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Programme

1. exhibition

   Civilian virtue, artistic sense and community...

   Living Archive

   04/04/2009 - 08/11/2009

   On 30 January 1933, Mayor A. Verdijk made a solemn declaration before the Eindhoven council. One of the local dignitaries, cigar manufacturer H.J. van...

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2. exhibition

   The street. A form of living together

   Living Archive

   01/10/2005 - 23/04/2006

   The Street. A Form of Living Together (originally shown at the Van Abbemuseum from 2 June 1972 to 24 September 1972) is now regarded as a legendary...

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3. exhibition

   People's Park

   Living Archive

   01/10/2005 - 23/04/2006

   The documentary exhibition People’s Park (originally shown at the Van Abbemuseum from 18 December 1970 to 18 January 1971) traces the emergence and...

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4. exhibition

   Living Archive. Meanwhile…behind the scenes

   Living Archive

   20/05/2006 - 16/02/2007

   In this episode of the ongoing programme Living Archive, the rooms will focus on seventy years of collecting, displaying and debating contemporary...

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5. exhibition

   “Wo stehst Du mit deiner Kunst, Kollege?”

   Living Archive

   27/02/2007 - 02/09/2007

   What course of action does a museum director take in order to have a municipal council change its mind? How does an artist question the direction...

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   Maria Eichhorn. Aktiengesellschaft

   Plug In #26

   02/06/2007 - 27/11/2009

   On first acquaintance, Aktiengesellschaft (Public Limited Company) by Maria Eichhorn (b. 1962) is little more than a literal presentation of a series...

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   Lily van der Stokker and guest: Rachel Harrison

   Plug In #44

   04/10/2008 - 10/05/2009

   <Plug In #44 is temporarily closed due to reinstallment.> This presentation is the fifth in a series, which began in April 2006, and was developed in...

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   Lily van der Stokker and guest: Jim Isermann

   Plug In #52

   16/05/2009 - 01/11/2009

   On 20 June 2009 this episode of Plug In. Re-Imagining the Collection opened in the Van Abbemuseum. The episode is called ‘Plug In #52 Lily van der...

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   Lily van der Stokker and guest: HW Werther

   Plug In #38

   19/04/2008 - 31/08/2008

   Algorithm ‘AL.EX.01’ by HW Werther for organising an exhibition with all works from the Van Abbemuseum collection, less the works which the algorithm...

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    Lily van der Stokker and guest: Esther Tielemans

    Plug In #27

    02/06/2007 - 06/04/2008

    This room is decorated with wallpaper designed by artist Lily van der Stokker. Following a presentation of video works from the Van Abbemuseum’s...

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    in the middle of...

    Plug In #20

    16/12/2006 - 23/09/2007

    This Plug In has been developed as a space for ‘thinking’ about the collection and questioning its role in defining the museum. A single piece from...

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12. 

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    Igloo Nero

    Plug In #33

    15/12/2007 - 15/11/2009

    ‘Igloo Nero’ by Italian artist Mario Merz (1925-2003) is a work full of contrasts. He made the inner igloo of black asphalt in the period between 1967...

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    Gays Can Shoot Straight Too!

    Plug In #25

    02/06/2007 - 21/10/2007

    “shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you me and my fucking gun me and my fucking gun” - Nine Inch Nails, ‘Big Man With A Gun’

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    Elly Strik. In search of the perfect [failure]

    Plug In #17

    16/12/2006 - 28/10/2007

    Artists create images but they also collect them. The collections are either in their heads or exist in reality.

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15. exhibition

    One on One. Pieter Laurens Mol. Lament Superior

    Plug In #37

    05/05/2008 - 17/08/2008

    In this room there is a single work of art and a single chair. The chair is for the visitor who wants to take the time to look at the artwork at...

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    One on One. Ger van Elk. Push Nose Balance...

    Plug In #42

    19/08/2008 - 01/11/2009

    In this room there is a single work of art and a single chair. The chair is for the visitor who wants to take the time to look at the artwork at...

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    One on One. Frank Stella. Tuxedo Junction

    Plug In #32

    15/12/2007 - 30/03/2008

    Plug In #32 One on one is the first of a series of presentations centering around a single work from the museum collection. The title of this Plug In...

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    Collection Henri van Abbe

    Plug In #50

    04/04/2009 - 15/11/2009

    In this Plug In we show 26 works that are purchased in 1936, the year that the Van Abbemuseum opened its doors. This ensemble of 26 paintings is the...

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    Chagall, Delaunay, Picasso, Braque, Kandinsky

    Plug In #29

    14/06/2007 - 09/12/2007

    The Van Abbemuseum collection includes a small but high-quality ensemble of works from the beginning of the twentieth century. They were acquired in...

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    Bruce Nauman. Driven Man, Driven Snow

    Plug In #23

    16/03/2007 - 28/05/2007

    In this room, a number of cast iron blocks are spread across the floor in groups of three or four. Not everybody can instantly see whether they all...

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    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 3

    Plug In #28.3

    10/05/2008 - 21/09/2008

    In Plug In #28.3 Bik Van der Pol, Pay Attention: Act 3, they present the work of three artists. ‘Les Grands Ensembles’, 1994-2001 by Pierre Huyghe...

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    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 2

    Plug In #28.2

    15/12/2007 - 20/04/2008

    Liesbeth Bik (1959) and Jos van der Pol (1961) have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1994. The two Rotterdam citizens are not classical...

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    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 1

    Plug In #28.1

    02/06/2007 - 23/09/2007

    Liesbeth Bik (1959) and Jos van der Pol (1961) have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1994. The two Rotterdam citizens are not classical...

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    Bik Van der Pol. Pay Attention

    Plug In #28

    02/06/2007 - 01/11/2009

    Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1994. They often work on location, use, reuse and reactivate the...

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    Starting with Kandinsky

    Plug In #34

    15/12/2007 - 15/11/2009

    Plug In #34 Starting with Kandinsky highlights the first major international acquisitions made in 1951 by then director Edy de Wilde and includes...

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    Andre, Mondriaan, Ryman

    Plug In #35

    15/12/2007 - 18/05/2008

    In 1930, Piet Mondrian painted ‘Composition no. II’. It is an austere painting, an extreme consequence of Mondrian’s yearning for pure painting that...

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    Acts of Non-Aggression

    Plug In #46

    20/09/2008 - 15/11/2009

    During the preparations for the Be(com)ing Dutch exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum in 2007, Canadian art historian and art theorist Shepherd Steiner...

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    EXhibition: INterior

    Plug In #49

    14/03/2009 - 15/11/2009

    Wim van Nuenen  is a long-time volunteer of the museum who asked for the opportunity to curate a Plug In. When directed to partner with someone...

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