The exhibition shows new acquisitions and existing works in the visual arts collection that similarly evoke dream images, reflections on current issues and phantoms from the past. Sometimes monumental, often subtle. Planting a seed in your head and in your heart.
Let yourself be carried away by the suggestion of a deeper truth and broaden your horizons by Smoke & Mirrors, with work by David Bade, Yael Bartana, Koen Doodeman, Charlotte Dumas, Hadassah Emmerich, Gijs Frieling, Vera Gulikers, Fons Haagmans, Natasja Kensmil, Troy Lovegates, Elke Lutgerink, Keetje Mans, Rik Meijers, Navid Nuur, Simone Schuffelen, Johan Tahon, Aline Thomassen, Esther Tielemans, Helen Verhoeven and Dan Zhu, among others.
For more information about the exhibition and the works, have a look here.
Looking for Vivi
The exhibition also makes a connection to the photographic works of Lara Gasparotto. In 2019, Gasparotto travelled with museologist Paola Basika to the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of the mythical city of Vivi, the first capital founded by Belgian settlers in 1885. Gasparotto captured this quest in the series Looking for Vivi: Ville Fantôme du Kongo.
Photography: Gert Jan van Rooij