Boijmans on tour in Istanbul and Paris
La La La Human Steps
İstanbul Modern
16 February–6 May 2012
www.istanbulmodern.org
Contemporary Surrealist Drawings from Rotterdam
Institut Néerlandais, Paris
1 March–13 May 2012
www.institutneerlandais.com
This spring Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is staging two exhibitions abroad. From 16 February İstanbul Modern is hosting ‘La La La Human Steps’, a large exhibition of works from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and from 1 March a selection of contemporary surrealist drawings will be on display in the Institut Néerlandais in Paris. Both exhibitions have been put together by director Sjarel Ex.
The two institutions invited the museum to put together an exhibition from its own collection. The exhibition in İstanbul Modern is being staged as part of the celebrations of 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey.
‘La La La Human Steps’ shows works by twenty-eight Dutch and foreign artists embracing the theme Human Encounters. Parisians are able to enjoy drawings by seventeen contemporary artists who work in the Surrealist tradition. Almost all the works in both exhibitions were collected by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the last eight years.
La La La Human Steps in Istanbul
From 16 February Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents an exhibition in Istanbul featuring works by artists who relate to the image of mankind historically, personally or socially. They focus on subjects like desire, curiosity, failure, despair, treachery and confrontation. Modern and contemporary art is featured, alongside old master paintings and prints, including a work by Joachim Patinir about Sodom and Gomorrah. The museum is exhibiting recently purchased work by Erik van Lieshout, John Bock, Andro Wekua, Guido van der Werve, Cyprien Gaillard and Aernout Mik, as well as unusual works by Bruce Nauman, Bas Jan Ader, and Vito Acconci.
Contemporary Surrealist Drawings in Paris
From 1 March, the Institut Néerlandais exhibits a selection of more than seventy contemporary drawings by seventeen artists from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s collection. Over the years the museum has built up an international collection with work by supreme draughtsmen like Ewoud van Rijn, Paul van der Eerden, Peter Feiler, Oscar de las Flores, Charles Avery, Paul Noble and Charlie Roberts—work that is the product of a specific or fantastic world view and in some cases can even be regarded as a form of automatic imagination. This surrealist quality predominates in the selection. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is continuing the tradition of collecting works by artists like Dalí, Magritte, Delvaux, Tanguy and Zurn.
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İstanbul Modern – Rotterdam
İstanbul Museum of Modern Art is staging an exhibition in Rotterdam, featuring works from its own collection. Curated by the Chief Curator Levent Çalıkoğlu, the exhibition runs from 10 March to 10 June 2012. On 2 June an exhibition of new work by the Istanbul born artist Sarkis opens at the Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam harbour.
‘La La La Human Steps’ in Istanbul is supported by Fiba Banka. The exhibition is organised within the framework of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. The exhibition catalogue ‘La La La Human Steps, A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’ will be available at İstanbul Modern Store. The catalogue can be ordered via mail order form from dukkan@istanbulmodern.org.
‘Contemporary Surrealist Drawings from Rotterdam’ in Paris is also open during ‘Drawing Now Paris – Salon de dessin contemporain 2012.’
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museumpark 18-20
NL-3015 CX Rotterdam
The Netherlands
