Through the Looking Glass

Exhibition Activities Artworks
Activities Artworks
Inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown, Garage Rotterdam created a group exhibition in its window featuring work by Silvia B., Antye Guenther, Steven Maybury, Jochem Rotteveel, Olivier Scheffer and Lavinia Xausa. In this exhibition, entitled Through the Looking Glass, the fragility of life is unfurled through the eyes of art. This frailty reveals itself on many levels, such as health and the security of work and income, but also the delicate world order, with its rising tensions both within and between countries. We are living in the Anthropocene, an age shaped by humankind, and yet nowadays we feel more like pinballs. The six Rotterdam-based artists use their work to reflect upon these inauspicious times, and in doing so transform the gallery window into a bizarre universe in which the world is turned upside down.
19 Jun - 19 Jul 2020
UNLOCKED/RECONNECTED: Steven Maybury

Garage Rotterdam is part of Unlocked / Reconnected with the work 7 Allen Park Drive (2020) by Steven Maybury.

Steven Maybury; ‘I carry around a key that I consider to be my family home’s key, changing it from key chain to key chain for many years. For a home that doesn’t exist anymore. Last January I found myself noticing the key once more in my hand and felt a very real urge to use it again. This resulted in commissioning a locksmith to make a lock backwards from the key, just so I was able to feel the sensation of turning it once more.’

19 Jun - 19 Jul 2020
19 Jun: 10:00
Garage Rotterdam
19 Jun 2020
Exclusive opening | Through the Looking Glass

You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition Through the Looking Glass on Friday 19 June from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the doorstep at Garage Rotterdam. Silvia B., Jochem Rotteveel and Antye Guenther, among others, will be present to explain their work. Olivier Scheffer, better known as the Wild Pruner, prunes his work on the spot.

Registration is required and can be done via info@garagerotterdam.nl

Do you have flu-like symptoms or cold symptoms? Stay home, we look forward to welcoming you another time!

The exhibition can be viewed day and night from the street from Friday to 19 July.

19 Jun: 16:00
Garage Rotterdam