Heartland

Group exhibition that reflects on the culture of the heart of the United States

4 Eki 2008
25 Oca 2009

The Heartland exhibition opens in the Van Abbemuseum on 4 October 2008. It forms part of the interdisciplinary project Heartland, which takes place in Eindhoven in collaboration with the Muziekcentrum Eindhoven. The group exhibition presents new and existing work by artists from America and Europe, among them Jeremiah Day, Kerry James Marshall, Dan Peterman, Julika Rudelius and Wilhelm Sasnal. The works of the selected artists give a subtle picture of a part of the United States that is relatively unknown in Europe: the Heartland.

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Sunshine, Memphis, TN, (2000) by Alex Soth, from his Sleeping at the Mississippi series, image taken from Museum of Contemporary Photography -

Exhibition from 04/10/08 - 25/01/09

The exhibition has been compiled by curators from the Van Abbemuseum and the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago, who have undertaken several research trips during which their understanding of the Heartland region was changed through contact with local art scenes and experience of the region on the ground. They have selected work by artists who live in the region–some for decades, some as newcomers–as well as work by artists who live elsewhere, such as the three artists in residence. The varied positions represented within the curatorial collaboration and the selection of artists yields a view of the area from an American perspective as well as from a European one. In 2009, the exhibition will travel to the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, where it will appear in a modified form.

Go to the Van Abbemuseum website. Also visit the site of the Heartland project, for more information on the musical program, the artists-in-residence, lectures and publications.

Visit the exhibition from 04/10/08 - 25/01/09, Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven