Public Program
Artist Talk: Aernout Mik
28, Aug, 2015 (Fri) 16:00
Art Hall(B1)
Artist Talk: Aernout Mik
Art Sonje Center presents an Artist Talk by Dutch artist Aernout Mik in relation to the opening of his first solo exhibition Parallelities in Korea. Mik’s work expands the field of “moving pictures” as he crosses the boundary between performance, film, sculpting, and architecture. He produces a structure that reflects an exhibition venue, while installing a screen inside it to show his film. This installation method combines film and physical space, providing viewers with a unique physical and psychological experience as it blurs the border between an actual space and the virtual space in the film. Through the Artist Talk, Mik discusses in detail his unique installation method, and also introduces his previous works that will provide a deeper understanding of his art world.
About the Artist
Born in 1962, Groningen, Netherlands, Aernout Mik lives and works in Amsterdam. He studied at the Academie Minerva, Groningen, and Ateliers ’63, Haarlem, Netherlands. His most recent solo exhibitions include Communitas at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2013), and at the Folkwang Museum, Essen and Jeu de Paume, Paris (2012), as well as at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, The Museum of Kyoto, and other locations in Kyoto (2015), the Aichi Triennale (2013), Farbe bekennen-Was Kunst macht at MARTa Herford, Herford (2013), the 9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai (2012), Border Crossing, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense (2012), and Fotografie Total- Werke Aus Der Sammiung Des Mmk, Museum fur Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main (2012). Mik also represented the Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007).
*English-Korean translation provided.