Sonsbeek 2001/Sonsbeek 9: Locus Focus

July 2-August 29, 2001

Curator

Jan Hoet (1936-2014)

Theme

Like his predecessors, Belgian curator Jan Hoet also looked at past Sonsbeek editions. In his introduction to the catalogue, Hoet emphasizes the importance of continuity and tradition. He refers in particular to Wim Beeren, who died in 2000 and who was the protagonist of Sonsbeek buiten de perken (Sonsbeek out of bounds) thirty years earlier. While predecessors Wim Beeren and Valery Smith choose to spread the artworks throughout the city, Hoet decides to limit himself to three distinct locations with different functions, hence the subtitle Locus Focus. He selected the characteristic Park Sonsbeek (the cultural), the Eusebius Church (the historical), and shopping center Kronenburg (the socio-economical). In his introduction Hoet wrote: "[I have] very deliberately wanted to keep this Sonsbeek exhibition clear, easy to find, and above all readable – a tangible exhibition too, which everyone can at least read."

During Sonsbeek 9, various works of art by no fewer than seventy five artists were on display. A number of striking works by female artists were on display in the Eusebius church. For example, the bright pink dress of American artist Beverly Semmes, right in the middle of the church. There is also a large mural by the American Jessica Diamond and a labor-intensive artwork on the floor, made of seeds, by the Italian Bruna Esposito. Shopping mall Kronenburg, at the edge of the city, is perhaps the boldest location. It is a place that is far removed from art; a place that is dominated by the everyday and by consumption. Thanks to the works of art, the shopping center was experienced in a different way. However, the artworks turn out to be vulnerable: a number of works were vandalized, sometimes even multiple times. In the end, Sonsbeek 9: Locus Focus shed light on the relationships between art and public space in Arnhem in its own unique way.

Artists

  • Mario Airò
  • Jeroen Allart
  • Karel Appel
  • Atelier van Lieshout
  • Massimo Bartolini
  • Iñaki Bonillas
  • Harmen Brethouwer
  • Marcel Broodthaers
  • Cai Guo Qiang
  • Rui Chafes
  • Raul Cordero
  • Minerva Cuevas
  • Berlinde De Bruyckere
  • Simone Decker
  • Peter De Cupere
  • Wim Delvoye
  • Jessica Diamond
  • Hans Eijkelboom & Peter Spaans
  • Jeroen Eisinga
  • Bruna Esposito
  • Jan Fabre
  • Belu Simion Fainaru
  • Alicia Framis
  • Michel François
  • Federico Fusi
  • Meschac Gaba
  • Carlos Garaicoa
  • Kendell Geers
  • Gelatin
  • Fernanda Gomes
  • Maria Elena González
  • Anders Guggisberg & Andres Lutz
  • Fabrice Gygi
  • Kim YoungJin
  • Suchan Kinoshita
  • Gabriël Kuri
  • Justine Kurland
  • Guillaume Leblon
  • Patrick Lebret
  • Henrietta Lehtonen
  • Emilio Lopez-Menchero
  • Hermann Maier
  • Neustadt
  • Mark Manders
  • Eva Marisaldi
  • Kris Martin
  • Soheila Najand
  • Slava Nakovska
  • Mariele Neudecker
  • Elske Neus
  • D’Ette Nogle
  • Maria Nordman
  • Aimé Ntakiyica
  • Honoré d’O
  • Motohiko Odani
  • Peter Otto
  • Ebru Özseçen
  • Antonietta Peeters
  • Paula Pivi
  • Avery Preesman
  • Gert Robijns
  • Maria Roosen
  • Michael Ross
  • Peter Santino
  • ManfreDu Schu
  • Thomas Schütte
  • Beverly Semmes
  • Paul Sietsema
  • Nedko Solakov
  • Giorgi Sumbadze
  • Takahiro Suzuki
  • Brian Tolle
  • Susanne Tunn
  • Sergio Vega
  • Henk Visch
  • Lois Weinberger

Locations

Eusebius church
Park Sonsbeek
Shopping center

Publication

 

Catalogue  
Sonsbeek 9,, 2001
(dedicated to the memory of Wim Beeren)

Design: Thonik®, Martijn Engelbregt
Publisher: Veenman drukkers 

Facts and numbers

3 locations ⋅ 78 artists ca. 25.000 paid visits

Still visible in Arnhem

Henrietta Lehtonen, Skies Captured, 2001
Location: park Sonsbeek, the so-called 'cold pond'

Peter Santino, All Happy Now!, 2001
Location: Butterfly garden, parkweg

Gabriel Kuri, Fresh Epigraphs, 2001
Location: park Sonsbeek (diverse spots near the white bridge and waterfall)

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