exhibitions-Art drive-thru
COVID-19, summer 2019. Musea are closed, no summerholiday abroad, Rotterdammers are staying at home. Two of Rotterdam’s cultural icons came together to create an unforgettable experience, Ahoy and Boijmans: a surprising exhibition of more than fifty artworks from the internationally renowned collection plus installations by several invited artists, to experience from your car.
The Boijmans Ahoy Drive-Thru has been created in response to the 1.5-metre social-distancing rule and highlights the current tension between man and nature. The world we have created it is under pressure, and nature is demanding more space. Despite its microscopic size, the virus has unleashed great chaos, bringing everything to a standstill and revealing our vulnerability and the limits of existence. We have fallen back upon our most basic needs and retreated into the groups in which we feel safest. Art gave comfort and helped to put things into perspective. It also showed us the unpredictable and fickle nature of human existence.
This exhibition explores the boundary between humanity and the forces of nature. You drive through the space, experiencing everything from the safe cocoon of your own car. Once inside the show there is only one direction and it is straight ahead.
photo: Aad Hogendoorn
photo: Aad Hogendoorn
photo: Aad Hogendoorn
credits:
This exhibition was a collaboration between Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Ahoy, organised during the covid pandemic
Production: Team Boijmans, Ahoy, JMR Event Makers
Design exhibition West8
Grafic design: Thonik
Translation: Gerard Forde
in collaboration: Breeman BMW&MINI
Participating artists: Helena van der Kraan, Ted Noten, Olaf Nicolai, Paul McCarthy, Bas Princen & Office Kersten Geers David van Severen, Bas van Beek, Frank Bruggeman, Marijke van Warmerdam, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Cyprien Gaillard, Jeroen Eisinga, Melanie Smith, Bruce Nauman, Guido van der Werve, Klaas Kloosterboer, Lara Almarcegui, John Bock, Richard Serra, Karin Arink, Atelier van Lieshout, Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, Ad de Jong, Marinus Boezem, John Körmeling, Dwight Marica, Olphaert den Otter, Wieki Somers, Sylvie Zijmans, Ugo Rondinone, Alexandra Bircken, Jim Shaw, Anselm Kiefer, Bas Jan Ader, Hendrik Chabot, Charles Despiau, Vincent Pieter & Semeyn Esser, Martin Kippenberger, Oskar Kokoschka, René Magritte, Marino Marini, Panamarenko, Auguste Renoir, Claes Oldenburg, Paul Thek en Vito Acconci