Willem de Rooij
14 Sep 2017 - 07 Jan 2018
Willem de Rooij, Ilulissat, 2014, 12 channel digital audio recording, speakers, Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Friedrich Petzel, New York; installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, I’m Coming Home in Forty Days, 1997, Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Köln/New York / Berlin/Cologne/New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Friedrich Petzel, New York; Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
f.l.t.r.: Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Dead Seal, 1996–99; Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Blue Table, 2004, Courtesy the artist; Willem de Rooij, Blue to Blue, 2012; installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Foreground: Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Blue Table, 2004, Courtesy the artist; Background: Willem de Rooij, Blue to Blue, 2012; installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, I’m Coming Home in Forty Days, 1997, Production Still, Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz and Willem de Rooij
Willem de Rooij, Ilulissat, 2014, (production still), Courtesy the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Willem de Rooij, Ilulissat, 2014, 12 channel digital audio recording, speakers, Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Friedrich Petzel, New York; installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
WILLEM DE ROOIJ
14 September – 17 December 2017
Cultural and historical artefacts, as well as both media and artistic sources are combined and confronted in new contexts within the practice of Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, NL). For the fall, KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents a selection of works by de Rooij from the past 20 years, which will also feature earlier works that were made during his collaboration with Jeroen de Rijke (1970–2006).
The hybrid manifestations of our present are central to de Rooij’s approach. His sometimes abstract works frequently contain socio-political commentaries. Cultural exchanges and their discontents play an important role.
14 September – 17 December 2017
Cultural and historical artefacts, as well as both media and artistic sources are combined and confronted in new contexts within the practice of Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, NL). For the fall, KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents a selection of works by de Rooij from the past 20 years, which will also feature earlier works that were made during his collaboration with Jeroen de Rijke (1970–2006).
The hybrid manifestations of our present are central to de Rooij’s approach. His sometimes abstract works frequently contain socio-political commentaries. Cultural exchanges and their discontents play an important role.