Groene Pasen

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum in Belgium from September 2, 1997 to March 31, 1997.

The exhibition was curated by Belgian curator and critic Bart Cassiman, who questioned the current situation in which everything is accelerating due to the development of technology and media, and attempted to reconsider how art is received in such an era. The sincere attitude and words seen below are still relevant today, more than 20 years later, and it is worth noting how he attempted to raise issues not only through words but also through art.

"It goes without saying that the mediatization of images has significantly changed our viewing behavior. New media and technologies such as video, (satellite) television, CD-ROMs, and the Internet have significantly changed and influenced our viewing habits. The speed of these media reduces the viewer to a passive, immediate object. The required viewing, which is inextricably linked with the concentration, reflexivity, patience, and slowness, is often the opposite of the perception of time that is appropriate for new media. - It takes time to understand a work of art. Perhaps it is only by being generous with that time that something beyond visual stimulation is created. Just as the pace at which a novel or poem is read is determined by its nature and characteristics, viewers of a work of art must be aware that the time spent looking at it and thinking about it is determined by the work itself. The view that has existed in all ages, that a work is grasped and understood by identification, whether complete or not, is becoming established in the society of the second half of the 20th century, which is directly connected to consumption. - Our way of life is in a hurry. And hurry is the enemy of art. After all, the truth of a work of art is fundamentally different from the truth of a train timetable. A work of art of any importance or level is not directly accessible (although I do not deny that some works of art can generate meaning in an instant). The viewer, like the artist, must work. And work takes time. - An exhibition is not a television program. - To respond to art is first to abandon oneself and seek access to a realm in which the new emerges. For this necessary attitude, in consequence, requires a certain attitude, an open mind, and above all a lot of time. Only then can art change our view of reality, things, the world. Only then can art open the door to access the dimensions of ourselves that lie beneath the dust and burdens of everyday life. Only then does it become clear that art is something that requires slow attention. " - Excerpts from the text by Bart Cassiman in reponse to his exhibiton "Groene Pasen"

Featured Artists
Dianne Hagen/Carla Klein/Aglaia Konrad/Peter Rogiers/Robert Suermondt/Stephen Wilks

First edition: 1,500 copies.

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Title: Groene Pasen
Artist: Various
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenenss, 1997
Soft cover, perfect binding
225 x 170 x 11 mm
109 pages
Text in Dutch and English
First edition of 1500 copies
ISBN: 907603401X
¥4,900 + tax

Condition: Good: Some fading, damage, and writing on the endpapers due to age, but in good condition.

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