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    Strange Glow | James Beckett

    Date:
    30 May up to 13 July 2024
    Location:
    → Van Zijll Langhout / Contemporary Art
    Brouwersgracht 161
    1015 GG Amsterdam
    Open:
    • Wednesday 10:00—17:00
    • Thursday 10:00—17:00
    • Friday 10:00—17:00
    • Saturday 10:00—17:00
    Admission
    Free admission
    Open today from 10:00 to 17:00
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    During the AAW 2024 opens in the gallery the solo exhibition ‘Strange Glow’ by James Beckett. ‘Strange Glow’ is primarily an exercise in compacting disparate sources – a play on the associative and nonsensical. As assemblage, these pieces feature backdrops of architectural reproduction, super-imposed with seemingly random objects and extracts from the news . The exhibition is an extension on Becketts earlier ‘Strange Glow’ presentation. James Beckett (ZA/NL) 1977, Harare Zimbabwe, was resident at the Rijksakademie (2001-2002) after which he won the Prix de Rome for Art in Public Space. His works are in the public collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Centre Pompidou, Paris, amongst others. Currently lives and works in New York and Amsterdam. The opening of the exhibition is Thursday 30 May. The exhibition is on view until 13 July.

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