“Unexchangable” at Wiels
Artists: Katharina Fritsch, Louise Lawler, Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, Robert Gober, Haim Steinbach, Jack Goldstein, Guillaume Bijl, Wim Delvoye, Alexander Kosolapov, Bernard Bazile, Bazile Bustamante, François Curlet, Philippe Parreno, John Knight, Félix González-Torres, Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Jim Shaw, David Hammons, Jimmie Durham, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Thek, Timur Novikov, Philippe Thomas, Jef Geys, Jan Vercruysse, Lili Dujourie, Thierry De Cordier, Patrick van Caeckenbergh, Ann Veronica Janssens, Angel Vergara Santiago, Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Miroslaw Balka, Franz West, Julião Sarmento, Yan Pei-Ming, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Chéri Samba
Venue: Wiels, Brussels
Exhibition Title: Unexchangable
Date: April 19 – August 12, 2018
Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.
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- Franz West
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- Jan Vercruysse
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- Jef Geys
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- Miroslaw Balka
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- Miroslaw Balka
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw, Background: Cindy Sherman
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw
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- Jim Shaw
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- Robert Gober
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- Robert Gober
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- Robert Gober
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- Gabriel Orozco
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- David Hammons
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- David Hammons
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- Bernard Bazile
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- Francois Curlet
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- Bernard Bazile
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- Isek Kingelez
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- Cady Noland
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- David Hammons
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- David Hammons
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- David Hammons
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- Francis Alÿs
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- Guillaume Bijl
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- Haim Steinbach
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- Jeff Wall
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- Jimmie Durham
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- John Knight
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- Katharina Fritsch
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- Katharina Fritsch
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- Nan Goldin
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- Nan Goldin
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- Nan Goldin
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- Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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- Paul Thek
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- Philippe Thomas
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- Philippe Thomas
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- Sherrie Levine
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- Thierry De Cordier
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- Thierry De Cordier
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- Timur Novikov
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- Timur Novikov
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- Yann Pei Ming
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- Lili Dujourie
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- Allan McCollum
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- Ann Veronica Janssens
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- Chéri Samba
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- Cindy Sherman
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- David Hammons
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- Félix Gonzalez-Torres
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- Franz West
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- Jack Goldstein
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- Jean-Michel Basquiat
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- Jef Geys
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- Jef Geys
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- Jef Geys
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- Jimmie Durham
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- Matt Mullican
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- Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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- Philippe Parreno
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- Timur Novikov
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- Louise Lawler
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- Walter Swennen
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- Juliao Sarmento
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- David Hammons
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- Angel Vergara
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- Aleksander Kosolapov
Images courtesy of Wiels, Brussels
Press Release:
Nowhere, it seems, are there proportionately as many art collectors as there are in Belgium. If this is true, then it is all the more surprising that so few collaborations between public museums and the many private collections have emerged out of this potential. Just as in the past WIELS has approached other societal issues with an open mind, so – faithful to its reputation – WIELS now turns this topic into the subject and substance of a group exhibition titled Unexchangeable.
Drawing on a selection of art-historical, museum quality works from the 1980s and 1990s in Belgian private collections, the show will focus on the artwork’s value. In the run-up to the global watershed of 1989, artists from the US and Europe worked to uncouple and distinguish forms and interpretations of value, at the precise point where the logic of production and consumption posited that a work of art could be reduced to its market value. In those years of burgeoning virtual simulations, this exceptional appeal dominated the reflection on the paradoxical singularity of the art object. Among art collectors and art lovers, aspects of value such as visual pleasure, intellectual stimulation, sensory appreciation and social distinction are of the essence. Through works from private collections, this exhibition narrates this pivotal moment in the history of art when artists, making use of concepts such as simulacrum, simulation and value, tinkered with the paradigm of the artwork’s unique character.
Link: “Unexchangable” at Wiels