Stage of Being
Who are we? Where do we come from? What are we doing here? Where are we going?
Artists in particular dare to face down the fundamental questions of existence. In fact: the very essence of art might be found in diffusing that existential, human fear. Art can hold up a mirror to mankind. This mirror is sometimes quite direct, raw and confrontational. And sometimes indirect, enshrouded in layers of meaning.
Stage of Being shows work by:
Ai Weiwei (1957), Francis Alÿs (1959), John Armleder (1948), Silvia B. (1963), Hans Bellmer (1902 – 1975), Alighiero e Boetti (1940 – 1994), Louise Bourgeois (1911 – 2010), Jake & Dinos Chapman (1966 & 1962), Joseph Cornell (1903 – 1972), Tony Cragg (1949), John DeAndrea (1941), Tacita Dean (1965), Rineke Dijkstra (1959), Tracey Emin (1963), Hans-Peter Feldmann (1941), Anya Gallaccio (1963), Daan van Golden (1936 – 2017), Antony Gormley (1950), Jeppe Hein (1974), Rebecca Horn (1944), Pieter Hugo (1976), Thomas I’Anson (1983), JocJonJosch (Jocelyn Marchington (1976) Jonathan Brantschen (1981) & Joschi Herczeg (1975)), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Guillermo Kuitca (1961), Mark Manders (1968), Annette Messager (1943), Henrique Oliveira (1973), Henk Peeters (1925 – 2013), Michelangelo Pistoletto (1933), Quynh Dong (1982), Janis Rafa (1984), Oscar Santillan (1980), Shiu Jin (1975), Jan Sluijters (1881 – 1957), Daniel Spoerri (1930), Thomas Struth (1954), Esther Tielemans (1976), Jérôme Touron (1967), Joana Vasconcelos (1971), Johan de Wit (1960), Robert Zandvliet (1970)
excerpt from exhibition text, Museum Voorlinden, 2017
On the occasion of this exhibition, Voorlinden publishes a catalogue featuring texts by among others Ernest van der Kwast (1981) including room views and all of the works photographed in situ.
