Panel Debate, Draw Art Fair, 19 MAY, 2019, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
On may 19th Koen Vanmechelen will take part in a panel debate at the Draw Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Draw Art Fair London will be the first fair in the UK dedicated to modern and contemporary drawing. It aims to present all facets of drawing as a fundamental practice and to create a platform where rare works by modern masters and recent works from the 21st century will stand side by side. It will provide an unrivalled opportunity for visitors to discover the n
Genetic Freedom – C.C.P., Scenarios about Europe, GFZK, Leipzig (DE), 2011
Europe is a frayed construction, whose contours have changed again and again over the course of the centuries – a projection surface for controversial values and moral concepts, for promises just as much as for failures. Nonetheless, it embodies the utopia of a community that not only allows for heterogeneity, but understands it as a quality. The series of exhibitions ‘Scenarios about Europe’, in three parts, focuses on questions of a possible European community and what woul
Cosmogolem project, Chile, 2019-2020
Chile will become home to a new Cosmogolem. The project connects two remote rural areas in Chile by establishing a network and a bridge between two communities, while spreading the message that art, for everybody, is a Human Right. On the 1st of August 2019, the Cosmogolem statue will be inaugurated at the Cultural Park in Valparaiso, in presence of the artist Koen Vanmechelen, teachers and children from the neighbouring communities. As a preparatory project; his smaller brot
Golden Cord, Fondation Linda & Guy Pieters, Saint-Tropez (FR), 29 SEPT - 1 DEC, 2019
This fall, Koen Vanmechelens presents a new series of bronze and marble sculptures at Fondation Linda & Guy Pieters. There is an essence in all that lives and has lived that connect all to all. This living, dynamic membrane that makes life interconnected and synchronizes us to them, and past to present and future is represented in the installation, Golden Cord. The cord, almost an antenna, gives the ability, often unknown or feared, to communicate with the unknown. This commu
Art with Me, Tulum (MX), 24 - 28 APR, 2019
Art With Me is an international arts, music and cultural festival curated to inspire us be more connected to ourselves and build awareness about the environmental issues that affect us locally and globally. The festival weaves together an eclectic mix of experiences imagined by world renowned artists, live and electronic music acts, speakers, yoga teachers, mindfulness leaders, and top chefs using art as a lens to examine our impact on the world around us. Koen Vanmechelen is
