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Mark Rietveld - Book launch and expoat the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
during the Antwerp Art Weekend
17 until 19 May 2024, at De Tempel of the Academy
→ opening expo: Friday 17 May → 12:00-21:00
→ book launch with music: Friday 17 May → 19:00
→ expo on view: 17-19.5 → 12:00-18:00
Stadscowboy vzw and HOPPER&FUCHS present a book of photographs from the archive of photographer Mark Rietveld (1969-2022).
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Mark Rietveld was best known in Antwerp for his photography in which he reported on the underground music scene and art world. If you visited places like Onder Stroom, Scheld'apen, Stadslimiet, Factor 44, the Tenace Boot, De Nor, AudioPlant, Minigolf Beatrijs, Forbidden City, Bar Paniek or Het Bos over the past two decades, there was a good chance you saw him wandering in front, beside and behind the stage, his camera unobtrusively at the ready.
But those who delve further into his oeuvre will find a photographer for whom the whole world could be a wondrous subject: the archive is full of tranquil moorland scenes, cracked salt marshes, still lifes, cats, parks in the snow, timeless figures in Prague or Paris and domestic scenes, ... In short, Mark photographed, with great love, his entire biotope.
Because it is a gigantic archive, we called on Nico Dockx, artist and researcher attached to research group ArchiVolt at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Someone who could scan the immense amount of images with the necessary distance to make a selection.
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The book will be presented at De Tempel of the Academy during the Antwerp Art Weekend, where a selection of images will be on display.
More info: www.ap-arts.be/en/event/mark-rietveld-book-launch-and-expo
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Blindestraat 9, 2000 Antwerpen, België,Antwerp, Belgium