TRACK opens in Ghent



Curators: Philippe Van Cauteren and Mirjam Varadinis
Organised by: S.M.A.K., the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent
Supported by: City of Ghent, Flemish Community, National Lottery and Port of Ghent
TRACK is a temporary exhibition in the public and semi-public space of the city of Ghent. Philippe Van Cauteren and Mirjam Varadinis invited 35 artists to make an in-depth exploration of six typical neighbourhoods in Ghent and to come up with artistic proposals that interact with the different communities in various ways. The curators took the time to select surprising, meaningful and hidden locations in the wider city centre of Ghent and invited artists who have an affinity with the thematic context of the various places. The selected artists use the local reality as a fertile source of inspiration to reflect upon the city and the contemporary human condition in a global light. The results of their explorations are not simply traditional works of art, but artistic projects with an intense relationship with the city and its inhabitants that will leave permanent traces.
ARTISTS
Lara Almarcegui
Pawel Althamer
Sven Augustijnen
Massimo Bartolini
Johanna Billing
John Bock
Michaël Borremans
Mike Bouchet
Christoph Büchel
Peter Buggenhout
Mircea Cantor
Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset
Cerith Wyn Evans
Cao Fei
Peter Fischli & David Weiss
Cyprien Gaillard
Mekhitar Garabedian
Christina Hemauer & Roman Keller
Tadashi Kawamata
Alon Levin
Bart Lodewijks
Emilio López-Menchero
Mark Manders
Teresa Margolles
Tatzu Nishi
Ahmet Öğüt
Tobias Putrih
Kateřina Šedá
Superflex
Pilvi Takala
Javier Téllez
Tercerunquinto
Benjamin Verdonck
Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan
Erik Van Lieshout
Danh Vo
Lawrence Weiner