The exhibition Positions focuses on art that has been created through collaboration. From 13 May to 24 September 2023, international and local groups of artists will engage in dialogue at the Van Abbemuseum. In the exhibition Everything worthwhile is done with other people, artists show the visitor that collectively we achieve more than on our own.
The exhibition brings together six collaborative practices as well as individual works by members of the collectives across ten rooms of the museum. They each work from their own discipline to present a range of works including a radio play, a temple full of flowers with medicinal properties, edible clay cakes, analogue film, and interactive installations. The participating artists are:
• Ellen Gallagher and Edgar Cleijne
• Metro54 & ABC Noorderlicht College
• NTU (Nolan Oswald Dennis, Tabita Rezaire and Bogosi Sekhukhuni)
• Olaniyi Studio (Yussef Agbo-Ola) and Amakaba (Tabita Rezaire): PITU: fertilization temple
• Subversive Film
• Jatiwangi art Factory (JaF)