JASPER DE BEIJER AT WIELS RESIDENCY
JASPER DE BEIJER AT CENTRE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE ROUEN (GROUP SHOW)
The Brazilian Suitcase – footage (around 1979)JASPER DE BEIJER AT LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY (ART FAIR)
Asya Geisberg Gallery presents:
Matthew Craven, Jasper de Beijer, and Todd Kelly at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary.
January 25-28, 2018 The Barker Hangar Thursday, January 25, 2018
RECEPTION Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Opening Night Reception 7–9pm, Thursday
Barker Hangar 3021 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405
JASPER DE BEIJER AT CODA MUSEUM APELDOORN
Expedition Nature
Not all who wander are lost
CODA Museum | 05.11.2017 t/m 04.03.2018 | Tickets bestellen
Paradijselijke landschappen en sprookjesachtige natuur of juist melancholisch, absurd, angstaanjagend en vervreemdend. Expedition Nature toont werk van ruim twintig kunstenaars die op uiteenlopende wijze landschappelijke thema’s belichten. Op verzoek van CODA maakte beeldend kunstenaar Karin Bos een gevarieerde, rijke selectie van kunstenaars die werkzaam zijn in uiteenlopende disciplines. Sommigen benaderen het landschap documentair terwijl anderen manipulatief reageren of kiezen voor een meer wetenschappelijke benadering.
De kunstenaars in Expedition Nature vinden hun inspiratie buiten de muren van hun atelier. Reizen in binnen- en buitenland – soms zelfs buitenaards – geven voeding aan ideeën, beelden en verhalen. Als romanticus, ontdekkingsreiziger, onderzoeker, verteller of uitvinder belichten de kunstenaars in Expedition Nature de natuurlijke omgeving waarin ze verkeren. Soms legt het werk zelf een lange reis af op de weg naar vervolmaking.
Karin Bos
Een deel van Expedition Nature besteedt aandacht aan het werk dat Karin Bos (1966) in de afgelopen tien jaar maakte. Het landschappelijke in haar schilderijen en werken op papier is leidraad in haar onderzoek naar de relatie tussen de mens en het landschap of de natuur. Bos’ schilderijen laten sprookjesachtige maar vervreemdende en verontrustende landschappen zien. Met zorgvuldig gekozen kleuren en lichtval ontstaat een filmisch en geladen beeld van een wereld vol verhalen waarin niets is wat lijkt en waar een vrolijk vakantietafereel evengoed de plek van een verschrikkelijke misdaad kan zijn. Die meerduidigheid is kenmerkend voor het werk van Bos. De machtsverhouding tussen man en vrouw, volwassene en kind of kinderen onderling is een terugkerend thema.
Deelnemend kunstenaars
Bij het maken van de selectie kunstenaars is goed gekeken naar het verband met het werk van Karin Bos. Niet alleen de natuur en het landschappelijke spelen een rol maar ook het menselijk ingrijpen in de natuur komt in het werk van verschillende kunstenaars terug. Uit de geselecteerde werken spreekt zonder uitzondering een onderzoekende en open houding van de betreffende kunstenaars.
Karin Bos . Bas Jan Ader . Jasper de Beijer . Patrick Bergsma. DAT (Tammo Schuringa, Claudie de Cleen, Corinne Bonsma) . Elspeth Diederix . Simon Faithfull . Florian Göttke . Scarlett Hooft Graafland . Jean Bernard Koeman . Jeroen Kooijmans . Lynne Leegte . Paul Nassenstein . Jochem op ten Noort . Michael Raedecker . Guido van der Werve . Henk Wildschut . Marjolijn de Wit . Erik Wuthrich
Opening
De tentoonstelling wordt op zondag 19 november om 14.30 uur geopend. CODA directeur Carin Reinders nodig u van harte uit de opening bij te wonen. U kunt zich aanmelden via aanmeldingen@coda-apeldoorn.nl.
Deze tentoonstelling is mede mogelijk gemaakt door een bijdrage van het Mondriaan Fonds
JASPER DE BEIJER AT MUSEUMNACHT (GROUP SHOW)
4 tot 10 november – Museumnacht Manifestatie in Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
HET MYSTERIE VAN DE WAARHEID
Interdisciplinaire Manifestatie op het snijvlak van beeldende kunst, filosofie en social media.
Het Mysterie van de Waarheid is een empirisch museum dat tijdens Museumnacht in Arti van start gaat. Een wereld van filterbubbels, feitelijkheden, post-truth, mythes en alternatieve feiten, waar kunstenaars als wetenschappers optreden, satire als smeermiddel fungeert, en leugens hoogtij vieren.
Voor deze Museumnacht Manifestatie is gekozen voor een topic dat nog nooit zo betrekkelijk werd gevonden als in deze tijd: De Waarheid. Manipulatie ligt op de loer en de grens tussen feiten en fictie vervaagt.
Hierbij wordt het publiek uitgenodigd en ondergedompeld in een parcour van kunstwerken: interactieve-, video- en geur-installaties, laboratoria en performances, door het hele gebouw van Arti et Amicitiae. Het parcour bestaat uit 3 onderdelen: 1. De waarheid, een reactie op de realiteit, 2. Feit wordt fictie, fictie feit, 3. Mythe en (vormen)taal.
Deelnemende kunstenaars: Josefin Arnell, Jasper de Beijer, Thought Collider, Max Dovey, Victor Engbers, Agi Haines, Floris Kaayk, Gert Jan Kocken, Mirko Lazovic, Jeroen van Loon, Allard Medema, Jochen Mühlenbrink, MOHA, Marijn Ottenhof, Jakob Proyer, Ronald Snijders, Rutger de Vries, Leanne Wijnsma. Concept en samenstelling: Arjen Lancel en Merel Noorlander.
JASPER DE BEIJER AT BONNEFANTENMUSUEUM MAASTRICHT (GROUP SHOW)
Opening: Thursday 12 October 2017, 06.00 PM
Jacques & Miny Defauwes
In the early eighties, the orthopaedic shoemaker Jacques Defauwes and his wife Miny Defauwes-Bovens were introduced by the Limburg painter Lei Molin (1927-1990) to Jaap Mooy (1916-1987), an artist from Bergen. They soon built up a close friendship with Mooy. The couple were attracted to Mooy’s ability to put moral and spiritual matters into words, as well as to his social conscience and political engagement.
Their years of intense contact with the flamboyant all-rounder Mooy appear to have been formative for the Defauwes couple, who expanded their collection over the years with some remarkably contentious works by contemporary artists from the Netherlands and abroad.
Jacques Defauwes was also the initiator of and long-standing driving force behind the Parkstad Limburg Prize for young talent, and he and his wife regularly give commissions to artists.
About the exhibition
The exhibition The Jacques & Miny Defauwes Collection revolves around the friendship and protracted exchange of letters between the couple and Jaap Mooy. A selection of works by Jaap Mooy and by contemporary artists from the Defauwes collection forms the basis for a refreshing view of these distinctive collectors.
The exhibition includes sculptures by Piet Killaars, Andrei Roiter, Simon Schubert and Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, installations by Les Deux Garçons, Jeroen van Bergen, Jos Berkers, Tracey Snelling and Kristian Kozul, photography by Katharina Sieverding and works on paper by Hadassah Emmerich, Jasper de Beijer, Georg Herold, Alexander Gorlizki and Lei Molin.
The exhibition was prompted by the publication of the monograph North West – South East. Jaap Mooy, The artist and his collector, which Jacques and Miny Defauwes have published themselves. The monograph includes texts by Catharien Romijn, art curator of the DSM Art Collection and guest curator of this exhibition, Cees de Boer, independent curator and publicist, and Hans den Hartog Jager, writer and art critic. Guy Molin made the film about the Defauwes couple that will be shown at the exhibition.
Bonnefantenmuseum
Avenue Céramique 250
6221 KX Maastricht
JASPER DE BEIJER IN ÇURACAO: THE ADMIRAL’S HEADACHE (WORKING TITLE)
Jasper de Beijer has been invited by the Instituto Buena Bista to participate in a residency at the beautiful island of Curaçao from the 1st of May until the 1st of September. More on this project soon..
JASPER DE BEIJER AT ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, NEW YORK (SOLO)
Jasper de Beijer
In this time span of 90 years, De Beijer focuses on encounters between Western explorers and the native residents of the Brazilian jungle that show how both groups project their fears and desires onto each other, feeding carefully constructed myths. The expedition members, in their endless quest for the mystery of a lost civilization, leave a blueprint of traces in the forest; and in kind, each object, story, ritual or habit imported from the Western world becomes assimilated in the tribe’s mythology. The mutation that takes shape creates a distorted echo of Western culture. Eventually, lush nature engulfs everything, as the jungle erases historical specificity.Based on numerous reports of explorers, anthropologists, and documentary filmmakers, the artist uses photographs and videos shot during his trip to the Amazon rainforest, combined with objects made in his studio, computer-generated images, and archival footage of real expeditions. The constant back-and-forth between the “real”, touched by the artist’s hand, and the imaginary, created via the magical alchemy of the computer, parallels the conceptual time-shifts and culture-clashes in The Brazilian Suitcase.
De Beijer shows us an endlessly repeating mechanism where it is impossible to escape one’s own point of view. Perception itself creates a blind spot, as the need to look beyond oneself becomes a necessity. Without didacticism, De Beijer’s rich oeuvre gives a poetic and enigmatic story that mirrors what we could find in any historical era, but especially now as labels and origins grow increasingly useless as markers or explanations.
Jasper de Beijer attended the Amsterdam Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, and the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. He has exhibited widely throughout Europe and the United States. Solo exhibitions include The Hague Museum of Photography; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver; Museum Het Domein in Sittard, The Netherlands; the Museum de Hallen Haarlem, The Netherlands; Gallery Nouvelles Images, The Hague; Gallery TZR-Kai Bruckner, Dusseldorf; Hamish Morisson Gallery, Berlin; and the Empire Project, Istanbul. Residencies include The Instituto Buena Bista in Curacao and Kamiyama in Japan. His works are included in a large number of collections: The Bank of America,New York; Coleccion Solo, Madrid; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Eneco Collection, Rotterdam; Menzis Collection, Rotterdam; The Byron Cohen Collection, Kansas City; Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague; Diane Klein Collection, London; KRC Collection, Voorschoten; Nederlandse Waterschapsbank Collection, The Hague; Collection Regina Pinho de Almeida, São Paolo; Rabo Art Collection, Utrecht; and Jerome Stern Collection, New York. His work has been reviewed by Vice Magazine, The New York Observer, Artnet News, and Time Out New York, among numerous others.
JASPER DE BEIJER AT GALERIE RON MANDOS (SOLO)
Galerie Ron Mandos is proud to present:
The Brazilian Suitcase
From the 18th of March until the 22nd of April 2017
About the Brazilian Suitcase:
Based on numerous reports of explorers, anthropologists and documentary filmmakers, De Beijer describes three imaginary expeditions that would have occurred in 1926, 1979 and 2016.
The artist uses photographs and videos shot during his trip to the Amazon forest in 2016, combined with objects he made in his studio, computer-generated images, and archival footage of real expeditions. In a timespan of 90 years, he shows three encounters between Western explorers and the native residents of the jungle. Both groups project their fears and desires on to the other group, feeding the myth that they have carefully constructed about each other. In their endless quest for the mystery of a lost civilisation, the expedition members leave their own blueprint of traces in the forest; every object, story, ritual or habit that they imported from the Western world becomes assimilated in the tribe’s mythology. The cultural mutation that takes shape becomes a distorted echo of Western culture.
With The Brazilian Suitcase de Beijer explains an endlessly repeating mechanism which exposes a situation where it is impossible to escape one’s own point of view. Perception itself and the need to look beyond that creates a blind spot for all involved. Although the elements, situations and actors may vary, the destiny of all those involved is inevitable from the very beginning.
Galerie Ron Mandos at Art Rotterdam
Jasper de Beijer – The Brazilian Suitcase
GALERIE RON MANDOS | Booth 31
About the Brazilian Suitcase:
The Brazilian Suitcase is an imaginary travel report of three different expeditions (1926, 1979 and 2016) to the heart of the Amazon forest, in search of a lost civilization at the lake of El Dorado. The narrative of the expeditions is based on numerous real accounts of explorers, anthropologists and documentary makers, where De Beijer uses a combination of footage shot by himself in the rainforest, objects built in his studio, computer generated images and archive material. In the timespan of 90 years we witness 3 different moments where an encounter takes place between the expedition members and the local tribe at their destination. Both groups project their fears and desires onto the other group, feeding the myth that they have carefully constructed about each other. In their endless search for the mystery of a lost civilization, the expedition members have left their own blueprint of traces in the forest; every object, story, ritual or habit that they imported from the western world becomes assimilated in the tribe’s mythology – the cultural mutation that takes shape becomes a distorted echo of our own culture. Two different strains of thought move alongside each other; the tribe’s desire to see the jungle through a birds eye view triggers their fascination for airplanes, giving the expedition members mythical powers. On the other hand, the mystical relation between the tribe and the lost civilization of their ancestors makes the expedition members dig deeper for the traces of this lost culture and its riches. The endless repetition of this continuous mechanism creates a situation where it is impossible to escape one’s point of view. Perception itself and the need to look beyond it creates a blind spot for all people involved. Although the elements, situations and actors may vary, the destiny of all involved is inevitable from the beginning.
About Art Rotterdam:
The 18th edition of Art Rotterdam will once again immerse you for four days into the newest developments in contemporary art. Its focus on young art, its variety of the different sections, the connection with the city Rotterdam and the historic location have given Art Rotterdam its unique identity. For an increasing number of art lovers, Art Rotterdam is the attractive alternative within the international field of art fairs and attracts more visitors, both domestic and international, every year.
I hope you will be inspired by what the artists have to offer during this edition and that you will enjoy all there is to see and experience at and around Art Rotterdam
Fons Hof
Director Art Rotterdam