2021 10 years at DMG

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10 years Muller Van Severen at Design Museum Ghent. In Dialogue with the Collection.

This exhibition celebrates Muller Van Severen's design decade in two parts. At the request of Design Museum Gent, Muller Van Severen started working with the collection. Their intuitive and eclectic selection of some one hundred collection pieces enters into a dialogue with their own work in a large installation on the ground floor. The selection reads like an anthology of design history, with works by Alvar Aalto, Ron Arad, Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, Gaston Eysselinck, Huib Hoste, Marc Newson, Jean Prouvé, Studio Alchimia, Léon Stynen, Linde Freya Tangelder, Willy Van der Meeren, Henry van de Velde, Albert Van Huffel, Maarten Van Severen and many others. The result is a surprising, fresh look at the creations of Muller Van Severen and at the collection pieces, which in many cases have not been on display in the museum for some time. The pieces were selected by Muller Van Severen on the basis of a 'kindred spirit' approach. They recognise a similar vision and way of working in these objects, and a 'design attitude' that ties in with their practice. The installation was designed specifically for this exhibition space with a focus on harmony and proportion. The overall structure is made up of vertical strips of paper that define the space similar to an architectural composition. The flowing, draped shapes and colours of the paper refer to recurring and recognisable aspects within the oeuvre of Muller Van Severen. Paper also refers to the importance of sketches, prototypes and models in cardboard or paper in their creative process.

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In the historic salons of the Hotel de Coninck, the design duo present their progress referring to ten key figures who helped determine their path. This route meanders through time and approaches their work from ten different angles. It opens with a prologue in the salons on the ground floor with early autonomous work that Hannes Van Severen and Fien Muller created individually. The sculptures of Hannes and photographic work of Fien were produced before 2011, in a period in which their own visual language as artists was developing. Each salon embodies an important moment and a link in their oeuvre and shows how chance encounters can lead to new creations and projects. The memories of these moments and collections are recounted by ten figures who have played an important role in the development of their oeuvre: Jan Hoet Junior, Delphine Bekaert, Veerle Wenes, Lowie Vermeersch, Clémence & Didier Krzentowski, James Mair, Andreas Murkudis, Massimo De Carlo, Kersten Geers & David Van Severen, Mette & Rolf Hay. The furniture series are presented together for the first time, highlighting both similarities and evolutions. This show is on view until March 6th 2022 in Design Museum Gent.

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