Browse all

tentoonstelling

Collecting - Mail Art Project

Library Exhibition

20/02/2011 - doorlopend
Opening: Sunday, 20 February 2011 15:00

Thousands of people have special collections which vary from stamps, coins, wrappers of cigars to meaningful words and fond memories. Why do we collect? And how? Many contemporary artists use ‘collecting’ to visualise their artistic concept. They also have the ability to put the principles of collecting into one postcard. The third part of Play van Abbe was about collecting. This was an inspiration for the library exhibition Collecting – Mail Art Project.

For Mail Art project Miranda Vissers has asked interested artists to contribute to this project by means of a postcard, attuned to the theme of collecting. This resulted in more than 250 submissions: postcards, drawings, etchings, paintings, collages, photographic and textile works.  All Mail Art works are exhibited in the showcases of the library of the Van Abbemuseum and on the weblog. Also a selection of the Mail Art archives of the museum and the organisers is exhibited. The catalogue shows one work of each artist

To see the submissions, check the library blog, libraryblog.vanabbe.nl.

Beelden

 

Van Abbemuseum | Bilderdijklaan 10 | 5611 NH Eindhoven | Nederland | t +31 40 238 10 00 | f +31 40 246 06 80 | e info[at]vanabbemuseum.nl | Disclaimer | Colofon

Openingstijden: dinsdag t/m zondag geopend van 11:00 tot 17:00 uur. Op maandag gesloten, behalve op nationale feestdagen. Gesloten op nieuwjaarsdag, Koningsdag en eerste kerstdag. Het Van Abbemuseum is iedere eerste donderdagavond van de maand tot 21:00 uur geopend, vanaf 17:00 uur is het museum dan gratis te bezoeken. Ook het museumcafé is die donderdagavond tot 21:00 uur geopend. In het hele museum is internet beschikbaar via WIFI.