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Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
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Selected Curated Exhibitions 2022 Rabih Mroué - Images Mon Amour First solo-exhibition
in Belgium of the Lebanese multidisciplinary artist Rabih Mrouй. Location and organization: Kunsthal
Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Rabih Mroué (LBN) 2021 Radically Naive / Naively Radical Opening exhibition of
Kunsthal Extra City at its new location, functioning as a search for institutional
meaning, for the (im)material character of art, for
cultural uniqueness and artistic autonomy. Location and organization: Kunsthal
Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Thomas Bellinck,
Ben Benaouisse, Seyni Awa
Camara, Saddie Choua, Helga Davis & Anouk De Clercq, Vesna Faassen &
Lukas Verdijk, Iman Issa, Léonard Pongo, Egon Van Herreweghe, Gert Verhoeven,
Katarina Zdjelar 2020 Lynne Cohen - Depth on the Surface First posthumous archive-based
retrospective of this Canadian photographer (1944-2014) Curated with Bert Danckaert
(BE) / Research & concept Bert Danckaert & Karin Hanssen / Location and
organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium / Collaboration with the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts Antwerp ARTISTS: Lynne Cohen (CA), Richard
Artschwager (US), Eugиne Atget (FR), Guillaume Bijl (BE), Thomas Demand (DE),
Marcel Duchamp (FR), Jacques Tati (FR). 2019 MAAN/MOON Photographing the Moon, 1840
- NOW Curated with Maarten Dings
(NL) / Location and organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium / Publication co-published
by Hannibal ARTISTS: 50+ artists, such
as Lisa Oppenheim (US), Paul Van Hoeydonck (BE), Léon
Gimpel (FR), Tom Callemin (BE), John Adams Whipple (US), Warren de la Rue (UK),
Cristina de Middel (ES), Sjoerd Knibbeler (NL),
Vincent Fournier (FR), Agnes Meyer-Brandis (DE), Annemie Augustijns
(BE), Cortis & Sonderegger (CH), Joan Fontcuberta
(ES), Joel Meyerowitz (US), Harry Gruyaert (BE), Michael
Light (US), Katie Paterson (UK), Penelope Umbrico
(US) and others. Restricted Images - Made with the
Warlpiri of Central Australia - Patrick Waterhouse With appropriated
photographs and historical documents, providing a new reading of Australia's
colonial and indigenous history. Location and organization:
FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium (with the Warlukurlangu Art
Centre, Northern Territory, Australia) / Publication published by SPBH ARTISTS: Patrick Waterhouse
(UK), Otto Jungarrayi Sims, Adrianna Nangala Egan, Alma Nungarrayi
Granites, Angelina Nampijinpa
Tasman, Athena Nangala Granites, Cecily Napanangka Marshall, Chantelle Nampijinpa
Robertson, Daniel Jupurrurla Gordon, Delena Napaljarri Turner, Hilda Nakamarra Rogers, Jeanie Napangardi
Lewis and others (40+ Warlpiri artists). 2018 Bieke Depoorter - 2015-2018 First solo exhibition at
FOMU, focusing on 2015-2018 as a turning point in her career. Location and organization:
FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium (travelled to NRW Forum Dьsseldorf & Fotomuseum Winterthur) ARTISTS: Bieke Depoorter
(BE) Claude Samuel Zanele Three positions on the
self-portrait. Curated with Renée Mussai (UK) and Rein Deslé (BE) / Location and
organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Claude Cahun
(FR), Samuel Fosso (NG/CM), Zanele
Muholi (ZA) It is difficult / to get the news from
poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there. Exhibition on the influence
of media on society. Curated in dialogue with Max
Pinckers (BE) / Location and organization: Gallery
Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Max Pinckers (BE), Johan Grimonprez (BE), Emmanuel van der Auwera (BE), Boris Mikhailov (UKR), Matthias Bruggmann (CH), David Birkin (UK) and Alfredo Jaar (CHL). 2017 Ebifananyi - Andrea Stultiens Exhibition based on 8 photo-collections
from Uganda, giving a multi-vocal approach with material activated by contemporary
artists and researchers. Connected to History in Progress Uganda, a platform, founded
by Andrea Stultiens and R. Canon Griffin. Curated with Andrea
Stultiens (NL) and Bas Vroege (NL) / Location and
organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Andrea Stultiens (NL), R. Canon Griffin (UG) and others. The
Still Point of the Turning World - Between Film and Photography Curated with David Campany (UK) / Location and organization: FOMU, Antwerp,
Belgium / Publication co-published by Kehrer ARTISTS: Morten Barker (DK),
Dirk Braeckman (BE), David Claerbout
(BE), Manon de Boer (NL), Jason Dee (UK), Nir Evron (IL), Mekhitar Garabedian
(BE/SY), Geert Goiris (BE), Paul Graham (UK), Guido Guidi (IT), Mark Lewis
(CA), Louis Lumiиre (FR), Mark Neville (UK), Lisa Oppenheim (US), Raqs Media
Collective (IN), John Smith (UK), John Stezaker (UK),
Hiroshi Sugimoto (JP), Ana Torfs (BE), Jeff Wall (CA),
Michiel van Bakel (NL); from the FOMU-collection: Henri Cartier-Bresson (FR),
Eadweard Muybridge (UK) and Duane Michals (US). 2016 Braakland Open exhibition-project/festival
that prioritises the dialogue between artists and the public with an extensive
museum takeover Curated with Rein Deslé;
(BE), Ingrid Leonard (BE), and guest curators Aaron Schuman (UK), Christina
Seyfried (DE), Nicolбs Combarro (ES), Fannie Escoulen (FR), Brad Feuerhelm (US), Jean Wainwright (UK)
and Tom Nys (BE) / Location and organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Gregory Halpern,
Sam Contis, Bayeté Ross Smith, Abdilmalik
Abdel Ali, Abdulmatin Samadi, Amanullah, Babylone
Rodriguez, Ehsan Ahmadi, Fatima Farahmand, Fatouma Mouhoumed
Ahmed, Hama Omed Ibrahim, Majid Zare, Roya Nazari, Rasoli
Said Moqadas, Samer Al Dellaimi,
Wafai Noorulhaq, Coralie Vogelaar, Philippe Michiels, Ruben Castro, Kurt Deruyter, Katrin Kamrau, Marge
Monko, Juliбn Barуn, Ricardo Cases, Jon Cazenave, David
Hornillos, Jesъs Monterde, Уscar Monzуn, Antonio Xoubanova, Sofia Borges, Brad Feuerhelm, Melinda Gibson, Petra
Kubisova, Thomas Sauvin, Ruth van Beek, Thomas
Vandenberghe, Daisuke Yokota, Dries Depoorter, Max Pinckers,
Jeroen Bocken, Jim Campers, Nick Geboers, Floris
Vanhoof, David Birkin, Harun Farocki, Forensic
Architecture, Steffi Klenz, Nadine Hattom, Ana
Janeiro, Maha Maamoun, Valentina Stellino and Malika Sqalli 2016 Boris Mikhailov - Ukraine A comprehensive
retrospective of the work of Boris Mikhailov, assembling over 300 works focused
on his homeland of Ukraine. Location and organization:
FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium, co-production with CAMERA, Turin, Italy ARTIST: Boris Mikhailov (NL, 1963) 2015 Mijn vlakke
land (My Flat Land) On photography and landscape Curated with Maarten Dings
(NL) / Location and organization: FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: 60+ artists, such
as Dirk Braeckman (BE), Anna Collette (US), Thomas Demand (DE), Chloe Dewe Mathews (UK), Constant Dullaart (NL), Joan Fontcuberta (ES), Anne Geene (NL),
Geert Goiris (BE), Gustave Le Gray (FR), Jochen Lempert (DE), Michèle Matyn (BE), Thomas Ruff (DE),
Hiroshi Sugimoto (JP), Awoiska van der Molen (NL), Ester Vonplon (CH),
Masao Yamamoto (JP) etc. 2014 Ponte City - Mikhael Subotzky &
Patrick Waterhouse On the fifty-four-storey
Ponte City building that dominates Johannesburg's skyline Location and organization: FOMU,
Antwerp, Belgium; co-production with LE BAL, Paris, France ARTISTS: Mikhael Subotzky
(ZA, 1980) and Patrick Waterhouse (GB, 1981) 2014 Broomberg & Chanarin
- Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt The first comprehensive
survey show of their artistic practice spanning 17
years and dozens of projects Location and organization: FOMU,
Antwerp, Belgium ARTISTS: Adam Broomberg (ZA, 1970) and Oliver Chanarin
(UK, 1971) 2013 Editing the News On the role of the photo
editor in our understanding of the world through the news. Location and organization: FOMU,
Antwerp, Belgium 2013 Power! Photos! Freedom! On the power of the image in
the Arab World Location and organization: FOMU,
Antwerp, Belgium (traveled to CNA Luxemburg) 2010 A Group Show On photography as an object;
and as an object in space Curated with Maarten Dings
(NL) and Egon van Herreweghe (BE) / Location: Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium / Organization: Punctum ARTISTS: Alexandra Leykauf (D), Anouk Kruithof (NL), Claudia Weber (D),
Dominique Somers (B), Edward Clydesdale Thomson (VK), Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky (CH), Jimmy Robert (Guadeloupe, FR) Katleen
Vinck (B), Michиle Matyn (B), Sara Deraedt (B),
Saskia-Noor van Imhoff (NL), Tania Theodorou (GR), Valérie Mannaerts
(B) and W.Wolkman (B) 2008 Een foto zegt meer dan 1000 woorden / A picture is worth a thousand words On the found image and the
story of the finder Curated with Maarten Dings
and Egon van Herreweghe / Location: De Zaal, Ghent, Belgium / Organization:
self-produced ARTISTS/CONTRIBUTORS: Hans
Aarsman (NL), Annemie Augustijns, Damien De Lepeleire, Annelies de Mey, Johan De Vos, Paul Demets, Hans Desnoeck, Robert
Devriendt, Maarten Dings (NL), Erik Eelbode, Lode Geens, Roger Kockaerts, Rudy Kousbroek, Hans Op de Beeck, Christoph Ruys, Don Sars (NL),
Dominique Somers, Andrea Stultiens (NL), Johan Swinnen, Nadine Tasseel, Rein Jelle Terpstra (NL), Hans Theys, Martien Van
Beeck, Régine Van den Broucke, Egon Van Herreweghe,
Valérie Vandecasteele, Joris Vermassen and Willy Vynck.
ARTISTS/CONTRIBUTORS: Hans Aarsman (NL), Alfredo Jaar (CL), Martijn Kleppe (NL),
Paul Qaysi (IQ) and Frank Schallmaier
(NL)
COLLABORATION with: Belga News Agency, De Tijd, AFP and
Myriade NV
ARTISTS/CONTRIBUTORS:
Human Rights Watch & Susan Glen, Hela Ammar (TN), Sophia Baraket (TN), Joachim
Ben Yakoub (BE), Marco Bohr (DE), Florian Gцttke (DE),
Nermine Hammam (EG), Nicolas Righetti (CH), Hrair
Sarkissian (SY), Issa Touma (SY), civil journalism collective Mosireen (EG) and Facebook group 'Uprising of Women in the
Arab World'.