| Publications: EU Black Dog Publishing London — Black Dog Publishing, London ISBN-10: 1908966696 Hardback: 244 pages   Black Dog Publishing London, 2014  Images — Contributors: Charles Esche, Mihnea Mircan, Council of Europe Archive, Remco Torenbosch This publication is the result of an extensive period of research into the history of the European Flag, opening up intriguing discussion on the changing socio-economics of EU nations, the disappearance of once booming textile industries and the strong individual identities of a union in flux.  This publication profiles the documents, design proposals and written correspondence between Heitz, Lévy, and further collaborators they would form the painstakingly diplomatic development of an iconic vexillological moment. As part of the book's research, a collection of fabric monochromes woven by weavers from all 28 member states of the EU in th base colour of the flag was compiled. These collated monochromes as such become a map themselves of the socio-economic shift within EU member communities, an embodiment of the disappearing textile industries of Europe. European contextualising (...) Hardback: 244 pages Publisher: Black Dog Publishing London Language: English ISBN-10: 1908966696 ISBN-13: 978-1908966698 € 20,00 — Order here |
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Publications: Autumn of Modernism Roma Publications — Roma Publications ISBN 978 90 77459 79 9 Curator: Lorenzo Benedetti  Autumn of Modernism Catalogue by Roma Publications Images — Contributors: Gwenneth Boelens, Piet Dieleman, gerlach en koop, Sara van der Heide, Martijn Hendriks, Bas van den Hurk, Rob Johannesma, Katja Mater, Marc Nagtzaam, Falke Pisano, Petra Stavast, Batia Suter, Remco Torenbosch, Martijn in 't Veld. And with an introduction by Lorenzo Benedetti Different from a regular exhibition catalogue, this book contains autonomous contributions by 14 artists who where invited by curator Lorenzo Benedetti to take part in the exhibition 'Autumn of Modernism' at De Vleeshal, Middelburg. The contributions somehow respond in an indirect way to the social changes of our day, such as the present economic crisis. Autumn of Modernism Publisher: Roma Publications Design: Roger Willems and Louis Lüthi. ISBN 978 90 77459 79 9 — Order here The title of the exhibition was inspired by The Autumn of the Middle Ages, Johan Huizinga’s classic book published in 1919, a study of the forms of life, thought, and art at the end of the Middle Ages. The book shows that the artists of that period achieved their groundbreaking successes precisely because they drew on the past. This gave them a better grasp of the changes occurring all around them. The explosion of news outlets and ways of consuming the news has made our society very focused on the now, and we sometimes forget to consider the future or the past. Artists try to step out of the present by consulting sources from the past and using them in their art, thus attempting to build bridges to the future. . |
Publications: EUROPA, GAMeC Bergamo — GAMeC Bergamo, Italy ISBN — Curator: Stefano Raimondi  Publication EUROPA, 2012 images Publication / Folder on the occasion of the solo exhibition EUROPA at the GAMeC Bergamo, Italy in 2012. In 1950 the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented a plan for cooperation among European states. Seven years later, the first six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, creating the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner of what we now call the European Union. Never in its brief history has the European Union been under as much pressure as it is today. In the courtyard and glass pavilion of the GAMeC but also in several locations in the city of Bergamo, Remco Torenbosch presents a critical variety of situations and thoughts. The works that are presented are a reflection on the political and socio-economic changes to which Europe has recently been subjected. In this, Torenbosch investigates the language and manifestations through which a community and continent declares, represents and questions itself through the consciousness of contemporary and historical references. Within this research, Torenbosch tries to distil the situation as a return to a more human scale and perspective by underlining the importance of care and action. — Order here EUROPA is the first solo exhibition in an Italian institution of the Dutch artist Remco Torenbosch. It is the result of a three-month residency in Bergamo for the project entitled The Blank Artist in Residence – Fondazione Banca Popolare di Bergamo, which has been conceived by the no-profit association The Blank in collaboration with GAMeC and the Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti of Bergamo and realized thanks to the support of Fondazione Banca Popolare di Bergamo, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Milan and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Rome. . |
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