WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels

Pierre Leguillon, The New York Times Magazine/Part 1, September 20, 1970 (cover photograph: Werner Wolff). Collection Museum of Mistakes. Photo: Pierre Leguillon.
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Pierre Leguillon The Museum of Mistakes: Contemporary Art and Class Struggle 10 January–22 February 2015 WIELS Avenue Van Volxemlaan 354 1190 Brussels Belgium Hours: Wednesday–Sunday 11–18h T +32 (0) 2 340 00 53 www.wiels.org

Conceived by the French artist Pierre Leguillon, The Museum of Mistakes: Contemporary Art and Class Struggle brings together works that he has created over the last 15 years out of reproduced images. These are tailor-made displays that bring together photographs, film extracts, advertisements, postcards, posters, slides, record sleeves, magazines, and other types of mass media. But these works evade solidifiying into fixed forms. Each one is intimately informed by a principle of movement, or, indeed, of reversibility, and they are deployed on mobile, light, or transportable structures. Thanks to its economy of means and the autonomy of its presentation displays, The Museum of Mistakes proposes an exhibition model that attempts to foil, or “de-class-ify”—to reprise the exhibition’s title—the hierarchies of art. In decompartmentalizing identity, whether it is a matter of the artist’s, the visitor’s, or those of the exhibited images, The Museum of Mistakes invites us to rethink the conditions of the reception of art, depicted here first of all as an activity. In so doing, Leguillon inquires into the political function of art within society, wherein each individual is in a perpetual process of emitting and receiving information. Pierre Leguillon, born in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, in 1969, lives and works in Brussels. His works, performances, and projections have been the subject of many monographic presentations, notably at Raven Row (London, 2011), Mamco (Geneva, 2010), Moderna Museet (Malmö, 2010), Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2009), and Artists Space (New York, 2009). In 2013, the artist participated in the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh. Leguillon teaches at HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design) in Geneva. Curated by Devrim Bayar Assisted by Marwann Frikach With the participation of Sébastien Capouet, Nicolas Chardon, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, documentation céline duval, Sylvie Eyberg, Adrien Faucheux, Yves Godin, Ana Jotta, Aglaïa Konrad, Valérie Mannaerts, Delphine Merabet, Willem Oorebeek, Conny Purtill, Clément Rodzielski, (SIC) and Marthe Wéry, among others. The Museum of Mistakes will travel to the Musée régional d’Art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon from 15 March until 7 June. With the support of L’Ambassade de France en Belgique, Chasse-Spleen, Maison Dandoy, Duvel, Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Hotel Le Berger, Institut Français, Thalys. Complementary programme of film screenings, lectures and performances: Sunday 11 January, 7pm The Promise of the Screen presents: “Effects of announcements: Saul Bass/Sacha Guitry” Sunday 18 January, 7pm The Promise of the Screen presents: “The Promise of the Couch” Sunday 25 January, 10am The Promise of the Screen presents: “The Promise for Children” Sunday 25 January, 8:30pm “Slideshow/Cloakroom” Sunday 1 February, 7pm The Promise of the Screen presents: “Homage to the Square,” an evening around Josef Albers Sunday 8 February, 7pm The Promise of the Screen presents: “The Promise of the Counter” Wednesday 11 February, 7pm Non-Happening after Ad Reinhardt with Willem Oorebeek Sunday 15 February The Promise of the Screen presents: “Music on images” by Sylvie Eyberg Sunday 22 February, 7pm The Promise of the Screen presents: “Manual of Photography” Press contact Micha Pycke micha.pycke@wiels.org / T +32 (0) 2 340 00 51 / M +32 (0) 486 680 070

List of Participating Artists on Art Brussels

Art in the City

Outdoor sculpture exhibition in the Egmont Park

Since 2009, the City of Brussels supports the fair by acquiring an outdoor sculpture for the improvement of the public space projects. Each year one of the artists participating in “Art in the City” is invited to create an outdoor sculpture for a specific public space for the city of Brussels. The artists in the exhibition are represented by galleries showing in the fair.

The exhibition takes place in the idyllic Egmont Park, located in the heart of Brussels, next to the Hotel (formerly the Hilton hotel). The prize winner will be announced at the official opening on Thursday morning.

• Winner 2011: Sven’t Jolle, (Casse-toi alors) pauvre canard!, 2010, Laurent Godin (FR)
• Winner 2010: Maarten Vanden Eynde, Oil-Peak, 2010, Meessen De Clercq (BE)
• Winner 2009: Thomas Lerooy, Not enough brain to survive, 2009, Rodolphe Janssen (BE) & Nathalie Obadia (BE & FR)

Participating artists 2012

1. Frédéric Platéus, Network, 2011, Marion Meyer Contemporain (FR)
2. Satch Hoyt, Kush Yard Totem, 2011, NOMAD (BE)
3. Erwan Mahéo, Vlot (monument à la dérive), 2011, VidalCuglietta (BE)
4. Nadja Frank, Heavy Metals (Cubic green)/Heavy Metals (Delta gray) , 2010, 401contemporary (DE)
5. Henk Visch, You cannot escape the consequences of your choice, 2012, Tim Van Laere (BE)
6. Valérie Mannaerts, Fountain, 2012, Elisa Platteau & Cie (BE)
7. Arnaud Rivieren, Rocket Planes, 2012, Isabelle Van den Eynde (UAE)
8. Didier Marcel, Sans titre (cervidé) , 2012, Michel Rein (FR)
9. Xavier Mary, Rock Round Donut , 2011, Baronian_Francey (BE)
10. Neal Beggs, White balloons, 2008, aliceday (BE)
11. Philippe Van Wolputte, A Glimpse from Below, 2012, Elaine Levy Project (BE)
12. John Cornu, Wolk#01, 2012, Ricou Gallery (BE)

Participating artists 2011

Julien Berthier – Georges-Philippes & Nathalie Vallois (FR)
Aldo Chaparro Winder – OMR (MX)
Johan Creten – Almine Rech (BE-FR)
Marlon de Azambuja – Max Estrella (ES)
Edith Dekyndt – VidalCuglietta (BE)
Wouter Feyaerts – Transit (BE)
Johan Gelper – Sebastien Ricou (BE)
Simon Gush – Michael Stevenson (ZA)
Sven’t Jolle – Laurent Godin (FR)
Markus Karstiess – Van Horn (DE)
Nadia Naveau – Base-Alpaha (BE)
Mick Peter – Grimm (NL)
Fabrice Samyn – Meessen de Clercq (BE)
Steve Schepens – Van de Weghe(BE)
Oscar Tuazon – Dependance (BE)
Joris van de Moortel – Hoet Bekaert (BE)
Clemens Wolf – Galerie Steinek (AT)

Participating artists 2010

Virginie Bailly – Transit (Mechelen)
Olaf Brzeski – Czarna (Warsaw)
Anneke Eussen – Tatjana Pieters (Ghent)
Thomas Houseago – Xavier Hufkens (Brussels)
Zuzanna Janin – Lokal 30 (Warsaw)
Jone Kvie – Nils Staerk (Copenhagen)
Erwan Mahéo – FDC Satellite Filles du Calvaire (Brussels)
Renato Nicolodi – Ron Mandos (Amsterdam)
Jaume Plensa – Galerie Lelong (Paris)
Stefan Rinck – Sorry we’re closed (Brussels)
Bernardi Roiq – Maurio Mauroner (Vienna)
Spazio Visivo – Mario Mazzoli (Berlin)
Katja Strunz – Almine Rech (Brussels-Paris)
Gavin Turk – Aeroplastics (Brussels)
Marteen Vanden Eynde – Meesen de Clercq (Brussels)
Hannes Vanseveren – Hoet Bekaert (Ghent)
Winner : Maarten Vanden Eynde / Oil-Peak

Participating artists 2010

Etienne Desmet – Zwarte Panter (Antwerp)
Xavier Mary – Baronian-Francey (Brussels)
Patrizia Karda – Scharmann (Köln)
Ugo Rondinone – Almine Rech (Brussels)
Bas de Wit – Figge von Ronsen (Köln)
Paul Morrison – Maruani & Noirhomme (Brussels)
David Adamo – Hoet Berkaert (Ghent)
Thomas Lerooy – Janssen & Obadia (Brussels&Paris)
Michaël Aerts – Deweer (Otegem)
Victor Man – Gladstone (Brussels)
Filip Vervaet – Gentils (Antwerp)
Paul Casaer – Koraalberg (Antwerp)
Per Kirkeby – Bo Bjerggaard (Copenhagen)
Herbert Hamak – Studio La Citta (Verona)
Winner:Thomas Lerooy / Not enough brain to survive

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