FABRE SILVIA FABRE SILVIA S.M.A.K. 16.3-29.9 2019 L YSEWIJN GEORGE ZONGOLOPOULOS HAROLD ANCART NINA CANELL ANN VERONICA JANSSENS ALIGHIERO BOETTI MARIE CLOQUET ADRIAN GHENIE JAN JUAN USLÉ WOUT VERCAMMEN CARMELO ZAGARI JACQUES MONORY JEF VERHEYEN LEE KIT DAVID CUMMINGS ANDREAS SLOMINSKI GUY DEGOBERT MARCE The Collection GERHARD RICHTER KALIN SERAPIONOV JACOB LAWRENCE URBAIN MULKERS ALBIN BRUNOVSKY PEDRO PORTUGAL KIRIL PRASHKOV JAC CHAROUX JOËLLE TUERLINCKX ORLA BARRY HEIDE MORTIER EUGÈNE DODEIGNE MARC NAGTZAAM VLASSIS CANIARIS MARCEL BROODTHAERS FRITSCH ANTOINE GRUNER KATHARINA (1) ACCONCI BERT COOLENS DE MEY MARCEL MAEYER VITO PEIRE NORBERT RADERMACHER DAVID NEIRINGS BARBARA HEPWORTH CRISTINA IGLESIAS GASTON GARABEDIAN JÜRGEN VOORDECKERS HANS HARTUNG LUC HINRICHS PHILIPPE MOREL GIL SHACHAR RONALD DEMEULEMEESTER JOHAN DESCHUYMER MEKHITAR This visitor’s guide is published coordination and editing Additional programme on the occasion of the exhibition Annelies Vantyghem The Collection (I) authors The Collection (I), Highlights for a Future Highlights for a Future Lotte Devoeght Go to smak.be for information about: 16.03-29.09.2019 Chantal Huys S.M.A.K., Gent Marthy Locht · ARTISTIC PROGRAMME curators Ewald Peters Lectures, artist talks… and immerse yourself in a variety Philippe Van Cauteren Bert Puype of themes such as the collection and collecting. Iris Paschalidis Marianne Thys Jeroen Staes Benedict Vandaele Thibaut Verhoeven Dennis Van Mol · S.M.A.K. MOVES artistic director Inge Van Reeth DEMO-MEMO, guided tours, workshops and talk shows Philippe Van Cauteren Annelies Vantyghem staff members S.M.A.K. Julie Verheye · S.M.A.K. MOVES PAVILION Peter Aerts Christine Vuegen Till 12 May 2019 Frances Berry proof readers Photography exhibition Light Sensitivity by Dr. Guislain Tanja Boon Annemie Vander Borght Charlotte Bouteligier Martin Desloovere patients in collaboration with mentormentor Dominique Cahay Bea Verougstraete From 18 May 2019 Alexandr Caradjov translations Exhibition Borderline Books by detainees in collaboration Tashina De Ketele Gregory Ball with SKI and Rode Antraciet. Filip De Poortere Valerie Carroll Tineke De Rijck Anne Dhondt · VISIT BY GROUP Jens De Wulf Lisa Page Anna Drijbooms Helen Simpson A group guided tour taking one of five different routes: Simon Everaert colophon The building is an entity Annie Expeels Eline Verbauwhede We are travellers Berdien Floré graphic design Mischief-maker Martin Germann Jan and Randoald Pigment Leen Goossens Everyone’s an artist Valérie Goossens The texts in this visitor’s guide Rebecca Heremans can also be downloaded from Bjorn Heyzak smak.be using the QR code that · SCHOOLS Ann Hoste you will find beside the works. Teacher’s day, visit with your class, teaching folder. Claudia Kramer Carine Lafaut · FOR CHILDREN Rohil Lal Workshops for the family and discovery tour for children. Christine Maes Sabine Mistiaen Nadine Moerman · SPECIAL DAYS Eva Monsaert Heritage Day, Slow Art Day, etc. Dirk Muylaert Brice Muylle · GUESTS: Christoph Neerman Davidsfonds, Amarant, Over-18s prohibited, Vormingplus, Ronny Opbrouck Subbacultcha, etc. Iris Paschalidis Lien Roelandt Doris Rogiers Put together your own exhibition featuring your personal Catherine Ruyffelaere highlights via smak.be. Aïcha Snoussi Jeroen Staes Benoit Strubbe Gilbert Thiery Lander Thys Marie Louise Van Baeveghem Véronique Van Bever Filip Van de Velde Christa Van Den Berghe Aline Van Nereaux Hidde Van Schie Ronny Vande Gehuchte Annemie Vander Borght Werner Vander Schueren Evy Vanparys Annelies Vantyghem Eline Verbauwhede Thibaut Verhoeven Bart Verlinde Geoffrey Vermeersch Bea Verougstraete Christian Volleman Published with the support of CAROLE VANDERLINDEN JONATHAN BOROFSKY WILLY VANDERSTEEN DYAN MARIE PIETER VERMEERSCH ARTUR BARRIO MAURIZIO ELETTRICO JAMES WELLING DENMARK ROBERT ZAKANITCH DANIEL BUREN MICHEL FRANÇOIS SIMONE BERTI JÜRGEN MEYER JAN VAN NUNEN DANIEL WIENER GRAHAM GILLMORE HAMISH MICHEL FRANÇOIS SIMONE BERTI JÜRGEN MEYER JAN VAN NUNEN DANIEL WIENER GRAHAM GILLMORE HAMISH DANIEL BUREN MARIE PIETER VERMEERSCH ARTUR BARRIO MAURIZIO ELETTRICO JAMES WELLING DENMARK ROBERT ZAKANITCH BOROFSKY WILLY VANDERSTEEN DYAN CAROLE VANDERLINDEN JONATHAN HIRSCHHORN ZITKO THOMAS DOWNSBROUGH OTTO CLEMENT LOUIS CANE PETER APPEL JEAN MILO FRANS BEVAN MARINUS BOEZEM KAREL VAN GESTEL TONY JOS DE MEY KRISTOF ZEDLITZ HORST ANTES ULRICH MEISTER ALEXANDER ALTHOFF NOMAN THOMAS HOUSEAGO KAI RUTH VAN HAREN MARTIN WALDE FULTON REDL MARIA VASSILEVA JOS JANS ANNE BONNET MARC MENDELSON BILLY APPLE PIET BEKAERT DANIEL LANG MASASHI ECHIGO LUDWIG LEBRET RENÉ DANIËLS JORGE PARDO MALCOLM MORLEY LOUIS VAN LINT PATRICK RICHARD PUGLIESE FRANS GENTILS MARCEL NOTEBAERT RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER JAMES LEE BYARS Allora & Calzadilla Lee Kit La Collection (I), Highlights for a Future Francis Alÿs Jean Norad Land On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, S.M.A.K. is Harold Ancart Jac Leirner presenting The Collection (I), Highlights for a Future, Carl Andre Bernd Lohaus Giovanni Anselmo Jorge Macchi a selection of about 150 artworks from the muse- Art & Language Mark Manders um’s collection. Like the first S.M.A.K. exhibition Richard Artschwager Werner Mannaers ever held in this building – ‘The Opening’ in 1999 – it Korakrit Arunanondchai Danny Matthys will once again occupy the entire museum. Salam Atta Sabri Bjarne Melgaard Kader Attia Henri Michaux S.M.A.K. is taking this opportunity, after its 20- Sven Augustijnen François Morellet year history, to look ahead: from the present to Francis Bacon Oscar Murillo the future. Although the exhibition will not explic- Nairy Baghramian Bruce Nauman itly look back at the past, nor will it be forgotten. John Baldessari Carsten Nicolai This exhibition is not arranged chronologically. Miroslaw Balka Sophie Nys Artur Barrio Oswald Oberhuber But art history and the DNA specific to the S.M.A.K. Massimo Bartolini Saskia Olde Wolbers collection have served as an undercurrent by Gaston Bertrand Henrik Olesen which to gauge the position occupied by museums Joseph Beuys Meret Oppenheim and art in our current cultural and societal real- Guillaume Bijl Panamarenko Johanna Billing Manfred Pernice ity. Familiar classics, major new works and recent Dara Birnbaum Urs Pfannenmüller acquisitions are shown not only for their possible Pierre Bismuth Nicolas Provost iconic worth, but can also be seen alongside some Marinus Boezem Royden Rabinowitch surprising, less well-known works from the collec- Michaël Borremans Jean Pierre Raynaud Charbel-joseph H. Boutros Gerhard Richter tion. This will reveal fresh, new connections and Ricardo Brey Meggy Rustamova enable new associations to develop. Marcel Broodthaers Anri Sala The Collection (I), Highlights for a Future is found- stanley brouwn Wilhelm Sasnal ed quite explicitly on the observation that it is Daniel Buren Michael E. Smith now no longer possible still to encapsulate our so- Kathe Burkhart Nedko Solakov Nina Canell Bart Stolle ciety and art world in a single linear narrative or Chuck Close Tove Storch overarching idea. For this reason, the exhibition Leo Copers Walter Swennen consists of seven sub-presentations, each filling N. Dash Pascale Marthine Tayou a wing of the museum and partly merging into the Franky D.C Javier Téllez Berlinde De Bruyckere Robert Therrien next. Each part focuses on a few distinct recent Thierry De Cordier Sven ’t Jolle societal or artistic trends. Apart from this, the Raoul De Keyser Narcisse Tordoir & Vincent Geyskens exhibition is intended to be a generous invitation Johan De Wilde Luc Tuymans to explore the labyrinth of contemporary art and Koenraad Dedobbeleer Adam Vačkář also to discover connections within it. Luc Deleu Englebert Van Anderlecht Wim Delvoye Rinus Van de Velde Lastly, The Collection (I), Highlights for a Future Nikolaas Demoen Koen van den Broek is a necessary appeal for a new museum of con- Jim Dine Jan Van Imschoot temporary art in Ghent where the collection can Peter Downsbrough Herman Van Ingelgem be shown and stored in the best possible condi- Rein Dufait Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven Lili Dujourie Philippe Van Snick tions. It is with this in mind that the Museum of Marlene Dumas Richard Venlet Fine Arts, which housed the predecessor of S.M.A.K. Sam Durant Verlust der Mitte from 1975 to 1999, is, as part of this exhibition, Joana Escoval Henk Visch showing three key works from the S.M.A.K. collec- Jan Fabre Wolf Vostell Belu-Simion Fainaru Lois Weinberger tion in the setting for which they were created or Christoph Fink James Welling where they were first shown: Panamarenko’s ‘The Mekhitar Garabedian Jordan Wolfson Aeromodeller’, Joseph Beuys’ ‘Wirtschaftswerte’ Tatjana Gerhard Zhang Peili and Daniel Buren’s ‘Le Décor et son Double’. In this Jef Geys Gilberto Zorio way, The Collection (I), Highlights for a Future forms Vincent Geyskens Joris Ghekiere a bridge from the present museum and the past Adrian Ghenie to a future fully-functional home for the present Robert Gober and prospective highlights of the collection. Zvi Goldstein Raymond Hains András Halász Hamza Halloubi David Hammons Karin Hanssen Heide Hinrichs David Hockney Ann Veronica Janssens Joachim Koester Surasi Kusolwong Annika Larsson Louise Lawler 3 ILYA KABAKOV CHRISTOPH FINK JAN CARLIER OSWALD OBERHUBER JIM LUTES PANAMARENKO JOHAN DE WILDE HAN SCHUIL ADO HAMELRIJCK JOHAN TAHON PIERRE SOULAGES SJOERD BUISMAN MARTIN KIPPENBERGER PEDRO CABRITA REIS MARIELA GEMISHEVA LUC VERSTRAETE M.C. ESCHER FRANÇOIS MORELLET VERSTRAETE M.C. ESCHER FRANÇOIS MORELLET REIS MARIELA GEMISHEVA