MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM
September 24 – December 11, 2011
Marijke van Warmerdam, "Wave", 2006
During fall 2011, Magasin 3 presents a selection of film works by the Dutch artist Marijke van Warmerdam. In absence of any clear beginning or end, seemingly insignificant events are expanded into poetic abstractions. Leaves carried by the wind, milk dripping into a glass of water, a bunch of flowers vibrating in a bicycle basket or white jet trails across the sky–the meditative simplicity of the films bestows upon the viewer a moment of stillness and titillating wonder based in the everyday.
In the exhibition at Magasin 3 swirling air is what connects three films that are otherwise totally independent works. Blondine (1995) is a close study of a woman drying her long hair. The hair drier blows her locks in circular motions. Wave (2006) documents a mule standing in a field of grain that sways rhythmically in the wind while the mule swings its tail. In Wind (2010) leaves and litter are blown through an industrial zone. The movement of the camera as it follows bits of plastic, feathers and dry leaves emphasizes the passage of the wind through an otherwise deserted area.
Curator Tessa Praun explains:
The absence of any real action gives a sense of timelessness that is a welcome contrast to the hectic pace of everyday life. In the exhibition at Magasin 3 the chosen films, which are all silent, are shown on digital projectors for the first time. The mechanical hum of the film projector is absent making the visual experience in the room even more intense.
Marijke van Warmerdam (b. 1959) lives and works in Amsterdam. Since the early 1990s she has worked primarily in 16mm and 35mm film. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale and at institutions such as Wiener Secession, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, ICA in Boston, CCA in Kitakyushu, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, and Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. Her collected works can be seen at a large touring retrospective beginning at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam this fall. Later on the exhibition will travel to Serralves Museum in Porto and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
The exhibition was realized with the financial support of the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.
Read inspirational notes and reports from behind the scene at Magasin 3 here: Picks & Reveals.
Marijke van Warmerdam was born in 1959 in Nieuwer Amstel in the Netherlands. She has worked with photography, sculpture and mostly 16mm and 35mm film since the early 1990s. Marijke van Warmerdam has had numerous solo exhibitions, for example at the Venice Biennale and at institutions such as Wiener Secession, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, ICA in Boston, CCA in Kitakyushu, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, and Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. Her collected works can be seen at a large touring retrospective beginning at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam this fall. Later on the exhibition will travel to Serravles Museum in Porto and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Van Warmerdam lives and works in Amsterdam and has a professorship in Karlsruhe at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste.
”Blondine”, 1995
16mm film loop, digital version, color, 3,25 mins.
Courtesy Galleri Riis
”Wave”, 2006
35mm film loop, digital version, color, 3,05 mins.
The work has been preserved and digitized by EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Courtesy Galleri Riis
”Wind”, 2010
35mm film loop, digital version, color, 5,03 mins.
The work has been preserved and digitized by EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Courtesy Galleri Riis
With the support of FBKVB. The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
The film works of Marijke van Warmerdam have been preserved and digitized by EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Marijke van Warmerdam, "Light", 2010
LECTURE: MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM “EYECATCHER”
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 AT 4PM
In her lecture “Eyecatcher” Marijke van Warmerdam talks about her films, photographs and sculptures since the early 1990s. In her work she focuses on the seemingly insignificant and allows these occurrences to widen and deepen into poetic studies. During fall 2011 Magasin 3 presents a selection of van Warmerdam’s films.
Marijke van Warmerdam was born in 1959 in Nieuwer Amstel in the Netherlands. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale and institutions such as Wiener Secession, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, ICA in Boston, and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. Her collected works can be seen in a large traveling retrospective starting at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam this fall. Van Warmerdam lives and works in Amsterdam and has a professorship in Karlsruhe at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste.
Time: Friday September 23 at 4pm. Free entrance.
Venue: Building 28, Royal Institute of Art, Skeppsholmen
In English
