Collecting Friends
21 Oct 2017 - 18 Feb 2018
Andreas Slominski, ‘Piano’, 1998
mixed media, variable dimensions
photo: Dirk Pauwels
mixed media, variable dimensions
photo: Dirk Pauwels
Tetsumi Kudo Your Portrait - May '66, 1966 collectie S.M.A.K., verworven via de Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. collection, acquired by the Friends of S.M.A.K. + Marcel Broodthaers Grande Casserole de Moules, 1966 collectie Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. the Friends of S.M.A.K. collection S.M.A.K. installation 2017 - photo: Dirk Pauwels
Bruce Nauman Studies for Holograms (A-E), 1970 collectie S.M.A.K., verworven via de Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. collection, acquired by the Friends of S.M.A.K. + Andreas Slominski, ‘Piano’, 1998, mixed media, variable dimensions, S.M.A.K. installation 2017 - photo: Dirk Pauwels
Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe, 1967 collectie S.M.A.K., verworven via de Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. collection, acquired by the Friends of S.M.A.K.
Marcel Broodthaers Grande Casserole de Moules, 1966 collectie Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. the Friends of S.M.A.K. collection S.M.A.K. installation 2017 - photo: Dirk Pauwels
Christo Grand empaquetage noir, 1969 collectie S.M.A.K., verworven via de Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. collection, acquired by the Friends of S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. installation 2017 - photo: Dirk Pauwels
COLLECTING FRIENDS
21 October – 18 February 2018
This year the museum will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Friends of the S.M.A.K. This association, originally called the Society for the Museum of Contemporary Art (V.M.H.K.), was founded on the initiative of Karel Geirlandt in 1957 and was the driving force behind the genesis of the museum. The creation of a collection was one of the association’s core activities from the very beginning. Its very first purchase was made in 1958 and this initiated a fine tradition. So S.M.A.K. is taking the opportunity offered by the 60th anniversary of the Friends to highlight several works in the collection that were purchased by them. After all, their contribution was and still is indispensable to the expansion of the museum’s collection. The presentation will offer an insight into the structure of the collection and into its relationship with the globalised art world.
21 October – 18 February 2018
This year the museum will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Friends of the S.M.A.K. This association, originally called the Society for the Museum of Contemporary Art (V.M.H.K.), was founded on the initiative of Karel Geirlandt in 1957 and was the driving force behind the genesis of the museum. The creation of a collection was one of the association’s core activities from the very beginning. Its very first purchase was made in 1958 and this initiated a fine tradition. So S.M.A.K. is taking the opportunity offered by the 60th anniversary of the Friends to highlight several works in the collection that were purchased by them. After all, their contribution was and still is indispensable to the expansion of the museum’s collection. The presentation will offer an insight into the structure of the collection and into its relationship with the globalised art world.