Dans le jardin des beaux arts
(The project),   2001     nederlands

Art project by Jacqueline Wassen, Sen McGlinn
and Sonja van Kerkhoff.
In the ARS AEMULA NATURAE courtyard, Pieterskerkgracht 9a, Leiden.

May 6 - June 2nd, 2001


Cover of the
catalogue.

Ten images were printed onto transluscent sheet and inserted into the windows around the entrance of the front door.




Forty-four artists were invited to provide new or existing work. In contrast to an
art exhibition, where art is on display
and easy to view, the art in this courtyard is partly embedded in the environment
of the courtyard buildings and gardens.

Click on the windows or the snail on the left or on areas on the image below for a closer view.

Click on an area for a closer view

Works reproduced on transluscent sheet in the windows on each side of the door are by:
Left: Dave Taylor, Coskun Dogruluk, Beth Yazhari.

Right: Beth Yazhari, Andrea Gardner , Brit Bunkely,
Josh Homnick, Johannes Birringer.

Image right: Above the entrance to the courtyard:
Left: Collage by Polly Gould
Right: "Tulips from Istanbul" by Sonja van Kerkhoff.
Box-form high on left wall: Jacqueline Wassen.
Centre: (in rose window): cloth sculpture
by Jessy Rahman.
Lower window: The Gifts of Time Mail Art Project.
Lamp: Collages by Joke Elzinga (The Netherlands).

Participating artists    (click on a name to see their work):   --not all links are here yet--

Alexis Hunter (UK), Elena Ostrer (Russia), Christophe Doucet (France), Joanna Margaret Paul (New Zealand), Rachel Bacon (USA/NL), Trish Flannery (NL), Lee Anne Wilson (USA), Jessy Rahman (NL), Richard Paton (UK), Marjan Melkert (NL), Jill Studd (NZ), Beth Yazhari (USA), Janita Appa (UK), Peter Nilov (Russia), Liz Coats (NZ), Geeske Harting (NL), Alan Murdock (USA), Joke Elzinga (NL), Andrea Gardner (NZ), Polly Gould (UK), Myriam Bargetze (Lichtenstein), Tarasieh Werle-Vahdat (Ecuador), Paul Meeuwesse (NL), Marjan Melkert (NL), Merle Anderson (NL), Myrtle Brongers (NL), Dorine Hulshof (NL), Anne Nomrowski (D), Marina Schoenmaekers (NL), Ninni Tang (NL), Brit Bunkley (NZ), Dietmar Vollmer (D), Hanneke van Buitenen (NL), Johannes Birringer (USA), Dirk van de Weijer (NL), Josh Homnick (USA), Paul Rayner (NZ), Margaret Nagawa (Uganda/UK), Kathleen Bunin (Canada), Filipe Tohi (NZ), Dave Taylor, (USA), Geoff Broadway (UK), Jacomien Souverijn (NL) Coskun Dogruluk (NL), Tamatea van Kerkhoff-McGlinn (NL), Jacqueline Wassen (NL), Sen McGlinn (NL), Sonja van Kerkhoff (NL).


Small reproductions of paintings are framed or partly covered by foliage. The 29 homemade paper teepees by American artist Lee Anne Wilson are hidden around the garden and in the trees.

So the visitor has to walk, crouch or move the leaves to view work, which is linked directly to the environment in the courtyard.

Alexis Hunter's (U.K.) painting made for this show has been cut into five strips and hangs, a little like a wind chime, from the branches of a tree.


Belgium-based artist Rachel Bacon's work dissolves into nature. They are cast salt building blocks.


under CONSTRUCTION... MORE TO COME...

Some pup-up pages are not yet made.


The CDrom, "Dans le jardin des beaux arts" is an adventure you can encounter in varying levels and layers. It incorporates interactive elements, some the work of the artists in this project, video clips from the project at the Sarjeant Gallery in New Zealand and, later, elements from the exhibition in Leiden.

More info about the CDrom project


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