SIGN in the UMCG - SOFT CELLS
About this activity.
Kunstzaken UMCG has invited SIGN to put together a presentation for Beelden van Buiten. SIGN has put together the exhibition SOFT CELLS for this, with textile installations by the young artists Sanne Bax, Dagmar Stap and Jurjen Galema.
The art society Thomassen à Thuessink (tàt) is a partnership of Minerva Academy, Drents Museum, Fries Museum, Groninger Museum and the UMCG. It organizes exhibitions, educational projects and other public activities in which art, healthcare, science and current events come together. Beelden van Buiten exhibitions are part of the activities of the art society.
SIGN in the UMCG
SOFT CELLS
March 8 to May 30, 2021
Sanne Bax, Dagmar Stap & Jurjen Galema
The artists Sanne Bax, Dagmar Stap, Jurjen Galema have created their own textile world, made especially for this space in the UMCG. In these colorful, friendly environments you can escape, daydream and fantasize. The personal handling of the material, such as embroidery, "stoning" and tufting, is intensive and experimental, which makes the work gain in intensity, become richer and change its meaning. The play with soft materials such as wool and fabrics, with colors and size make the works of Soft Cells attractive. Whether it is a candy wrapper, a lichen or a tiny animal: they become more precious, more seductive and entice you to join these micro paradises.
The exhibition SOFT CELLS with the artists Sanne Bax, Jurjen Galema, Dagmar Stap can be seen from March 8 to May 30 2021 in De Poortweg in the University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1.
www.umcg.nl
kunst@umcg.nl
Visiting the exhibition is possible in accordance with the corona guidelines of the UMCG.
Sanne Bax
Installation with Cypress No. 3 and Termite Hill No. 1
Wool, mohair, alpaca and polyamide - 2021
Sanne Bax (Gorinchem, 1994) describes herself as a high pile painter, soft sculpture maker and performance artist. She feels the realization of her work in every fiber, from shaving to spinning, from dyeing to tufting. These operations and the labor-intensive process enhance material memory. Here she has created an organically out of control tufted ecosystem: a quirky court of oaths. It is a landscape abundant of materials, colors and structures.
Dagmar Stap
Shop till you drop
Embroidery on felt, fake leather, felt, PVC - 2018-2021
Dagmar Stap (Groningen, 1995) gives everyday objects from the consumer society a more sustainable meaning through embroidery and a textile approach. Her time-consuming editing turns worthless candy wrappers into "precious art." A candy store is created, where attractive colors, shapes and materials, small and large candies seduce and make your mouth water.
Jurjen Galema
Tropical Worm Terrarium
textile, fiberfill, PVC - 2021
Jurjen Galema (1992, Drachten) created a safe home for his lovely Tropical Worms; a paradise terrarium where life is good. The colorful sculptures with human features in an attractive outfit do not only focus on their own living environment, but also on the outside. Bedazzled Betty, Purple Pedro, Sleepy Suzie and others seek contact with the viewer. With his "soft sculptures" the artist wants to bridge the gap between the art world and society with all its identities.
SIGN.
SIGN is een levendige en experimentele projectruimte voor actuele interdisciplinaire kunst op nationaal niveau. Zij biedt jonge kunstenaars een podium voor verdere profilering, ontwikkeling en intensivering van hun kunstenaarschap. Daarbij wordt nieuw werk geïnitieerd in bijzondere contexten en wordt de nodige reflectie gegeven. Presentaties zijn er in SIGN, op allerlei locaties, en in openbare ruimte met een variatie aan omstandigheden, invalshoeken, disciplines.
SIGN wordt ondersteund door Mondriaan Fonds Kunstpodium Basis 2021-2022 en ook voor de periode 2023-2024
Location.
UMCG
Hanzeplein 1
9713GX Groningen
tel 050-3132651
www.sign2.nl