Category Archives: News and Exhibitions

Out of Storage (part two)

Posted on November 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

Once again, heads up folks.

Here’s your chance to catch a stunning exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, including works from Arte Povera, Minimal Art, Conceptual Art, New Realism, Pop Art, Fluxus, and yours truly.

A must see, if I do say myself.

Even better, you get to see a brand new work by a certain temporary person, commissioned by the H+F Collection.

Out of Storage
FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais & Marres
Timmerfabriek, Maastricht
November 26 – February 18, 2012
Opening Saturday, November 26th.

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Blue Monday

Posted on November 21, 2011 | 1 comment

Blue Monday

La Central, Bogotá
November 25, 2011 – February 24,2012

Opening: Thursday, November 24 at 7.00 PM

El proyecto que presenta Otto Berchem consiste en un programa cromático en el que el artista asigna un color a las letras del alfabeto basándose, en primera instancia, en el código metafísico creado por el poeta uruguayo Jorge Adoum y la condición médica de la sinestesia en las que algunas personas ven colores en vez de letras o ven colores cuando oyen música. Partiendo de estos código Otto crea su propio alfabeto y dibuja piezas textos en los cuales pide perdón explorando el concepto de la culpa y el fracaso y las poéticas que giran a su alrededor.

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Blue Monday

For his exhibition Blue Monday, Otto Berchem presents a project that is inspired by the metaphysical code created by the Uruguayan poet Jorge Adoum and medical condition of Synesthesia, a condition where people see colors when they hear music, or see letters. Based on these codes, Berchem created his own alphabet of designated colors, which are presented through a series of drawings, photos, and paintings of texts, where the artist explores the concept of guilt, failure and the poetic.

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Support (the Van Abbemuseum)

Posted on October 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

A call to arms, by Charles Esche:

In recent days there has been a harsh and one-sided critique of the museum launched by a member of the local Labor party (PvDA) in Eindhoven. He believes the museum is irrelevant locally and internationally and that it must attract almost three times the number of visitors (from 85.000-225.000) per year. We disagree both with his opinions about the museum and his analysis of the profitability of so-called ‘blockbuster’ exhibitions.

In order to stop the current museum’s policy from being destroyed and normalized to free market demands, I would ask you to join us at 16:00 on the 18th October in Eindhoven Town Hall to listen to the committee debate and make your feelings heard. If we gather enough support on this one day, I believe we still have a chance to win a debate locally that has already been lost at the national Dutch level.

Thanks a million.

Charles Esche

NB (via Charles) –

I think it is important that this fight is about the kind of culture we believe in and want to see. The Van Abbemuseum is one part of this, but the attack in the Netherlands is much broader. If you can, please write to the local paper Eindhovens Dagblad. The address lezersredactie@ed.nl.

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