From De Stijl to Boekie Woekie. Artists' publications from the Netherlands

The exhibition covers more than one hundred years of art from the Netherlands. It starts with the De Stijl movement from the beginning of the twentieth century, along with the same-named periodical of Theo van Doesburg, which was dedicated to the renewal not only of art, but also of architecture, design, typography, and poetry.  The concluding focus is on Boekie Woekie – bookstore for artists‘ books run by artists and publishers Jan Voss, Henriette van Egten and Rúna Thorkelsdóttir in Amsterdam – which can already be considered to be legendary. The majority of the exhibited works are part of the Brokken Zijp Foundation of Art (BFA). Thanks to the cooperation with the BFA, and in congenial addition to the holdings of the Centre for Artists’ Publications, lines of development can be presented on the basis of a selection of artists’ publications, some of which are rare.

Artists:
Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Marinus Boezem, Pieter Brattinga, Stanley Brouwn, Aart van Barneveld, Sigrid Calon,  Ulises Carrión, Hans Clavin, Constant, Corneille, Wim Crouwel, Herman Damen, Ad Dekkers, Theo van Doesburg, Christian Dotremont, Pier van Dyck, Henriëtte van Egten, Michael Gibbs, Marijke de Goey, Harry Haarsma, Harmen de Hoop, Hetty Huismann, Ko de Jonge, Asger Jorn, Bart van der Leck, Bert Loerakker, Lucebert, Jan van Munster, Willem de Ridder, Tajiri Shinkichi, Peter Struycken, Rod Summers, Oej Tjeng Sit, Fiona Tan, Jan van der Til, Rúna Thorkelsdóttir, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Jan Voss, herman de vries, Marijke van Warmerdam, Alicja Werbachowska, H.N. Werkman, Robert Zandvliet.

Curated by Dr. Anne Thurmann-Jajes and Dr. José Brokken-Zijp