In Between Spaces
One museum closes, another opens its doors invitingly. Mu.ZEE in Ostend is undergoing renovation, while the FeliX Art & Eco Museum in Drogenbos offers a new museum context for the Mu.ZEE collection. In Between Spaces refers to the nomadic nature of this exhibition, beyond the familiar walls of the Ostend institution.
The title also refers to an "in-between world" created by one specific artwork that is central to this narrative: PREFAB. Frankfurter Küche stands also for women in kitchens, but great chefs are man (2012) by Aglaia Konrad. She was inspired by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, who designed the Frankfurter Küche in 1926, a true example of modular, prefabricated building. She is the central figure in PREFAB, which sets up an intriguing network of modernist contemporaries, sources of inspiration, spheres of influence, and philosophical and urbanistic utopias. The installation zooms in on the invisible power and influence of women within this evolution.
From this artwork, several narrative threads spread throughout the museum, forming a new spatial collection assembly. From a shared space where the balance between humans and nature wavers to an elusive in-between world. From a kaleidoscopic, photography-inspired look at the position of women in art and society to a city of dreams, the bubble of an ideal utopian image. From the modern city with its design and aesthetics to a story about abstraction that breaks and re-evaluates thought frameworks.
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One museum closes, another opens its doors invitingly. Mu.ZEE in Ostend is undergoing renovation, while the FeliX Art & Eco Museum in Drogenbos offers a new museum context for the Mu.ZEE collection. In Between Spaces refers to the nomadic nature of this exhibition, beyond the familiar walls of the Ostend institution.
The title also refers to an "in-between world" created by one specific artwork that is central to this narrative: PREFAB. Frankfurter Küche stands also for women in kitchens, but great chefs are man (2012) by Aglaia Konrad. She was inspired by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, who designed the Frankfurter Küche in 1926, a true example of modular, prefabricated building. She is the central figure in PREFAB, which sets up an intriguing network of modernist contemporaries, sources of inspiration, spheres of influence, and philosophical and urbanistic utopias. The installation zooms in on the invisible power and influence of women within this evolution.
From this artwork, several narrative threads spread throughout the museum, forming a new spatial collection assembly. From a shared space where the balance between humans and nature wavers to an elusive in-between world. From a kaleidoscopic, photography-inspired look at the position of women in art and society to a city of dreams, the bubble of an ideal utopian image. From the modern city with its design and aesthetics to a story about abstraction that breaks and re-evaluates thought frameworks.
Artists on show
- Amedée Cortier
- Ane Vester
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
- Antoon De Clerck
- Benoit Platéus
- Bram Bogart
- Constant Permeke
- Edmond van Dooren
- Eduard Van Steenbergen
- Émile Salkin
- Félix De Boeck
- Frits van den Berghe
- Georges Vantongerloo
- Guy Baekelmans
- Hubert Malfait
- Jacques Charlier
- Jacques Charlier
- Jan Burssens
- Jan Cox
- Jan Kiemeneij
- Jane Graverol
- Jean Brusselmans
- Jean-Jacques Gailliard
- Jef Geys
- Jef Verheyen
- Joseph Willaert
- Jozef Peeters
- Jules Schmalzigaug
- Kasper Bosmans
- Léon Spilliaert
- Lili Dujourie
- Lotte Van den Audenaeren
- Luc Peire
- Maarten van den Eynde
- Marcel Eemans
- Marcel Mariën
- Maxime Van de Woestijne
- Michel Seuphor
- Paul Delvaux
- Paul Joostens
- Philip Aguirre y Otegui
- Piet Mondrian
- Pol Bury
- Raoul de Keyser
- Ria Pacquée
- Sammy Baloji
- Sara van der Heide
- Vaast Colson
- Victor Servranckx