

Invitation letter 01, 2024

Clementine Edwards with Zhixin Angus Liao
Flowers for an Overburdened Tick,tick, glass jar, flowers, thread, 2024
Barn to Stable
Risks are everywhere, and some of the greatest threats come from things that are imperceptibly small and nearly invisible.
TICK CHECK!
The exhibition Barn to Stable, just like the term 'farm-to-table', brings to you fresh art directly from the countryside for your gastronomical delight. It is the result of inviting a number of artists, enticed by exquisite locally brewed beer, hearty home-cooked meals and copious amounts of ‘gezelligheid’, to visit and stay in a stunning Flemish barn surrounded by flowers, trees, birds, moles, and horses in the Dutch-Belgian borderland. They learned how to perform full-body tick-checks and how to remove them with a special tool. Which is essential because there are health risks associated with being bitten by a tick. That's why tick tools are available in the barn, and one of the reasons why slippers are encouraged; they ensure proper isolation from the floor when examining yourself.
The Flemish barn on Moersebaan in Zundert, once a royal tax warehouse (the ancestor of the Belastingdienst), is now used as a residency studio. Likewise, the Stadsgalerij, formerly a horse stable in a national military camp, has been converted into an experimental art gallery (not for blasting experiments). This presentation reflects the mix of tension and relaxation that accompanies artists during their summer break after the second quarter of tax declarations. This is crucial, since a fertile ground for art requires an even mix of labor and leisure. There is a physical toll from years of practicing art; an artwork is a form of labor after all. However, it can also be fun if conditions are right. Fourteen participants present unique ideas, methods, and interpretations in response to an invitation, moving from the barn to the stable with paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos, installations, and other delicacies.
Text by Angus / Kimball / Jorge

Opening performance by Lisa Smithson and Salim Bayri


Exhibition view 1
Felipe Mujica
Linea de hormigas (Tree Column), wood and insulation tape, 2024

Exhibition view 2
Jorge Luis Barragán Castaño
An axe and a hand saw, 80x600x40, umbers and charcoal, 2024

(up) Paraskevi Frasiola
Slaap Lekker 🥱,acrylics on paper mounted on aluminum panel, 88 x 78 cm, 2022

Exhibition view 4
(right) Sunny Yanyi Jiang
Saint Honoré, 91 x 61 x 4 cm, Watercolor and yarn crochet on paper, 2023
St Edmond, 91 x 61 x 5 cm,Watercolor and yarn crochet on paper, 2023

Exhibition view 3
WINKs Winkel & Jincent Jan Joh
no title, drawings,pencil, paper, other, 2024

Exhibition view 6
(left) Salim Bayri
Robal, 17x12,felt pen on paper,2024
(right) Muxingye Chen
float/ness, (ground floor),1.12 mins,field recording, 3D scanning computer generated image, 2024

Exhibition view 7
Kimball Holth
Transcript for film about horses, 3.50min, HD video in iPad, 2024

Exhibition view 8
(left) Ottokaji Iroke + Koen van Santvoort
(right) Lisa Smithson

Exhibition view 9
(m) Gayatri Kodikal
Ticks of Trompe de Chasse, the standard double CD cases size, drawing on paper, 2024

Exhibition view 10
(right) Lisa Smithson
Patterns, 202 x 150 cm, Crayon, pastel, acrylic, spray paint, sticker and pencil on paper, 2024
Zhixin Angus Liao
The barn, a handwritten Invitation Letter, a rental contract, 8 pieces of Sculptures, about 40x40x30cm, 2024

Exhibition view 11

Exhibition view 12
Muxingye Chen
float/ness(sounds video), (attic),3 mins, field recording, 3D scanning computer generated image, 2024

Invitation letter 02, 2024