main program

the Avantgarde:
We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969

12 december 2009 – 13 february 2010

Curators: Lisette Smits and Guus Beumer

images (high resolution) (ZIP file, 8 MB)

press release (dutch) (PDF file, 366 KB)

press release (english) (PDF file, 365 KB)

the Collector:
Beyond The Amateur - A collector's perspective on the history of photography

14 march – 30 may 2010

Curator: Yvon Schoenmakers
Researcher & Collector: Arjan de Nooy

press release (dutch) (PDF file, 680 KB)

press release (english) (PDF file, 679 KB)

images (ZIP file, 3 MB)

parallel program & projects

the Collector:
Wooff!! Wooff! Or who killed Richard Wagner?

19 – 21 march 2010

In the context of the Duringtefaf Festival, Marres and 't Barre Land present this play, which is developed in cooperation with artist Karen Sargsyan.

image (credits: Fran van der Hoeven) (JPG file, 2 MB)

Consumerist excess and the fiction of economic speculation
Create or destroy
The artist is both hunter and prey
The ultimate symbol of godlessness
Trust me - I’m a designer