With works from Anna, Stefano Calligaro, Dina Danish, Hendrik-Jan Hunneman, Rhoda Kellogg, Christopher Knowles, Marijn van Kreij and Isabel Nolan

“An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.” René Magritte in Words and Images, 1929

The Changing Appearance speaks of the ambiguity of artobjects and the ubiquity of this equivocalness. Ambiguity does not only reside in a work of art, but is also present in the eyes of the viewer and can be reinforced by the context in which a work is shown. The reception or the act of seeing, just like the object itself, is open-ended.

Although an art object has a desire to communicate and become an active part of the world, it doesn’t do this in an unambiguous way. It is multiple. In addition to the individualized ambiguity of objects, there exists the possibility of a network of relationships between art objects, and through exhibitions, thereby opening up new readings and meanings. Henri Matisse once said: "The object is an actor, a good actor can play a role in ten different pieces, an object can play a role in ten different images." Objects change through and while they interact with the context and objects around them.

The Changing Appearance is a reference to The Extended View, the previous exhibition, in which the emphasis was on visibility, the transformation within the artwork itself and the metamorphosis of the exhibition as a whole. In the text accompanying The Extended View the artist René Daniëls was quoted: “An exhibition is always part of a greater whole.” In line with this one might wonder: What is an exhibition and - for this presentation an even more important question - what is in that case the next exhibition?

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