easter break in belgium meant once again -> museum time! bozar was our first stop, where we saw an exhibition of cy twomblys photography. the show presented more than 100 dry print developed from polaroid photographs. they were all selected by the artist prior to his death last summer. personally, i know him best as a painter, and this is the case with most art historians as his pictures have been a fairly recent discovery to the world (even though he had been taking photos since being a student, they only appeared in the 90's). a lovely, intimate show that was accompanied by a film by tacita dean.
another smaller scale show being shown at the bozar was entitled Brussels 2040 'three visions for a metropolis'. it explored what brussels would be like in 2040 if its demographic growth continues. international experts made up of architects, town planners, and landscape architects participated in the project. my favourite bit about the show was the way in which they displayed the catalogue. each page of the catalogue was printed in bulk and each bulk was attached to the wall in chronological order. the idea was that the visitor could rip off as many pages as they wanted, in order to walk away with a free catalogue.
wiels- rosemarie trockel (1952, german artist). her show 'flagrant delight', is comprised of work from the early 1980s onwards to works which have been created purely for the show. one room was just full of 40 massive, recent collages. quite impressive but a bit too much at the same time. it was easy to just walk past them and not give them much thought. her 'knitting pictures' were the most impressive part of the entire show. produced in 1985, the pieces consists of lengths of machine knitted, woolen material which has been stretched on to frames.
muhka in antwerp showed the work of the film-maker and feminist icon, chantal akerman. 'too far, too close' was one of the most interesting shows i've seen in a while. brilliantly curated. i was really blown away by the show! every single room was black which surprisingly wasn't offputting. the viewer could feel comfortable in this darkness. it was the first time her work had been shown in belgium since her exhibition at bozar in 1995. the flyer for the show was great too (made up of postcards of scenes from her films)
