Stedelijk Museum Annual Report 2012

Summary of Exhibitions
Permanent Collection
From September 23; ongoing
Works in Place
September 23–November 4
All selected from the museum’s collection, works by artists such as Carl Andre,
Rodney Graham, Joan Jonas, John Knight, Barbara Kruger, Steve McQueen,
Melvin Moti, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Struth, and Diana Thater, represented, in
various ways, how artists use space in their work.
Beyond Imagination: Proposals for Municipal Acquisitions 2011–2012
September 23–November 11
Participating artists were James Beckett, Eric Bell and Kristoffer Frick, Rossella
Biscotti, Eglé Budvytyté, Jeremiah Day, Christian Friedrich, Sara van der Heide,
Suchan Kinoshita, Susanne Kriemann, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Snejanka Mihaylova,
Rory Pilgrim, Falke Pisano, Julyka Rudelius, Fiona Tan, Jennifer Tee, Jan van
Toorn, Vincent Vulsma, and Andros Zins-Browne.
De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2011/The Best Dutch Book Designs 2011
October 17–November 25
MIKE KELLEY
December 15, 2012–April 1, 2013
At Locations Outside the Museum
Steve McQueen: Blues Before Sunrise
March 7–25
The Stedelijk Museum presented Blues Before Sunrise, an ambitious intervention
by the internationally acclaimed British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen, in
Amsterdam’s largest public park, the Vondelpark. For two weeks, all 275
streetlamps in the park emitted blue light instead of white, vividly transforming the
nighttime experience of Amsterdam’s most well-known urban green space. The city
council brought the project to a close sooner than planned, on March 20, citing
traffic safety reasons.
Collaboration with Holland Festival
The Stedelijk Museum and Holland Festival work closely together on projects that
unite music, theater, and visual art. In 2012, the program included the following:
Ancient Evenings
Musical workshop with Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler
June 9–10
The Stedelijk Museum invited artist Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler
to work on part of the soundtrack for Barney’s forthcoming film project Ancient
Evenings. Barney began Ancient Evenings in 2008 as a series of live performances
on location. During their stay in Amsterdam, Barney and Bepler explored a variety
of musical ideas for the feature film he will make of the live performances. The
results of the workshops in Amsterdam were presented in Theater Frascati by an
international cast of performers, actors, and singers.
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