Marinus Boezem part of group exhibition to celebrate 50 years of De Vleeshal
Marinus Boezem part of group exhibition to celebrate 50 years of De Vleeshal
Marinus Boezem is part of group exhibition 'Vleeshal Collectie On Tour' with Étude Gothique (1979) to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of De Vleeshal! The exhibition is open from 5 July. On 4 July there will be an opening party. Click here for more practical information.
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To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Vleeshal is collaborating with ArtBase Terneuzen and M HKA Antwerp on a special exhibition that will, for the first time, present the Vleeshal collection throughout the province of Zeeland.
Keep an eye on the Vleeshal and ArtBase websites and social media channels for more information about the exhibition and opening festivities!
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Marinus Boezem (1934)
Étude Gothique, 1979, pencil and ink, 76 x 52,5 cm
Courtesy the artist
*Text by Laurens Otto
Marinus Boezem:
On October 23, 1979, as evening fell, from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m., I recorded the sound of a colony of starlings flying back to the city, which perched like a black cloud in a tree on the Bellinkstraat [in Middelburg]. For weeks the noise had been so enervating for the nearby residents that they talked of nothing else. Commotion everywhere. I made an audio recording of this in real time, in which the chiming of the clock in the Lange Jan and the carillon are essential for experiencing the time. I experienced this whole process, the constant starting up of the birds, the audible movement of air by ten thousand birds, as a sculpture.”
Marinus Boezem’s work is deeply connected to Vleeshal. Just as Boezem has been a driving force behind the Vleeshal’s development through dozens of exhibitions and projects, so too has this late-Gothic space been a defining influence on his work. An oeuvre that revolves around the relationship between architecture and nature, and around freedom, space and immateriality. Gothic architecture remains a constant source of inspiration in this regard. As Boezem puts it in the documentary Hollandse Meesters in 2013: ’Gothic architecture is where the spirit, the power of the mind and creativity reside. The cathedral is a conceptual framework within which you can organise your thoughts.’
Image: Étude Gothique, 1979 by Marinus Boezem
Vleeshal Collectie On Tour
4 July - 13 September 2026
Markt 1, Middelburg
Publication date: 2 Jul '26