Is it an exhibition in which the audience is enriched with knowledge and philosophy?
Mara Alsters
Is it an exhibition in which the audience will be completely overcome by an extraordinary aesthetic experience?
Mara Alsters
Is it an exhibition in which all works of art take their proud place in a solemn parade of greatness?
Daniele Formica
Is it an exhibition in which all works are hanging and standing orderly in line to give the audience an idea of objectivity?
Daniele Formica
Is it an exhibition in which the audience will be so terribly moved by what they have seen, that a selling point of handkerchiefs at the exit will be commercially viable?
Bram De Jonghe
Is it an exhibition in which the gloves will be off and the audience will be knocked out?
Bram De Jonghe
Is it an exhibition in which the audience will feel socially and democratically connected and will be better citizens?
Bram De Jonghe
Is it an exhibition in which the curator will lead like an autocratic Mahler-conductor?
After a lost but a zillion times copied painting by Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905)
Is it an exhibition which gives a view on post-colonialism, gender-inequality, the destruction of ecosystems and blackness and whiteness?
Mirthe Klück
Is it an exhibition which proves its integrity by unreadable introductions which include all words necessary to be contemporary?
Bernice Nauta
Is it an exhibition which is so exhaustively educational that the audience will feel happy like in a kindergarten?
Bram De Jonghe
At Superweakness curators are asked to make a “weak” exhibition.
Wim De Pauw
In this case it was artist Robbin Heyker’s (1976) turn.
Wim De Pauw
The original idea of the series at Superweakness was to make exhibitions without much fuss, and that will be on show for only one or two days.
Wim De Pauw
That part of the super-weakness is lost already in this show, as it lasts some two weeks.
Philip Akkerman
Besides, it is of course up to you as an audience to see if this exhibition is so weak that it will not enrich your knowledge, philosophically or otherwise,
Camila Oliveira Fairclough
that you will not be overcome by the aesthetic experience,
Robbin Heyker
that you will find no solemn greatness in the works of art,
Ton Schuttelaar
that you will have no idea of objectivity while looking around,
Daniele Formica
that you need no hanky for your emotions,
Wim De Pauw
that you will not be knocked out,
Wim De Pauw
that you feel as disconnected as always,
Wim De Pauw
in which the curator has no conductorial aura,
Wim De Pauw
that will give you no view on anything at all,
Henk Visch
in which there is nothing to read to tell you what you see, and that doesn’t try to educate you.
Henk Visch
Go and tell me later (why should i always do the dirty work telling you); it is at Willem Dreespark 312, The Hague and open on Saturday June 26 13:00-19:00 hrs; Thursday July 1 13:00-18:00 hrs and on Friday July 2 13:00-19:00 hrs.
Henk Visch
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As i have written extensively about the exhibition in VLR, i leave you here with some pictures. The show is still open over the weekend, which is your last chance to see it!
Philip Akkerman
left: Machteld Rullens; right: Morgan Betz
Machteld Rullens
Luuk Kuipers
Wieteke Heldens
Kees Andrea
Kees Andrea
Kees Andrea
Jan Wattjes
Judith van Billderbeek
Jan Wattjes
Luuk Kuipers
Marion van Rooij
Marion van Rooij
Mirthe Klück
Marion van Rooij
front, left to right: Marion van Rooij, Jan Wattjes; back: Luuk Kuipers
left to right: Judith van Bilderbeek, Morgan Betz, Marion van Rooij, Mirthe Klück
Judith van Bilderbeek
Rob Knijn
Rob Knijn
Annemieke Louwerens
Annemieke Louwerens
left to right: Pietertje van Splunter, Nies Vooijs, Annemieke Louwerens
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