STORAGE SPACE – The collection of Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerp
STORAGE SPACE at TICK TACK is an unusual presentation of a public museum collection, curated by museum director Nico Anklam and curatorial assistant Pauline Ganns. Over the course of eight weeks, eight different constellations of works from the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen will appear on the top floor of TICK TACK. While the ground floor functions as both an actual storage space and a representation of one, the top floor will showcase a new arrangement of 29 artists in total from the collection each week. With a collection encompassing nearly 5,000 works, this presentation offers just a glimpse into the Kunsthalle’s holdings, where world-famous names and younger artists are presented side by side. Some of the exhibited works entered the collection as early as the 1950s, while others were acquired as recently as this year. Many of these pieces appear together for the first time in STORAGE SPACE.
In 2024, TICK TACK (Antwerp, founded in 2019) and Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (founded in 1950) launch a unique project: both institutions will take over each other's exhibition venues for the period from August to November 2024.
This joint exchange project bears the Flemish title ROKADE - a reference to castling in chess, where the king and rook swap places on the board.
The ROKADE project began on August 24 at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, where TICK TACK is celebrating its fifth anniversary with STREETSPACE BANGER - a group exhibition spanning three floors and featuring more than 80 artists from 20 countries. In return, the collection presentation STORAGE SPACE from the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen will open at TICK TACK in Antwerp on September 13, providing insights into its extensive museum collection of almost 5,000 works. Popular for individual loans to numerous museums worldwide, this is the first time the collection travels abroad as a curated exhibition.
STORAGE SPACE – The collection of Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerp
As a second part, from September 13 to November 10, the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen presents excerpts from its collections
at TICK TACK in Antwerp. Founded in 1950 in a former World War II bunker, the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen owns a municipal collection of more than 5,000 works by artists such as Ayse Erkmen, Otto Piene, Gerhard Richter and Alicja Kwade. The Kunsthalle organizes the oldest art prize in Germany after WWII, named after the important artist group 'junger westen'. Every year, the Kunsthalle hosts exhibitions by international artists such as Per Kirkeby, Daniel Buren and, more recently, Ângela Ferreira, Flo Kasearu and Søren Aagaard as part of the Ruhrfestspiele. The exhibition STORAGE SPACE uses the open window facade to function as a showcase that can be seen from afar. Referring to the pioneering exhibition displays from the history of the Kunsthalle, individual groups of works will be on view from August to November and new cross-references within the collection will be carved out in Antwerp.
STORAGE SPACE
Die Sammlung der Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerpen / The collection of Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerp
Josef Albers, Noémi Barbaglia, Marianne Berenhaut, Erich Bödeker, Marte Dyachenko, Vivian Ellis, Ayşe Erkmen, Ângela Ferreira, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Isabella Fürnkäs, Thomas Grochowiak, Flo Kasearu, Barbara Kasten, Ju Young Kim, Alicja Kwade, Jeewi Lee, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Peter Piller, Gerhard Richter, Michael Sailstorfer, Morgaine Schäfer, Berit Schneidereit, Mona Schulzek, Paul Spengemann, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Wolf Vostell, Hans Werdehausen, Denise Werth.
Curated by Nico Anklam. Curatorial assistant Pauline Ganns. Research and communication Kerstin Weber.
