{"id":9383,"date":"2020-02-08T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2020-02-08T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:35:27","slug":"the-waddle-show-a-counteract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/the-waddle-show-a-counteract\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waddle Show; a counteract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome To The World Of The Snake Charmer<\/em> by Nel Aerts
2019 \u00a9 PLUS-ONE Gallery, courtesy the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Waddle Show; a counteract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Museum Leuven in Leuven, Belgium
25 October 2019-15 March 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This show embodies the idea of the solo exhibition as a kind of fabrication, a highly symbolic snapshot. Nel Aerts conceives of this exhibition as a \u201cshow\u201d, a theatrical setting, a consciously constructed and artificial context. Aerts transforms the architecture of the hall and thus introduces her own universe into the museum. The exhibition brings together both older and new work, including a series of new sculptures that Aerts is exhibiting for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centerpiece of\u00a0the exhibition\u00a0<\/em>is a collage of a snake charmer (Der Schlangenbeschw\u00f6rer<\/em>, 2019), an allegorical manifestation of the artist, a serpentine doppelg\u00e4nger.\u00a0At Museum Leuven, a snake-charmer-shaped hole in the wall quite literally forms the entrance to the show. The shape of the meandering snake returns in a couple of new paintings and in the central construction traversing the space. The sides of the stage are covered with textiles, suggesting another dimension of theatricality, the distinction between the stage and the offstage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view from “The Waddle Show; a counteract” by Nel Aerts at M Leuven, 2019.
Photo \u00a9 Miles Fischler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aerts’\u00a0“Waddle Works”, a new series of sculptures, stacks of a wide variety of collectibles and curiosa. Although sculpture is not a prominent medium in her practice, the stacked constructions are literal markers of time past, composed as they are from ready-made objects that lay dormant in her studio for years. It\u2019s a motley crew of assembled knickknacks: a Royco soup bowl; a Hawaiian coconut handbag; a weeping onion pot.\u00a0“The Waddle Show”\u00a0is the first time these sculptures materialize, uniting the disparate objects into new relations. The \u201cwaddling\u201d emphasizes their fragility and precarious balance. The sculptures embody a process of risk and possible failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on show is a series of sketches, diary drawings in small, carbon-papered notebooks, which are a constant in Aerts\u2019 practice. They form an image stream of thoughts flowing into each other. Five of these booklets are on display; a brand new artist\u2019s book collects all the drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view from “The Waddle Show; a counteract” by Nel Aerts at M Leuven, 2019.
Photo \u00a9 Miles Fischler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About the artist:<\/em>
Nel Aerts studied Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. She had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, including Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein M\u00fcnster, Kunsthalle Lingen, Warande Turnhout, Horizont Gallery Budapest, M HKA Antwerp, AstrupFearnley Museum Oslo, and Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau. She is represented by PLUS-ONE Gallery in Antwerp and Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(adapted from the gallery’s press materials) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Museum Leuven<\/strong>
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 18
3000 Leuven, Belgium
+32 16 27 29 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW The Waddle Show; a counteract at Museum Leuven in Leuven, Belgium25 October 2019-15 March 2020 This show embodies the idea of the solo exhibition as a kind of fabrication, a highly symbolic snapshot. Nel Aerts conceives of…<\/p>\n

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