JEROEN DE RIJKE / WILLEM DE ROOIJ

An important duo-exhibition catalog documenting this year’s retrospectives of the work of internationally renowned Dutch collaborators Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij. The complementary exhibitions, at the K21 (Contemporary Art Museum in Dusseldorf) and MAMbo (Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna) – both prominent institutions in the contemporary art scene – are the first since de Rijke’s death in 2006. The pair’s visually provocative films, installations, photos and printed material since 1994 are essentially an investigation of the meaning of presentation and representation, obliging the observer towards an awareness that shifts from aesthetic appreciation towards the enhancement of awareness. Films are only one part of their work: other key, self-referential elements are the spaces in which it is presented, including furniture – all empty, yet sculpturally present.

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