Exhibition ‘The Marx Lounge’ – Alfredo Jaar

Posted on 10/04/2011

For ‘The Marx Lounge’ by Alfredo Jaar, the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam has been transformed into a reading room with comfortable sofas, reading lamps and a large reading table. The reading table offers a myriad of publications with topics spanning Marxist theory, capitalism, neo-liberalism, post-colonialism, globalization, cultural theory, politics and philosophy. ‘The Marx Lounge’ is a direct response to the financial crisis and to the fundamental questioning of the capitalist system it has elicited. Read more…

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Overview ‘Identity bluffs’

Posted on 18/03/2011

Overview of the exhibition ‘Identity bluffs’.
With works by Sara Blokland, Bruno Boudjelal, Mahmoud Khaled, Lucia Nimcova and Nii Obodai.

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Exhibition ‘Identity bluffs’

Posted on 18/03/2011

‘Identity bluffs’ is the second exhibition to take place in the framework of ‘Project 1975’. Bringing together works mostly based on photography and video, the exhibition sheds light on the ways in which migratory processes related to globalisation affect the featured artists’ practices. Read more…

Mahmoud Khaled

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Overview ‘See Reason’

Posted on 18/03/2011

Overview of the exhibition ‘See Reason’.
With work by Carlos Garaicoa and Patrizio Di Massimo.

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Exhibition ‘See Reason’ – Patrizio de Massimo, Carlos Garaicoa

Posted on 18/03/2011

The exhibition ‘See Reason’ is the first tentative step of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam in a long-term trajectory that will define our programming for the coming period.  ‘Project 1975’ raises questions such as: what are the criteria for art in today’s new, geopolitical context? Is such a question even relevant in the postcolonial era? Alternatively, should we speak of a transnational era? Is it even possible to formulate new paradigms, new terminologies for art? Click here to read more about ‘See Reason’.

Carlos Garaicoa – La Razón (2010)

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