Manifesta 9, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, opens June 2 in Genk, Belgium and runs through September 30th. Beginning in the early 1990s, the biennial was created to bring Europe back together through art after the end of the Cold War. This year’s curatorial theme is The Deep of the Modern, inspired by the area’s history as a major coal mining region.
Ni Haifeng, Para-production, 2008-2012. Textile shreds, sewing machines, work in progress, variable size. Copyright: the artist. Supported by: The Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam. Acknowledgment: Guo Ru. Photography: Ni Haifeng OR Kristof Vrancken.
Ana Torfs, [...] Stain [...], 2012. 20 framed inkjet prints with feathers and coloured acrylic glass (53,5 x 53,5 cm each), 4 display tables (93 x 68,5 x 327,5 cm each) 2 loudspeakers on tripods, Bässgen media player. Copyright: the artist.
former coal mine of Waterschei, Genk, Limburg, Belgium, Kristof Vrancken, 2011
Gronbach, Eva, German Jeans, 2011 (Collection ‘german jeans by Eva Gronbach’) Denim, old mine workers’ clothing, found in the Ruhr Area, Germany Photography: Sylvie Tillmann
Vanden Eynde, Maarten, Plastic Reef, 2008-2012. Plastic debris, variable dimensions. Copyright: the artist. Supported by: the Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, the Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Manifesta 9, Genk. Photography: Kristof Vrancken.
former coal mine of Waterschei, Genk, Limburg, Belgium, Kristof Vrancken, 2011
Symbolon of Mr. Spyros Roumeliotis and Polyxeni Papoutsi, 1952, photograph, 6 x 8 cm. (Torn photograph) Photography: Kristof Vrancken. Courtesy: Antonis Roumeliotis
former coal mine of Waterschei, Genk, Limburg, Belgium, Kristof Vrancken, 2011
Museum van de Mijnwerkerswoning, Eisden, Embroidered sayings, 1870-1930 Courtesy Museum van de Mijnwerkerswoning, Eisden Photography: Kristof Vrancken
Paulus, Pierre, Pays noir sous la neige, 1909, Oil on canvas, 85 x 115 cm, Musée Jules Destrée, Charleroi.
