Guy Tillim lands in Antwerp!
Door kunstvlo op September 14, 2009 15:02. 53 comments
Two weeks ago I had a meeting in Amsterdam and being in this wonderful city I made use of the situation to visit some museums. Impossible to go by one of my old time favorites, Foam.
The photography museum had several interesting exhibitions scheduled. Massimo Vitali’s ‘holiday’ pictures caught my eye because of their beauty on the one hand and their sense of awkwardness on the other. I was also very impressed by the work of young talent Kim Boske: she really swept me of my feet with her ‘tree-photographs’. Or how a simple idea can have so much meaning…
Maybe it is a bit exaggerated but I have the bad habit to visit exhibitions either on their opening or their closing day (or there about). When I am able to grasp expositions that are this wonderful, I feel extremely lucky to have made it just in time. ‘Spreading the word’ is rather useless though since people won’t be able to visit after me. This is especially annoying when you want to recommend an exhibition like Avenue Patrice Lumumba by South African photographer Guy Tillim (also in Foam). Pictures of everyday life in several African countries after periods of prosperity. The sense of passed splendour, of people trying to hold on to a life they once knew… This really is an exhibition that is worth seeing.
And what a pleasant surprise it is when luck is on your side and you find out that this particular exposition is travelling and is even landing in your hometown! Like mine! Please go to Extra City, one of Antwerp’s greatest Kunsthalle at this very moment and live Tillim’s photographs. It is really worth the trip.