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John KörmelingMinimaal Meten (Minimal Measuring)20223D print in plastic, wood20,1 x 98 x 42 cm
John KörmelingFruitstad (Fruit City)2021plastic, paper, pencil45 x 55 x 40 cm
John KörmelingTE KOOP2020 - 2022cotton, silkscreen
John KörmelingVogelobservatie Platform, Prins Hendrikzanddijk, Texel (Birdwatching Platform, Prins Hendrikzanddijk, Texel)2019scale model: plaster, iron wire, tempex and wood7 x 84 x 52 cm
John KörmelingVeiligheidspaviljoen, Knokke-Heist (Safety Pavilion, Knokke-Heist)2015 - 2019scale model: plaster, iron wire, wood19 x 51,2 x 32 cm
John KörmelingHi 8 Way2016
John KörmelingDrollie's Kamer (Drollie's Room)2015pencil on coloured paper21 x 29,7 cm
John KörmelingAltijd Zondag (Always Sunday)2014pencil on coloured paper21 x 29,7 cm
John KörmelingArtiesteningang opgedragen aan Menno Meewis (Artist's Entrance dedicated to Menno Meewis)2004 - 2012
John KörmelingDe Vierkante Auto (The Square Car)2010electronic engine, aluminum, plastic146,0 x 142,0 x 280,0 cm
John KörmelingPlushavenbrug in Tilburg2009scale model: iron, solder, multiplex18 x 90 x 60 cm
John KörmelingHappy Street, Pavilion of the Netherlands, World Expo 2010 Shanghai2007 - 2009iron, plaster, polystyrene, paint31,8 x 105,2 x 55,4 cm
John KörmelingEcht Iets Voor U (Toegangshuisje voor het Van Abbemuseum)2006
John KörmelingHi Ha2002LED lights, flashing lights, wiring, plastic, aluminiumvariable dimensions
John KörmelingDrive-In Wheel, Mobile Fun1999pencil on pape
John KörmelingWatertaxi, Hotel New York Rotterdam1999pencil on paper21,0 x 29,7 cm
John KörmelingParkeerkleed (Parking Carpet)1991carpet250 x 500 cm
John KörmelingNaar Huis (Home)1991iron36 x 128 x 17 cm
John KörmelingNog één (Another One)1990neon, iron52,5 x 201,0 x 9,3 cm
John KörmelingMijn eerste nog een (My First Another One)1990bra
John KörmelingGat in de Wolk (Hole in the Cloud)1989mixed media, polystyrene, iron75,0 x 200,0 x 120,0 cm
John KörmelingHollandpan1988irondiameter: 26,0 x 42,0 cm
John KörmelingHuis Buiten de Schaduwgrens, Muiderslot (House Outside the Shadow Limits, Muiderslot)1989scale model: plaster, iron, iron wire and styrofoam80,0 x 29,5 x 25,0 cm
John KörmelingGlass Bridge, Ponte dell'Academia, Venice1985scale model: glass, plexi dome, marble and blue limestone21,5 x 65,0 x 21,0 cm
John Körmeling has designed the entrance hall of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Compagnie O architects studio and John Körmeling have designed a surveillance pavilion in Knokke, Belgium.
OPEN RAAM LLS PALEIS
LLS Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium March 22 - July 5, 2020
HAPPY STREET Pavilion of the Netherlands, World Expo 2010 Shanghai
Shanghai, China May 1 - October 31, 2010
John Körmeling, b. 1951 in Amsterdam (NL), lives and works in Eindhoven (NL).
Realizations by John Körmeling are always situated at the crossroads of architecture, art, design and urban planning. He approaches art and architecture in an unorthodox way: his works are characterized by idealism and wit. Körmeling is challenged by urban problems regarding space, housing and mobility, for which he tries to find creative and artistic solutions. He practises a kind of ‘conceptual’ architecture that cannot be reduced to a single realm of thought and which he develops and formulates with irony. He is capable of making complex matters very clear and often exposes the absurdity of situations.
John Körmeling designed the Dutch Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Titled Happy Street, the pavilion consisted of twenty-six small elevated buildings, designed after various Dutch architectural styles, along a main pedestrian strip that curved in a figure eight. Each house was a mini pavilion in itself, exploring themes such as energy, water, space and other urban issues to achieve a ‘Better city, Better life’.
John Körmeling has had solo exhibitions at De Pont (Tilburg), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), The Power Plant (Toronto), LLS Paleis (Antwerp) and M HKA (Antwerp).
John Körmeling has participated in the Setouchi Triennale (2016), the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea (2005) and the Moscow Biennale (2007). His work has featured in group shows at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), M HKA (Antwerp), Kunstenfestival Watou (Poperinge) and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).
John Körmeling joined the gallery in 1983.
Zeno X Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a series of exhibitions that shed light on the different decades of the gallery. From 5 February, '40 YEARS Zeno X Gallery: The Eighties' presents the four artists who joined the gallery in the 1980s: John Körmeling (1981), Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (1982), Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (1986) and Raoul De Keyser (1988). Early works enter into dialogue with recent works created specially for the exhibition. In the early years, the gallery’s main focus was on architecture and installation art.
Patrick Van Caeckenbergh first showed Teddie (1989) at his Wunderbar exhibition in the gallery in 1989. This early installation problematizes the word ‘huidskleur’ (skin colour). For Van Caeckenbergh, the label ‘vleeskleur 374’ (flesh tint 374) on a pot of light-pink paint reveals the one-sided Eurocentric way of looking at skin colour. The teddy bear is like an explorer, showing off his conquests on a typical billboard from the 1980s. The bear looks cuddly but is actually a dangerous animal: Teddie ‘loves’ the different types of people, but also wants to oppress and dominate them.
Le Secrétaire (collection de peaux) (2018–2022) [The Secretaire (Skin Collection)] is a desk drawer containing a collection of ‘skins’. Van Caeckenbergh collected the skins over the past five years by cutting rectangular shapes out of porn magazines. He always selects rectangles that no longer contain any references to the human body; censorship is a form of therapy that allows him to deal with the ‘gruesome’ visual reality of pornography. He then presents the ‘skins’ as stamps or on a staff. The image of the human tendon shows that all bodies, regardless of skin tone, look the same on the inside.
For Het Muziekbos (Het Weeftapijt) (2021) [The Musical Forest (The Woven Carpet)], Patrick Van Caeckenbergh cut up a photographic print of an investment forest and interwove it with a colour fan from a paint shop. The colours refer to the different types of birds. To the right of the woven carpet is an overview of the birds and their (phonetic) sounds. The work is a tribute to French composer and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen, who saw colours when he heard certain sounds or musical chords (synaesthesia).
John Körmeling presented Wortelmodellen (1983) [Root Models] during his first exhibition at Zeno X Gallery in 1983. The iron tubes represent the measurements 1 to the square root of 7. In this series of Wortelmodellen, the ribs and diagonals are always roots times a single unit. To this day, this measuring system is a starting point for Körmeling’s architectural projects, which include the bicycle shed fiets&stal in Scheveningen and the work Minimaal Meten (2021) [Minimal Measuring]. Körmeling’s designs and realizations look for correspondences between art and architecture, but also urban planning and design, and always with a sense of perspective and humour.
In Fruitstad (2021) [Fruit City], each piece of fruit is given a number of windows or a door, turning the fruit basket, by definition, into a city. In this exhibition, Körmeling also presents models of realized projects, such as Vogelobservatie platform [Birdwatching Platform] in Texel and Veiligheidspaviljoen [Safety Pavillion] in Knokke (in cooperation with Compagnie-O Architecten). His design for a glass bridge in Venice was not realized. He created the sculpture Huis Buiten de Schaduwgrens (1989) [House Outside the Shadow Line] for a fund-raiser on behalf of children who require constant sunlight.
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven held her first exhibition at Zeno X Gallery in 1982. To celebrate forty years of collaboration, a large solo exhibition, Placenta Saturnine Bercail, featuring old and new work, is being held at the gallery in Borgerhout. At Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South, she shows the early work Ectoplasma (1991), part of a series of four works on doors. Each work in this series depicts a kind of striptease: half hidden behind a door set ajar, duplicated by a mirror, or open like a fan. In the work Duality – Theorem (2015–16), Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven explores the tension between word and image. She places different layers of material on top of each other, just like in her recent images of women on Plexiglas.
Raoul De Keyser was the first painter to join Zeno X Gallery in 1988. Both Untitled (Le miroir de ...) (1988) [The Mirror of...] and Untitled (1987) date from the early years of the collaboration. Taking the surrounding reality as his starting point, De Keyser investigates the material and technical possibilities of painting. For instance, many of his paintings are inspired by the chalk lines of the football pitch he can see from his studio. This recognizable motif, which also appears in Untitled (Le miroir de...), is further reduced to single, double or crossed lines that relate to the pictorial space in constantly changing constellations. Colour becomes a subject in its own right in his work, as seen in Untitled (1987). The visible brushstrokes break through the monochrome and bring tension, tactility and sensitivity to the work.
Photo: Annemarie LipsCourtesy the artist and Pennings FoundationInstallation view
Patrick Van CaeckenberghTeddie1988 - 1989mixed mediavariable dimensions
Patrick Van CaeckenberghHet Muziekbos (Het Weeftapijt) (The Musical Forest [The Woven Carpet])2021mixed media
Patrick Van CaeckenberghLe secrétaire (collection de peaux) (The Secretary [Collection of Skins])2018 - 2022wood, paper on cardboard, print, metal, curtain tassel, porcelain, wooden shelvesvariable dimensions
Raoul De KeyserUntitled (Le miroir de) (Untitled [The Mirror of...])1988oil on canvas70 x 50 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenEctoplasma (Ectoplasm)1991silkscreen paint and plastic foil on Trovicel, mounted on wood with iron hinges2 x (201 x 83 x 4,2 cm)
Raoul De KeyserUntitled1987oil on canvas48 x 30 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenDuality - Theorem2015 - 2016mixed media30 x 20,5 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - AntwerpInstallation view
Photo: Ria PacquéeCourtesy the artist and Zeno X GalleryInstallation view
Photo: Yasuchi IchikawaCourtesy the artistInstallation view
Susan HartnettOct. 8 2011 #3, Blue-joint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettNov. 25 2011 #2, Blue lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettOct. 18 2011 #2, Blue-joint grass (calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettDec. 12 2011 #1, Blye lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
John KörmelingNew Friend, Maasplein Utrecht1995pencil on paper29,7 x 21,0 cm
John KörmelingAutovrije Stad2002pencil on paper29,7 x 21,0 cm
John KörmelingBetter City, Better Life, Happy Street - Het Interieur is Buiten2006pencil on paper30,0 x 42,5 cm
John KörmelingMotel Vianen2012pencil on paper21,0 x 29,7 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2013charcoal on paper12,3 x 16,5 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy from Just Married Machine2014charcoal and pastel on paper26,5 x 65 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2014charcoal on paper54,8 x 27,2 cm
John KörmelingSociale Weg (Socialized Road)2001pencil on paper29,7 x 21 cm
John KörmelingHet Nederlands Paviljoen 2010, Happy Street2006pencil on paper30 x 52 cm
Jack WhittenRadiator Drawing #22010graphite on rice paper49,5 x 68,5 cm
Jack WhittenRadiator Drawing #32010graphite on rice paper49,5 x 68,5 cm
Jack WhittenSyntax #112010dry pigment on rice paper17,1 x 59,7 cm
Jack WhittenSyntax #122010dry pigment on rice paper15,9 x 62,2 cm
Marlene DumasJ.H.1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 14 cm
Luc TuymansGood Advice2014gouache on paper40,4 x 29,7 cm
Luc TuymansAllo!2014watercolour on paper11 x 80,5 cm
Luc TuymansThunderbirds2014pastel on paper29,5 x 17 cm
Luc TuymansPanel2014gouache on paper42 x 29,7 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2013charcoal on paper12 x 15 cm
Jan De MaesschalckLes Doublures (The Understudies)2014acrylic on paper47 x 65 cm
Jan De MaesschalckLooking Back2014acrylic on paper55 x 36,5 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (Long Distance Call)2014acrylic on paper43 x 36,7 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (In Memoriam Card)2014acrylic on paper40 x 36,5 cm
Jan De MaesschalckTale of Chivalry2014acrylic on paper42,4 x 33 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper72,4 x 54 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper98 x 76,9 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper61,8 x 74,9 cm
Johannes KahrsOT (Plan)2013graphite on paper51 x 51 cm
Marlene DumasPoging 8 tot het Verbeelden van Jan Hoet1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 13,5 cm
Marlene DumasPortret Jan Hoet1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 14,7 cm
Marlene DumasPortret voor JH1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 15 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - Antwerp
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, AntwerpInstallation view
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy the artist and Zeno X GalleryInstallation view
Patrick Van CaeckenberghOntwerp voor Fluitketel (Design for Singing Teakettle)1999collage58,5 x 35 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghZelfportret (Self-portrait)1999collage56 x 38 cm
Cristof YvoréLe tapis d'Edward1993oil on canvas33,5 x 31 cm
Marlene DumasGive the People What They Want1992oil on canvas40 x 30 cm
Luc TuymansDer Diagnostische Blick IV1992oil on paper57 x 38 cm
Yun-Fei JiThe Water Buffalo2006mineral pigment on rice paper33 x 32,8 cm
Anton CorbijnBjörk, Los Angeles1994gelatin silver print handprinted on oriental Seagull paper (edition of 20)68 x 69 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.D.F.-B.E.-032003gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanHinge #12006ultrachrome inkjet print on Fuji photo rag paper mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)49 x 36 cm
Mark MandersFragment from Self-Portrait as a Building1986 - 1992painted bronze, mixed media (1 of 3)variable dimensions
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenHomo Bulla1983 - 1984acrylic on plexi, mounted on steel plate100,3 x 201,5 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghSchildpad (Turtle)1990turtle shell, mixed media15 x 20 x 30 cm
Michaël BorremansThe Resemblance2006oil on canvas2 x (36 x 42 cm)
Michaël BorremansWeight200535mm, 9'44", continuous loop (edition of 3 + 1 AP)35,5 x 27,5 x 4 cm
Miriam CahnKrieg1998oil on canvas(90,5 x 56,8) + (105 x 60,5) cm
Raoul De KeyserDisaster2006charcoal, oil and gesso on canvas56 x 48 cm
Raoul De KeyserFlow2006oil on canvas36 x 30 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2002acrylic on paper27,3 x 36 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2003acrylic on paper27 x 35,7 cm
Stan DouglasRookery, Burnaby2001C-print (edition of 7)125 x 171 cm
Marlene DumasTina2006oil on canvas110 x 130 cm
Marc GoethalsUntitled1986oil on canvas18 x 24 cm
Kees GoudzwaardScreen2006oil on canvas120 x 80 cm
Mary HeilmannJohngiorno1995oil on canvas196 x 146 cm
Arturo HerreraUntitled (Dia Collage)1998mixed media on paper30,5 x 22,8 cm
Yun-Fei JiTwo Men with Bags2006mineral pigment on rice paper50,5 x 39,5 cm
Kim JonesUntitled (war drawing)2005 - 2006pencil on paper63,6 x 96,3 cm
Johannes Kahrsuntitled (origine du monde)1997charcoal and pastel on paper118 x 84 cm
Johannes KahrsMik's hand2005oil on canvas52 x 62 cm
John KörmelingMeeting point2005scale model, metal11 x 38 x 20 cm
Bernd LohausUntitled1984wooden crate with silver paper44,5 x 35 x 6 cm
Mark MandersFragment from Self-Portrait as a Building1993mixed media(12 x 90 x 15,5 cm) + (24,5 x Ø11,5 cm) + (12,5 x Ø10 cm)
Arno Nollendoped at anna's Barcelona2002colour photograph (edition of 5)45,5 x 30 cm
Arno NollenTrainingsjasje2004colour photograph (edition of 5)45 x 30 cm
Avery PreesmanUntitled2000wood, concrete95 x 70 x 45 cm
Gert Robijns26 x 26 alphabet1985mixed media32,5 x 110 x 130 cm
Jenny ScobelMackerel Sky2006graphite, watercolour and wax on gessoed wood107 x 61 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood161 x 41 x 53 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood160 x 70 x 31 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood160 x 49 x 48 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1992book sculpture with house20 x 37 x 25 cm
Maria SerebriakovaLandscape2006oil on wood45 x 35 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-121)black and white photograph16,8 x 12,4 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-133)black and white photograph17,9 x 7,9 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-199)gelatin silver print27,2 x 19,6 cm
Luc TuymansImperméable2006oil on canvas224 x 94 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenRewritten, It Was Later to Become2005digital print, plexi and Forex41 x 75 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenChippendale (Angel in the House)2005digital print, plexi and Forex35 x 75 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenRewritten, It Was Later to Become2005Lambda print integrated in plexi lightbox41 x 75 x 14,5 cm
Cristof YvoréUntitled2006oil on canvas68,5 x 86 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp25 years Zeno X Gallery - installation view
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium Museum Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
“Entrée Depot Boijmans in Rotterdam is een echte John Körmeling-plek” www.ed.nl, article by Rob Schoonen (online) March 2022
“Knokke, a flamboyant pavilion watches over the beach” Domusweb, article by Romina Totaro (online) June 2020
“Waarom is het niet altijd kermis? – John Körmeling gooit het raam van LLS Paleis in Antwerpen wijd open” De Standaard, article by Jozefien Van Beek (online) June 2020
“John Körmeling: ‘Ik ben allesbehalve een ontregelaar’. De architect en kunstenaar over zijn werk en nieuwste project: een volkomen rechte weg” Volkskrant, article by Karolien Knols (online) October 2017
“No-nonsensedesign. John Körmeling” Eos, no.2, article by Lex Veldhoen (p.90-93) February 2015
Winnipeg Plug-In-EndWinnipeg, Canada, 200291 pages, ISBN 0921381220
Centraal Museum UtrechtUtrecht, Netherlands, 199475 pages, ISBN 9073285283