Starting from the philosophy of pragmatism that only what works is true, IKOB, SPACE Collection and BPS22 bring their collections together for the time of an exhibition. In a tense political and cultural climate, cultural institutions have to tinker, adapt themselves and take special measures to pursue their mission. In these situations, the pragmatism they must show is considered as a survival strategy in art and as a way of resistance. If the works of the three collections dialogue from a conceptual, stylistic and/or anecdotal point of view, it is above all the pragmatics associated with the constraints of the exhibition that guides their intermingling in a desire for efficiency.

with: Maria Thereza Alves, Jérôme Considérant, Dear Hunter, mounir fatmi, Benoît Félix, Jean-Guillaume Ferrée, Günther Förg, Kati Heck, Dirk Dietrich Hennig, Myriam Hornard, Djos Janssens, Sophie Langohr, Eva L’Hoest, Irmel Kamp, Jacques Lizène, Emilio López-Menchero, Sylvie Macías Díaz, Xavier Mary, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Cindy Sherman, Armand Simon, Johan Tahon, Raphaël Zarka

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Le Bulletin № 7 - Deutsche Ausgabe
Le Bulletin № 7 - English issue
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Exhibition view, IM GRUNDE IST ES SEHR PRAGMATISCH – The collections of BPS22, SPACE Collection and IKOB in dialogue, © IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art

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Exhibition view, IM GRUNDE IST ES SEHR PRAGMATISCH – The collections of BPS22, SPACE Collection and IKOB in dialogue, © IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art

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Exhibition view, IM GRUNDE IST ES SEHR PRAGMATISCH – The collections of BPS22, SPACE Collection and IKOB in dialogue, © IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art

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Exhibition view, IM GRUNDE IST ES SEHR PRAGMATISCH – The collections of BPS22, SPACE Collection and IKOB in dialogue, © IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art