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Pass By

Proposals for Interventions in the Art in the City Collection Antwerp

The Antwerp Public Art Collection and the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts collaborated to investigate the artistic potential of the public art collection. The result of this process is the publication Pass By. Some proposals were realized in public space. 

Artistic research

Twelve young artists each pick a work of art from the Art in the City collection and explore its meaning, origin, maker and materialization. Subsequently, they each formulate one hypothetical intervention or addition to this existing artwork in order to change our reading or appreciation of it. 

  • Rafaela Figurski Vieira examines the three king statues from Lode Vleeshouwers' 1962 monumental Nativity scene 
  • Árni Jónsson examines the Reclining Ox drom the same artwork
  • Alessio Ragno Capone intervenes in Frans Jochems' 1949 Antelope for an artistic proposal 
  • Jiyoung Kim immerses herself in Cristina Iglesias' Deep Fountain (1999-2006) 
  • Mitya Proost departs from the similarities between Axel Wallenberg's Girl on a Blossoming Branch (1951) and Nick Hullegie's Penarie (2008) 
  • Gloria Sánchez Daza devises an intervention around Marcel Courbier's Girl with a Goat from 1943  
  • Malena Guerrieri draws inspiration from Simon Goossens' 1927 bronze plaque for August Snieders  
  • Frederique Kraus engages in a dialogue with Nadia Naveau's 2016 Silver Screen  
  • Locuratolo examines Luc Tuymans' 2010 mosaic Dead Skull 
  • Wang Tianjiao takes Luk Van Soom's 2002 story POMONA as a starting point 
  • Paul Müller's intervention commemorates the removed statue to Leopold II by Joseph Jacques Ducaju from 1873

 

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  • Preface by Johan Pas
  • Contributions by Rafaela Figurski Vieira, Árni Jónsson, Alessio Ragno Capone, Jiyoung Kim, Mitya Proost, Gloria Sánchez Daza, Malena Guerrieri, Frederique Kraus, Locuratolo, Wang Tianjiao, Paul Müller, Tim Rosenbaum
  • Book concept: Tim Rosenbaum and Bruno Devos
  • Graphic design: Tim Rosenbaum
  • Coordination: Caroline Van den Eynden
  • Printing: Stockmans Art books
  • Edition of 500, May 2022 

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