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Title
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ACT VII: Of Facts and Fables
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Description
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Witte de With is pleased to present two upcoming exhibitions in theMorality program begun in the Fall of 2009: Act VI: Remember Humanity, and Act VII: Of Facts and Fables. They open simultaneously on 12 May. Act VI runs until 29 August and Act VII continues until 26 September 2010.
There is a traditional distinction between the earth as the space of nature, and the world as the space of humanity. Fictions and abstractions belong to the world, as do thought and action. The fable, however, invariably returns to nature in search of motifs that are excluded from the principles and imperatives of morality: animals, plants, inanimate objects. Children are the fable’s ideal audience and are also exempt from the sphere of morality and moral imperatives, even if only temporarily – that is, for as long as they are children or remain ‘child-like.’ In this sense, that which is excepted from morality is susceptible to becoming an example – a negative example – of the seemingly chaotic and ‘anarchic’ state of nature. Animal behavior, for instance, is often mobilized by moralistic discourses in order to prove that the true nature of humanity is one of uninhibited impulses that morality is designed to set right.
Of Facts and Fables brings together a selection of works that mobilize this realm of exception, presenting a critical image of the world and its fictions, operating in a space of representation that relies on fabulous motifs. History, mysticism, fiction, and scientific discourse come together in this exhibition as both outmoded forms of thought, and as potential for new kinds of speculative critique.
Participants
Mirosław Bałka, Keren Cytter, Stan Douglas, Agnes Geoffray, Marko Lulic, Philippe Parreno, Yvette Supraski, Luc Tuymans, Ola Vasiljeva, Danh Vo, Tris Vonna-Michell
Curators
Juan A. Gaitán, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Amira Gad
Supported By
Maison Descartes and CulturesFrance.
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Identifier
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KIM-EXH-3140
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10_5
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Type
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Exhibition
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Date
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2010-05-13/2010-09-26
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Temporal Coverage
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2010
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Publisher
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Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
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Spatial Coverage
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Rotterdam
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Language
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en
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Is Part Of
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Exhibition history
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Rights Holder
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Kunstinstituut Melly
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Creator
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Keren Cytter
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Luc Tuymans
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Stan Douglas
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Tris Vonna-Michell
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Contributor
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Amira Gad
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Nicolaus Schafhausen
ACT VII: Of Facts and Fables — image 001 Luc Tuymans The Worshipper, 2004 193 x 147,5 cm oil on canvas photo: Felix Tirry Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp