Museum
Van Nagsael
1995-2006
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Van
Nagsael has a rotating directorship: in the uneven months Rolf
Engelen has the directorship of Van Nagsael and on even months
Silvia B. is the director. The museum is entirely a co-operation
in the founding and building, through which it stands on a neutral
ground, where upon it is desirable to invite a third party.
Each exhibition's duration is a whole month; the first of the
month is the installation day. Van Nagsael is opened day and
night. The news spreads by word-of-mouth, or sent through the
Museum's postcard. The Museum has no invitations, no openings
and no cashflow. It is an easy organisation, one that is free
from tedious administrative chores. It is, therefore, close
to the basics of art: in the pleasure of the making, the exhibiting
and the viewing. Van Nagsael is both intimate in the function
of an exhibtion room and public in its function as a work of
art in public space. For the directors these facts are more
important than the scale, however the scale has some signifignance,
being 1:15. For them what is most important, is the Museum's
total integration in the surrounding. Making in the small vitrine
an even smaller space actually enlarged the terrain of the Museum.
For the artists that are invited to exhibit, what seems most
important is the approach of Van Nagsael not so much as a miniature
exhibition space, but more as an artwork. Half of the artwork
that is to be completed every month anew. For the visitor to
Van Nagsael, by chance or intention, on route through the city,
the Museum is viewed alone and privately. |
Museum
Van Nagsael
established
at Botersloot 40* Rotterdam
open
day and night.
For
additional information:
director of odd months: Rolf Engelen 06.421.50.413
director of even months: Silvia B.
06.218.4444.6
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| CATALOGUES |
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2007 |
Museum
Van Nagsael, (11 years, 132 exhibitions)
publication Museum Van Nagsael/Veenman Publishers
texts by Marcel Möring, Tanja Karreman, Frans Eiken &
Ben Zegers,
Belinda Tournier, Reinaart Vanhoe, Robert Preece |
2007 |
Exchanging
Roles,
alternative platforms from Rotterdam
publication
C/O care/of, Milan, IT
texts by Patricia Pulles |
2001 |
Het
toppunt van Nederland, travelguide
Het kleinste museum ter wereld, Aad Struijs/Plataan publishers,
texts by Aad Struijs |
1997 |
Beeld
voor beeld in het centrum van Rotterdam,
travelguide
publication
CBK/SKVR Rotterdam,
text by Gusta Kullberg |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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medio 2008 |
Museum
Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
documentary installation of Museum Van Nagsael: building, film and
archive |
since
january 1997 |
Museum
of Museums, Waregem, BE
curator Johan van Geluwe |
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| EXHIBITIONS |
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march, april 2007 |
Exchanging
Roles,
alternative platforms from Rotterdam
C/O
care/of, Milan, IT
curator Patricia Pulles |
january
2007 |
Omringd
door goede voorbeelden, 1951 DHZW 2007: Toekomstig erfgoed
STROOM, The Hague
curators atelier Veldwerk/choises of Tanja Karreman |
december 2006 |
showcase-installation of Museum Van Nagsael's book
together with sculptures by Maria Roosen (2 pairs of slippers for
the giant of Rotterdam)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
curators former directors Museum Van Nagsael |
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| PRESS |
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july,
august, 2007 |
Museumtijdschrift,
nr 5, RE-visie,
boeken Centimeterwerk,
review by Hanneke de Man |
july, 2007 |
Highlights,
GR Museum
Van Nagsael, essay by Maria Aggeli |
10
april , 2006 |
Scheurkalender
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june,
july, 2006 |
Gonzo
(circus), BE Kunst
voor gluurders, review by Sam Steverlijnck |
november,
2005 |
Kunstbeeld,
nr 11 , jaargang 29
Tien jaar Museum Van Nagsael, essay by Roos van Put |
september,
2005 |
FUCKING
GOOD ART #11
Call your ex, quit your job,
review by
Rob Hamelijnck |
june
11, 2005 |
AD
Leefwereld, zomer 2005
Kleinste museum,
essay by
Remko de Kok |
may,
2005 |
FUCKING
GOOD ART #10
Museum Van Nagsael,
review by
Rob Hamelijnck |
march,
2004 |
R’
uit, nr. 3/8
Trendy, origineel en met veel liefde.., essay by Marleen Bos |
summer,
2002 |
World Sculpture News
The Luck of The Dice, review by Robert Preece |
may,
june, 2002 |
Umelec International
World’s smallest
museum, Marisa Pridová |
may,
june, 2002 |
Flash Art
World’s smallest...,News
editors review |
spring,
2002 |
World
Sculpture News
Response to Bosch, News,editors review |
march
08, 2002 |
Dagblad
Zaanstreek, Noordhollands Dagblad - Stad en Streek
Het grenzeloze blauw van Moritz Ebinger,
review by
Conny Scholtes |
autumn,
2001 |
World Sculpture News
Venus Flytrap, News, editors review |
november,
2001 |
Stads
TV Rotterdam, Pietje Bell
television interview |
april,
2001 |
Museumberichten
Musea spelen hoofdrol in reisgids, editors essay |
february
24, 2001 |
Algemeen
Dagblad
Reisgids als medicijn tegen de verveling, photo’s |
october,
2000 |
de Straatkrant, nr.76
essay by Annemie Visser |
september
02, 2000 |
Rotterdams Dagblad
Een museum in een vitrine, essay by Judith Boer |
may
17, 2000 |
Maasstad
Kijkdoos-museum aan de Botersloot in het zonnetje, essay
by Saskia Hak |
april,
2000 |
Radio
Rijnmond
interview in the ‘week of the smallest’ |
september,
1997 |
Nouveau
Mini-Musea, De allerkleinste expositieruimtes, Cultuurjournaal |
1997 |
HTV
de IJsberg, nr. 15,
total front page |
june
12, 1996 |
NRC Handelsblad
Het kleinste museum ter
wereld, M. Vermeijden |
june,
1996 |
Radio
1
newspaper reviews |
january
22, 1996 |
R’dams Dagblad
Museum Van Nagsael dag en nacht geopend, essay by C. Zijlmans |
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