Exhibition Marinus Boezem. All Shows
24 apr 2021 - 14 nov 2021
For the first time, all fifteen of the dynamic and multi-sensory Shows by Marinus Boezem are being realized simultaneously at the Kröller-Müller.
“IT’S LIKE WALKING THROUGH A LIVING SKETCHBOOK, BRIMMING WITH IDEAS AND IMAGINATION”
“THE PLAYFUL ART INSTALLATIONS LET YOU EXPERIENCE WIND, WATER AND SOUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY!”
“ALL THOSE ARTISTS WHO JUST KEEP PAINTING AND CARVING STONE: MADNESS’”
Innovative art
In the exhibition Marinus Boezem. All Shows you have the unique opportunity to see all of Marinus Boezem’s Shows simultaneously in one exhibition. Marinus Boezem (Leerdam, 1934) – together with Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk and W.T. Schippers – is the founder of conceptual art in the Netherlands in the 1960s. Conceptual artists find the idea behind the work of art at least as important as the work itself. Boezem is known for his innovative ideas about art, his bizarre and often playful happenings and his large-scale works in public spaces.
Travelling salesman
In the 1960s, Boezem visits art institutions and galleries to sell his design sketches (Shows), as a kind of travelling salesman. Dressed in a three-piece suit, with a briefcase. Not exactly the idea we have of an artist at that time.
The design sketches of Boezem’s Shows are very detailed, but only when the concepts are realized do they become tangible, visible and palpable. All the shows must be realized according to the ideas of conceptual art from the 1960s, with the principle motifs of air, light, sound and movement. The artist is 87 years old and still closely involved in the installation of his artworks.
Wind sculptures
Wind and air play the leading role in the Shows. It is an exhibition that you truly feel and experience with all your senses. The exhibition is spacious and playful and suitable for young and old. Fans and hairdryers create cheerfully fluttering drapes and doilies, a curtain of air caresses your skin, there is a real sand fountain, feathers dance in the wind and you’ll be amazed at the sight of ‘the flying human’.
Boezem friends
‘Boezem friends’ are present in the rooms to guide you through the exhibition. They can tell you all about the Shows and about artist Marinus Boezem. You can also contact them for a thought-provoking question or a good conversation. They are easily identified by their key cord and facemask and, of course, they keep a safe distance.
Subtitles available (NL + EN) ⚙️.
Book and film
The exhibition Marinus Boezem. All Shows is accompanied by a book with the same title, with Marinus Boezem’s original texts for the Shows and an introduction by Frans Jozef Witteveen. The book also contains images of the drawings for the Shows and photographs of the works realized in the Kröller-Müller Museum.
A limited part of the edition includes a hand-held fan signed by Marinus Boezem and with the inscription GOD BLESS YOU.
The publication is available in the museum shop (and soon in the webshop). The limited editions including hand-held will soon be available.
On the occasion of the exhibition, filmmaker Paul Kramer and cameraman Martijn Tervoort made the film Show me Marinus Boezem. This film is a portrait of Marinus Boezem and also documents the realization of the exhibition. The film can soon be viewed in the museum and on this website.
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