THERE ARE (MANY) PARTS TO THIS – 4 is the fourth and final presentation of performances and installations at Marwan by artist, natural death researcher, babysitter, and raver G. Curated by Dee Hehewerth, Tirza Kater and Tim Mathijsen.
The eye glides along, literally from one statue to the next, until it remains still at the back of a bronze sculpture. This is a statue of a woman who wears a long, pleated head covering and, with her back facing the camera, looks out at the immense bluish glass wall of a modern office tower. We circulate throughout the Botanique, the Botanical Gardens of Brussels, created in the nineteenth century. Here Emma van der Put made video recordings of the sculptures that are still standing in the botanical garden today. In her video work Project Panorama, 2025, they are the protagonists who, from their anchored position in history, witness the city’s rapid development. With their tranquil drama the group of statues contrasts with an environment full of anonymous, geometrically designed architectural giants. The park is a time capsule, as it were, but what information does it contain? And what does it say about us, as humanity? Past, present and future seem to be in suspended animation here. The work of Emma van der Put is suffused with suggestiveness. The human figure in all its physicality is portrayed in her Project Panorama as an autonomous presentation, a body both monumental and fragile. On the basis of that ambiguity, the sculptures reach out to the world. But will the body hold up?
1 Nov up to 10 Jan — tegenboschvanvreden
With works by al-yené, Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic, Georges Senga, Kader Attia, kosisochukwu nnebe, Leah Zhang, Pei-Hsuan Wang, Sammy Baloji & Cécile Fromont, Mirelle van Tulder, and Anna Safiatou Touré.
15 Oct up to 11 Jan — Framer Framed
Opening: Thursday 13 November, 19:00–21:00, click here for free tickets
14 Nov up to 23 Jan — Capital C