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ON A WORLD JOURNEY THROUGH ART
Suzanne Swarts' knowledge of art extends far beyond what is displayed within the walls of her Voorlinden. In MASTERS the museum director shares her insights, experiences and passion with an almost poetic touch. Works of art in themselves.
Suzanne Swarts' knowledge of art goes much further than what can be admired within the walls of 'her' Voorlinden. In MASTERS the museum director shares her insights, experiences and passion in an almost poetic way. Works of art in themselves!
Text: Suzanne Swarts | Online editor: Natasha Hendriks
Image: Ruud Baan
Suzanne: “Just before we opened our doors again, I took a last walk through the empty halls of Voorlinden. I walked past the wall of nearly a hundred huge lightweight pots from Maha Malluh, their bottoms covered in the black velvet of thousands of meals. Originally, Bedouins traveled with them through the heat of the desert, strapping the aluminum pots to the backs of their camels. Looking at their bottoms I suddenly find myself in their company, sitting by their nightly campfire. I realize how much I have missed this: feeling how art allows me to travel through times and cultures. I just as easily imagine myself in a different place when I stand in front of Lara Favaretto's landscape of multicolored cubes, held together without a drop of glue. They are made from scraps from Italian paper mills. As I walk along the blocks, I hear in their crackle the raining of festive confetti through Mediterranean streets and alleys.
Suddenly I find myself there, in the middle of a bustling pressure cooker of countries, cultures, customs and encounters. It is not without reason that we have our latest exhibition Rendez-vous baptized: in these rooms we celebrate the reunion between Voorlinden and its visitors, between art and viewer and between artists and their works. In this selection from our collection, works of art come together like lovers, embracing and strengthening each other. Their stories give each other more meaning and meaning. They put me back on the ground and make me curious about the journey that visitors will make in our museum in the coming months. Because that's how I prefer to see art: as an exciting discovery of a new world in which I can completely lose myself. The boundaries of my imagination are open again. I can travel again. I can go again.”
MASTERS #43
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