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exhibitions
- Stanley Brouwn works 1960 - 2005 22/01/2005 - 17/04/2005
- In the vitrines Conceptual artists books from the Van Abbemuseum collection and publications by Stanley Brouwn 25/01/2005 - 15/04/2005 In the nineteen sixties artists turned their backs on both traditional media as well as the traditional institutes that exhibited this type of art.
- Un coup de dés 05/02/2005 - 26/06/2005 Un coup de dés (A Throw of the Dice) is the title of an exhibition in which possible coincidental cross-links, affinities and mutual influences among a number of artists from the Van Abbemuseum’s collection is the central theme. The exhibition’s title is derived from a poem written in 1897 by the French proto-modernist and symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
- Journal #8 Manon de Boer en Brussel 19/02/2005 - 16/05/2005 The last exhibition in the journal series is in keeping thematically with the collection display NEDERLAND NIET NEDERLAND. Artist Manon de Boer (NL, 1966) and museum curator Phillip van den Bossche have jointly compiled a video and film programme based on the city of Brussels.
- No Ghost Just A Shell 09/04/2005 - 23/04/2006 In 2003 the Van Abbemuseum made a special purchase – it bought an exhibition of 28 works by 18 different artists as part of the project ‘No Ghost Just a Shell’.
- David Maljkovic 08/05/2005 - 25/09/2005 Small-scale presentation by the Croatian artist David Maljkovic.
- In the vitrines Cosey Fanni Tutti 08/05/2005 - 21/08/2005 Cosey Fanni Tutti (Hull, 1951) became known for her participation in performances by COUM Transmissions and the British electronic avant garde band Throbbing Gristle.
- Jef Geys 08/05/2005 - 28/08/2005 The exhibition by Jef Geys (Leopoldsburg, 1934) at the Van Abbemuseum may be seen as a major survey of the artist’s work.
- Living Archive 08/05/2005 - 08/11/2009 It is not the past but the future that gives the Living Archive its raison d’être. This exhibition series treats museum archives as a treasury of ideas about the future. The relatively static archives are brought into connection with a dynamic, current external world, in which it serves as an active working memory.
- David Claerbout 05/06/2005 - 11/09/2005 On more than one occasion in the past years, the Van Abbe Museum has focused attention on artists who - using photography and film - evoke the stillness of an often poetically-tinted world: Craigie Horsfield, Jaki Irvine, Marijke van Warmerdam, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij.
- Robert Kuśmirowski 05/06/2005 - 11/09/2005 The objects and documents of the young Polish artist Robert Kuśmirowksi (1973, Lodz) cloud our relationship with history. His sculptures and room-filled installations consist of meticulously made three-dimensional objects, with paper, cardboard and foam rubber mainly used as the basic materials.
- Stories from Europe Paintings and works on paper from the first half of the 20th century 09/06/2005 - 18/09/2005 Including works by George Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Oskar Kokoschka, Herman Kruyder, Constant Permeke, Jan Sluijters, Charley Toorop, Constant, Joan Miró and Hendrik Werkman
- EindhovenIstanbul 01/10/2005 - 29/01/2006 The Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven presents a selection of key artworks drawn from the famous Istanbul Biennial exhibitions of the past 18 years.
- Lawrence Weiner Various Manners With Various Things 01/10/2005 - 13/11/2005 'In the Vitrines’ presents a selection of books, leaflets, multiples and invitation cards by the artist Lawrence Weiner (New York, 1940). These publications executed in cheap media give expression to Weiner’s view that art should be bountiful and democratic.
- Lily v.d. Stokker The Complaints Club 01/10/2005 - 25/10/2007 From 1 October the Van Abbemuseum is showing a number of new wall paintings by Lily van der Stokker (Den Bosch, 1954). In this new work Van der Stokker complains heartily about money, people and the ‘scandalous’ way she is sometimes treated.
- People's Park Living Archive 01/10/2005 - 23/04/2006 The documentary exhibition People’s Park (originally shown at the Van Abbemuseum from 18 December 1970 to 18 January 1971) traces the emergence and decline of a public park on the campus of the University of California (Berkley, USA).
- The street. A form of living together Living Archive 01/10/2005 - 23/04/2006 The Street. A Form of Living Together (originally shown at the Van Abbemuseum from 2 June 1972 to 24 September 1972) is now regarded as a legendary exhibition. Young curators in particular praised the way it was presented, its socially relevant theme and the form or model used – based on everyday experiences – to put the point across.
- Osvaldo Romberg From Book to Bookwork 22/11/2005 - 06/01/2006 A book is a book is a book...the form is perfect and there isn’t anything very much that can be changed about it.
- In memory of Edy de Wilde Director of the Van Abbemuseum 1946 - 1963 13/12/2005 - 03/04/2006 Our former director Edy de Wilde died on Saturday, 19 November 2005. He was 85 years of age. As a tribute to the man and his work, we are presenting a small documentary exhibition drawing attention to the period of his directorship at the Van Abbemuseum.
- Byars & Beuys 13/02/2006 - 09/03/2007 James Lee Byars and Joseph Beuys allow both mystical and magical ritual into their work, making use of symbolic attributes.