Friday 22 June 2018

herman de vries – gavdos 34˚ 50' N, 24˚ 05' E, Art Affairs, Amsterdam




herman de vries
gavdos 34˚ 50' N, 24˚ 05' E
journal – plants – earth – stones

29 June – 1 September 2018
Art Affairs
Veemkade 354
1019 HD Amsterdam
www.artaffairs.net

40 years ago herman de vries visited the greek island of gavdos, south of crete. at the time, the island had no regular boat service and was scarcely visited. the inhabitants - 80 then - still used donkeys for transportation.
herman always had wanted to return to this paradise to him and finally he did in 2016. the result of this visit is a beautiful body of work, shown for the first time and consisting of a 73 part ‘journal’, stone works, as well as a series of 15 earth rubbings a.o.
also his son vince de vries shot a poetic documentary on the occasion.

Sunday 3 June 2018

Hamish Fulton – Walking on the Iberian Peninsula, Bombas Gens, Valencia




Hamish FultonWalking on the Iberian Peninsula
8 June – 4 November 2018

Bombas Gens Centre d'Art
Ave. de Burjassot, 54-56
46009 València
Spain
www.bombasgens.com

This exhibition will show works from walks made between 1979 and 2016 in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, and a series of wall works specially made for this exhibition. Organised in collaboration with Colección INELCOM Arte Contemporaneo and espaivisor, Valencia. A book will be published.