pierre Ardouvin, ‘Les Quatre Saisons’ (2010)
Pierre Ardouvin is participating in WHAT’S THE POINT OF GIVING YOU ANY MORE ARTWORKS?
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