Occupying Space
Sammlung Generali Foundation in Rotterdam, NL
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Places of exhibition: Nederlands Fotomuseum/ TENT./Witte de With, Rotterdam/NL
Curator: Sabine Breitwieser, Director Generali Foundation,
in collaboration with
Frits Gierstberg, Chief curator, Nederlands fotomuseum, TENT. and Rein Wolfs, Curator for TENT. and Witte de With.
After the successful exhibition of the collection at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, the second venue of the Generali Foundation's international exhibition tour opened in Rotterdam in July 2005.
Three institutions -the Nederlands fotomuseum, TENT. and Witte de With - had joined forces to present this major collection. The Nederlands fotomuseum, TENT. and Witte de With are all in direct proximity to one another. The exhibition in Rotterdam—as in Munich—was structured dialogically and thematically. Each institution was focusing on one special aspect of the collection.
In the Nederlands fotomuseum, which is located in a former print shop, works were presented under the aspect Image, Text &Research. TENT. focussed on the themes Body, Media & Narratives; here, among other things, the Generali Foundation‘s large video collection was opened to the public. In Witte de With, which is situated on the upper floors of the same building, works were dedicated to the themes Architecture, Space & Intervention (2nd floor), and Sculpture, Body, Space & Performance (3rd floor) will be shown.
Since the late 1980s, the Generali Foundation builds up a highly respected collection of contemporary art. At that time, it contained 1.700 works by 160 different artists. One of its unique features is the focus on concept art and performance art, as well as socio-critical works of the 1960s/1970s. Its core consists of central works by Austrian artists, which are juxtaposed with international works and linked with those of a younger generation. With this exhibition tour, the collection had been presented for the first time in such a comprehensive form outside of Austria.
Venues and dates of the exhibition tour:
Haus der Kunst, Munich
9 March through 16 May 2005
Director: Chris Dercon, Chief Curator: Thomas Weski
Witte de With, Nederlands Fotomuseum, TENT, Rotterdam, NL
Simultaneously at three venues, 8 July through 28 August 2005
Director Witte de With: Hans Maarten van den Brink
Director Nederlands Fotomuseum: Ruud Visschedijk, Chief Curator: Frits Gierstberg
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
28 October through 9 December 2005
Director: Snježana Pintarić, Chief Curator: Tihomir Milovac