[motor]

Great line up coming soon to Brussels.
MIMA Museum

[onetwothree]

Feb 29, 2016 21:48:21 GMT 1 motor said:

Great line up coming soon to Brussels.
MIMA Museum

Wow awesome

[Gunny]

This looks great

[Cutkillavince]

Nice, thanks for the info

[Briggs 74]

momo rocks

[bob978]

I have also talked about it with Alice&Co (from ALICE BXL) last year and I am happy they were able to realize their project of an urban art museum!! I will fly back to Brussels for sure to visit it.

[bob978]

AH, and just FYI, at ALICE BLX:

Opening this Thursday the 3rd of March

Maya Hayuk

'GROW ROOM'

Exhibition - 03.03 - 29.04.16
VERNISSAGE - THURSDAY 3rd OF MARCH FROM 6 TO 9pm.

Unfortunately I will miss it (

[Feral Things]

I'm surprised there hasn't been more chat about this on here - it looks like an amazing space and it's great to see it being run by people that are suitably passionate and knowledgeable about the work.  Anyway, the museum and the City Lights exhibition opens today and there's some images from their website which is now fully up and running:





And here's some works from their permanent collection which includes Escif, Barry McGee, Horfee, Parra, Steve Powers and the designer of Partick Thistle's brilliant mascot:

[miloisonfire]

Wow! This show seems amazing!!! Do you have more pics to share?

[Daniel Silk]

www.mimamuseum.eu/city-lights/

[Daniel Silk]

[kapow]

Good to see something so awesome in Molenbeek. It hasn't had the best press lately.

[daveart]

Maya's work looks amazing... must be quite a thrill and challenge to fill a large space like that . FAILE's images on the wall are cool but looks a bit muted with a light color palette..nothing really jumps out of that work which is a bit disappointing.  assume that is the times square prayer wheel ??   Swoon looks great as always.. etc..etc.. looks like a great show for all the artists.

[Coach]

Thanks so much for the pictures buckwurst.
The swoon pieces stand out for me.
Appreciate the time it's taken to post all of these.

[sakyamuni]

congrats @buckwurst ! I also took lots of pictures when I went there, I'll try to add some more this week-end if I have time and internet connection....

[Deleted]

That Maya Hayuk room looks amazing.
Thanks for the pics

[Deleted]

Thanks for the pics guys!! @buckwurst, I believe the forth pic under Maya is actually Alicia McCarthy.

[Cutkillavince]

Great pics, thanks for sharing

[Feral Things]

Thanks for the great photos, @buckwurst .  Of all the shows so far this year, this is the one which I most would have liked to have seen.  If you haven't seen it already, there's an interesting little video of Momo's paper tear piece being created here.  If anyone doesn't know who the people in Swoon's pieces are and wants to know then...

The person on the left is her father Milton who was apparently very eccentric but always supported Swoon's art; he tragically took his own life in February last year and this image was created posthumously by Swoon while she was trying to come to terms with the loss and pain.  The image in the middle is a 'Dharmapalas' which is a wrathful-faced protector deity that is common in Buddhist iconography.  The image on the right is her mother and Swoon has spoken about her unstable upbringing as her mum faught addiction and mental instability; the image was started when she was sick and completed shortly after she passed away.



The image on the left is of Walkie who is a young boy who benefited from the 'Konbit Shelter' Project in Bigones-Leogane, Haiti which Swoon has been working on since the 2010 earthquake; there are more details about the project here.  The image in the middle is of Henderson who was a crane operator who faught for equality in the Braddock steel mills and featured in the 1998 movie 'Struggles in Steel' which inspired the Braddock Tiles project; there are more details about the project here.  The image on the right is George who was an inmate in Philadelphia and was involved with workshops that Swoon is running to help people affected by trauma and addiction; there are more details here.



The image on the left is of Sonya and this was the lead image for her last show earlier in the year.  The image on the right is called 'Ice Queen' and the model is Olivia Katz who has been involved with the Kombit Project and who is the sister of artist Andrew Katz.

[oxfordwelshchap]

I love that maya hayuk room.

[Pootle]

great pics - thanks for sharing.

[sakyamuni]

i took lots of pictures, but will just add picture of details as @buckwurst has already published some great pictures.

I was really amazed by maya hayuk's room, a festival of colours, here is some of it:

[sakyamuni]

some more

[sakyamuni]

Faile details

[sakyamuni]

more FAILE

[sakyamuni]

swoon

[South Bound]

It's nice to see swoon getting some love in this forum.

[sakyamuni]

more swoon