In Between Spaces
One museum closes, another opens its doors invitingly. Mu.ZEE in Ostend is undergoing renovation, while the FeliX Art & Eco Museum in Drogenbos offers a new museum context for the Mu.ZEE collection. In Between Spaces refers to the nomadic nature of this exhibition, beyond the familiar walls of the Ostend institution.
The title also refers to an "in-between world" created by one specific artwork that is central to this narrative: PREFAB. Frankfurter Küche stands also for women in kitchens, but great chefs are man (2012) by Aglaia Konrad. She was inspired by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, who designed the Frankfurter Küche in 1926, a true example of modular, prefabricated building. She is the central figure in PREFAB, which sets up an intriguing network of modernist contemporaries, sources of inspiration, spheres of influence, and philosophical and urbanistic utopias. The installation zooms in on the invisible power and influence of women within this evolution.
From this artwork, several narrative threads spread throughout the museum, forming a new spatial collection assembly. From a shared space where the balance between humans and nature wavers to an elusive in-between world. From a kaleidoscopic, photography-inspired look at the position of women in art and society to a city of dreams, the bubble of an ideal utopian image. From the modern city with its design and aesthetics to a story about abstraction that breaks and re-evaluates thought frameworks.
In Between Spaces brings together artworks by Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Guy Baekelmans, Sammy Baloji, Bram Bogart, Kasper Bosmans, Jean Brusselmans, Jan Burssens, Pol Bury, Jacques Charlier, Vaast Colson, Amédée Cortier, Jan Cox, Felix De Boeck, Antoon De Clerck, Paul Delvaux, Raoul De Keyser, Lili Dujourie, Marc Eemans, Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Jef Geys, Jane Graverol, Ann-Veronica Janssens, Paul Joostens, Aglaia Konrad, Jan Kiemeney, Hubert Malfait, Marcel Mariën, Ria Pacquée, Jozef Peeters, Luc Peire, Constant Permeke, Benoît Platéus, Emile Salkin, Jules Schmalzigaug, Sara Sejin Chang, Victor Servranckx, Michel Seuphor (in collaboration with Piet Mondriaan), Léon Spilliaert, Georges Vantongerloo, Lotte Van den Audenaeren, Frits Van den Berghe, Edmond Van Dooren, Maarten Van den Eynde, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Edouard Van Steenbergen, Maxime Van de Woestyne, Jef Verheyen, Ane Vester, Jozef Willaert.
