De ZeeJewels of Light

25 oktober 2014 – 19 april 2015Oostende

Curatoren:Jan Hoet & Phillip Van den Bossche

Introductie

‘Jewels of Light’

Bron:William Blake(1757 – 1827), ‘To Thomas Butts’

Jacobs Ladder, of Jacobs Droom (detail): William Blake, illustratie in een bijbel, geschilderd voor

Thomas Butts, c. 1799-1807 (British Museum)

To my friend Butts I writeMy first vision of lightOn the yellow sands sittingThe sun was emittingHis glorious beamsFrom Heaven’s high streamsOver sea, over landMy eyes did expandInto regions of airAway from all careInto regions of fireRemotre from desireThe light of the morningHeaven’s mountains adorningIn particles brightThe jewels of lightDistinct shone and clearAmaz’d and in fearI each particle gazèdAstonish’d, amazèdFor each was a ManHuman-form’d. Swift I ranFor they beckon’d to meRemote by the seaSaying: ‘Each grain of sandEvery stone on the land

Each rock and each hillEach fountain and rillEach herb and each treeMountain, hill, earth and seaCloud, meteor, and starAre men seen afar.’I stood in the streamsOf Heaven’s bright beamsAnd saw Felpham sweetBeneath my bright feetIn soft Female charmsAnd in her fair armsMy Shadow I knewAnd my wife’s Shadow tooAnd my sister, and friendWe like infants descendIn our Shadows on earthLike a weak mortal birthMy eyes, more and moreLike a sea without shoreContinue expandingThe Heavens commandingTill the jewels of lightHeavenly men beaming brightAppear’d as One ManWho complacent began

My limbs to enfoldIn His Beams of bright goldLike dross purg’d awayAll my mire and my claySoft consum’d in delightIn His bosom sun-brightI remain’d. Soft He smil’dAnd I heard His voice mildSaying: ‘This is My foldO Thou ram horn’d with goldWho awakest from sleepOn the sides of the deepOn the mountains aroundThe roaring resoundOf the lion and wolfThe loud sea, and deep gulfThese are guards of My foldO Thou ram horn’d with gold!’And the voice faded mildI remain’d as a childAll I ever had knownBefore me bright shoneI saw you and your wifeBy the fountains of lifeSuch a vision to meAppear’d on the sea

Locaties

Locaties:1. Mu.ZEE

Locaties:1. Mu.ZEE

Théo Van Rysselberghe, Baadsters, 1920Mu.ZEE, Oostende

Locaties:2. Venetiaanse Gaanderijen

Locaties:2. Venetiaanse Gaanderijen

Louis Artan de Saint-Martin, Marine, z.d.Mu.ZEE, Oostende

Locaties:3. Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk

Marcel Broodthaers, Grande casserole de moules, 1966S.M.A.K., Gent

Locaties:3. Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk

Locaties:4. Ensorgalerij

Locaties:4. Ensorgalerij

David Claerbout, The Quiet Shore, 201129' 15" single channel video projection, black & white,

silent

Locaties:5. Fort Napoleon

Locaties:5. Fort Napoleon

Pino Pascali, Confluenze, 1967

Locaties:6. Beau Site

Locaties:6. Beau Site

Victor Servranckx, Haven – Opus 2, 1926Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gent

Locaties:6. Openbare ruimte

Locaties:6. Openbare ruimte

Daniel Buren, Le Vent souffle où il veut, 2009Beaufort03, Strand De Haan

Thema’s

Thema’s:1. Eb en vloed

Gustave Courbet, La mer orageuse dit aussi La Vague, 1870

Musée d’Orsay, Parijs

Thema’s:1. Eb en vloed

Lili Dujourie, Il fait dimanche sur la mer, 2009Mu.ZEE, Oostende

Thema’s:2. Mens en zee

Leon Spilliaert, De windstoot, 1904Mu.ZEE, Oostende

Thema’s:2. Mens en zee

James Ensor, Vrouw op golfbreker, 1880Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten

Antwerpen

Thema’s:3. Strandgenoegens

Jean Brusselmans, Strandzicht met baadsters, ca. 1935

Mu.ZEE, Oostende

Thema’s:3. Strandgenoegens

Francis Picabia, Voiles, 1911Privécollectie

Thema’s:4. Onder water

Paul Klee, The Goldfish, 1925Hamburger Kunsthalle

Thema’s:4. Onder water

Patrick Jolley & Reynold Reynolds, The Drowning Room, 2000

Thema’s:5. De visser

Vincent Van Gogh, Visser, 1883Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Vincent Van Gogh, Vissersvrouw, 1883Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Thema’s:5. De visser

Jacob Maris, Bomschuit op het Scheveningse strand, 1880-99

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Thema’s:6. De haven

Paul Signac, Le port de Rotterdam, 1907Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Thema’s:6. De haven

Constant Permeke, De haven van Oostende, 1921Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten Brussel

Thema’s:7. Symboliek en metaforen

Georgia O’Keeffe, Wave, Night, 1928Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy,

Andover (MA, USA)

Thema’s:7. Symboliek en metaforen

Odilon Redon, Guardian Spirit of the Waters, 1878The Art Institute, Chicago

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