2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Hofland0/2/1Jeanine HoflandContemporary ArtJeanine HoflandDe Clercqstraat 62NL-1052 NJAmsterdamT +31 20 753 1596M +31 62 434 3290mail@jeaninehofland.nlwww.jeaninehofland.nlSolo Show at LISTE:Feiko Beckers, 1983, NLOther Artists of the Gallery:Pim Blokker, NLRebecca Digne, FRJasper Hagenaar, NLRumiko Hagiwara, JPMichael James Jones, CAMaarten Overdijk, NLFeiko BeckersNo chanceof successwhatsoever, 201360 × 90 cmC-print on aluminumFeiko BeckersThree options,2011, still fromperformance,Rijksakademie, 201160 × 90 cmC-print on aluminumPhotography: RoyTaylor90 / 91Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art isproud to present a solo project by Dutch artistFeiko Beckers (1983, NL). In his videos andperformances Beckers both recountsand stages autobiographical stories with theparticipation of actual members of his familyand friends. These stories revolve aroundpersonal failures, accidents and embarrass -ments he once experienced himself.His work is an attempt to find answers tothe unexpected and relentless nature ofthese unfortunate events. He either createsexistential solutions for the most trivial ofproblems or trivial answers for life’s biggerquestions.Beckers works within the genre ofperformance and executes this in threedifferent manners in his art practice:live performances with an audience,staged videos without the presence of anaudience and prop-like objects thatplay an important role in both his videosand live performances. At LISTE 18Beckers will show three different worksthat emphasize these different waysof approaching the genre.First of all ‘No chance of successwhatsoever’, a live performance about shamethat Beckers will execute in the boothwith the help of his father alongside a tablelikesculpture, used as a prop inthe performance. Secondly the videoperformance‘Slow and Gradual’, about thedifficulties with saying goodbye to people,will be shown on a monitor. And thirdlythe reinterpretation of the performance‘Advantages and Disadvantages’, about theadvantages and disadvantages of loneliness,will be shown. This performance will bepresented in three different ways: with theprop that was used in the performance,with a photographic work and with anaudio recording of the actual performance,but purposively without any video or livereenactment of the performance itself.Beckers was an artist in residence atthe Rijksakademie in Amsterdam (2010–2011)and currently at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyoin Paris. He performed at STUK(Leuven), De Appel (Amsterdam) andBeursschouwburg (Brussel).