Nl
En
Fr

← Items Overview
Item: Vaarwel Spakenburg [Goodbye Spakenburg]

1994

Installation
Materials:

Collection: De Vleeshal Collection, Middelburg (The Netherlands) (Inv. no. VH0176).

Vaarwel Spakenburg from 1994 is a literal farewell to Koelewijn’s birthplace, a small fishing village to the north of Utrecht primarily known for the traditional costumes of its female population. The confrontation with Spakenburg’s strict Reformism is given expression in the artist’s mural drawing, executed in old-fashioned green soap, representing a clothes line full of drying garments – a reverie on the metaphor of cleaning and (both ethical and aesthetic) purification.

Events

View all

EXTRA MUROS: Visite – Tou...
28 September 2013 - 13 October 2013.
De Ververij, a cultural centre in Ronse, has devised a challenging art-route through the center of the city featuring top textile designs fro

Ensembles

View all

Actors

View all

Job Koelewijn
Job Koelewijn discovered his passion for art only in his early twenties, when he started to paint and draw while recovering from a serious ro

About M HKA / Mission Statement

The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

About M HKA Ensembles

The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.