Ensemble: Het Geëngageerde [The Engaged]
To some extent, this is code for ‘politically or socially engaged art’. But only to some extent. Activism in art may also imply physical activity as part of an alternative view of the world, or the subversive questioning of prevailing systems without a goal-orientated agenda for actual (or perhaps rather: quantifiable) political or social change. Engagement is a more generic – but also more generous – term, which captures an attitude and a passion that transcends the individual and therefore has tangible connections to ‘the International’.
Some of the works in this ensemble are shown in Antwerp, while others are exhibited in Eindhoven.
Works
>Robert Indiana, The Red Diamond American Dream #3, 1962.Painting, oil, canvas, 187.8 x 187.6 cm.
>Grupo Artistas de Vanguardia, Tucumán Arde [Tucumán Burning], 1966-1968.Other.
>Toon Tersas, Omo wast niet alles wit [Omo Doesn't Wash Everything Out], 1966.Installation, textile, 93 x 50 cm.
>Nancy Spero, Artaud Painting - That thick hemp in the neck of the priest about to be hung, 1969.Painting, gouache, ink, paper, 62.9 x 50.8 cm.
>Nancy Spero, Artaud Painting - From this pain..., 1969.Painting, gouache, ink, paper, 63.5 x 52.7 cm.
>Nancy Spero, Artaud Painting - Un noeud d'asphyxie centrale, 1970.Painting, gouache, ink, paper, 62.2 x 49.5 cm.
>Cildo Meireles, Inserções em circuitos ideológicos. Projeto Coca-Cola, 1970.Object, coca cola bottles, Diameter: 6cm, Height: 25cm (each bottle).
>Jozef Robakowski, Rynek [Market], 1970.Film, dvd, 00:05:00.
>Paul De Vree, Political poem: (W)AFFE, 1971.Photography, photo emulsion, canvas, 70 x 84 cm.
>Grup de Treball, Treball collectiu que consisteix a verificar la distribució de 44 professions entre 113 persones segons una nota apareguda últimament a la premsa, 1973.Other.
>Paul De Vree, Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf, 1973.Photography, photo emulsion, canvas, 82 x 67 cm.
>Paul De Vree, Staking 2, 1974.Photography, photo emulsion, canvas, 44 x 87 cm.
>Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975.Video, 00:06:09.
>Jörg Immendorff, Brechtzyklus, 1976.Painting, synthetic paint, canvas, 6 x (110 x 90 cm).
>Paul De Vree, Wat kapseist niet?, 1980.Photography, photo emulsion, canvas, 70 x 92 cm.
>Cildo Meireles, Inmensa [Immense], 1982.Installation, sapelli whip, 100 x 125 x 163 cm.
>Martha Rosler, Martha Rosler Reads Vogue, 1982.Video, 00:28:00.
>Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1983.Text, metal, electronic components, plexiglass, transformer, 16 x 155 x 10.1 cm.