Invitation Hareng Saur. Ensor and contemporary art. SMAK & MSK, Ghent.

INVITATION opening 30.10.2010
14.00 – 18.00
Hareng Saur: Ensor and contemporary art

The exhibition Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, a unique collaboration between the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.), opens on 30 October.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the festive opening taking place in both museums. The reception will be held at S.M.A.K., Citadelpark, Ghent, from 14.00 – 18.00.

This exhibition opens to the general public at 2pm with a performance by the Belgian artist Jozef Legrand, and will run in both museums from 31 October 2010 to 27 February 2011. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm.

More info: www.mskgent.be | www.smak.be

© Jozef Legrand

Join the parade

On the opening day of Hareng Saur, the Master will exchange his stylish residence in the MSK for a temporary residence in the S.M.A.K.. Feel free to accompany Ensor during this crossover by joining the festive, artistic procession led by Belgian artist Jozef Legrand, and have the chance of receiving an exclusive certificate of participation.

2 pm – Museum of Fine Arts, Citadelpark, 9000 Ghent.

Credits images: James Ensor, Death and the Masks, 1897, Oil on canvas, 78,5 x 100 cm, Liège, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain (MAMAC).Raymond Pettibon, No Title (On paper they), 2010, Pen, ink, acrylic and collage on paper; 44 x 32 inches (111.8 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy Gladstone Gallery Brussels.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTING ARTISTSEija-Liisa Ahtila
Pierre Alechinsky
Kai Althoff
Francis Alÿs
Carlos Amorales
Tiong Ang & Roy Villevoye
Richard Artschwager
Ali Banisadr
Huma Bhabha
Guillaume Bijl
Olaf Breuning
Cecily Brown
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Fia Cielen
George Condo
Leo Copers
Roberto Cuoghi
Thierry De Cordier
Alexandra Crouwers
Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys
Raoul De Keyser
Willem De Kooning
Jeremy Deller
Wim Delvoye
Nathalie Djurberg
Smadar Dreyfus & Lennaart Van Oldenborgh
Jean Dubuffet
Marlene Dumas
Sam Durant
Jimmie Durham
Andrea Fogli
Gelitin
Tatjana Gerhard
Vincent Geyskens
Subodh Gupta
Philip Guston
Daniel Guzman
Thomas Hirschhorn
Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum
Asger Jorn
Mike Kelley
Martin Kippenberger
Tomasz Kowalski
Elke Krystufek
Eugène Leroy
Jozef Legrand
Emilio López-Menchero
Rosilene Luduvico
Enrique Marty
Rene Magritte
Paul McCarthy
Jonathan Meese
Bruce Nauman
Albert Oehlen
Chris Ofili
Raymond Pettibon
Roger Raveel
Daniel Richter
Gerhard Richter
Pipilotti Rist
Ugo Rondinone
Thomas Schütte
Dana Schutz
Norbert Schwontkowski
Cindy Sherman
Helmut Stallaerts
Elly Strik
Koen Theys
Gert & Uwe Tobias
Luc Tuymans
Cy Twombly
Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
Phillippe Vandenberg
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
Wouter van Riessen
Jan Vercruysse
Angel Vergara
Franz West
Sue Willems
Sue Williams
Yang Jiechang
Jakub Julian Ziolkowski
Yun-Fei Ji
Thomas Zipp
Artur Zmijewski

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