EX-MÊKH summer-BBQ

Last friday EX-MÊKH organised it’s summer-BBQ on a beautiful summer evening. Plans for our coming exhibition at Platforms Project in Athens were elaborated and we start to realise that EX-MÊKH exists almost 20 years. We stayed out very late with a rather moderate but excellent meal and lots of wine!

Teaser

For 2024 EX-MÊKH decided to also take part in Platforms Project 2024 in Athens (GR). The whole set up of this fair for independant art platforms and exhibition spaces has changed. From now on it will be multi-disciplinary including theatre, music and dance. The venue, which used to be at the Art School of Athens, has also changed to Keramikos if I understand well. This is an interesting change to us so we applied and we were accepted. The organisation asked us for a picture to put iwn the catalogue. We talked about our intentions for this occasion and we unaminously chose for an installation build by the three of us. We decided to make a work together in one of our studio’s. You can see the result underneath. It is based on the idea of idea’s, objects, text, and image washing up at a beach to inspire unexpected connections. It depicts an organic image of what EX-MÊKH is.

EX-MÊKH: on MÊKH-beach 10 April, 2024

Hybrid Art Fair 2024, evaluation

EX-MÊKH finished their exhibition at the Hybrid Art Fair 2024 with satisfaction. We were excited about the reception of our work and the way we presented it was very much appreciated. You can see pictures of the exhibition here! We met a lot of interesting people, some of whom were interested in presenting our work in Magazines or in galleries in Menorca or Las Palmas. We will see where that will lead us.

The welcome drinks after setting up the exhibition

Our stay in Madrid was very inspiring. We visited several exhibitions: Ulla von Brandenburg in the Palacio de Vélazquez, The Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, The Prado again, Kees visited ARCO 2024 and the three of us visited the Reina Sofia Museum with a surprisingly interesting exhibition of Carlos Saura (post will soon follow in the blog). It was a very intense and awarding week!

Publicity

Coming weekend EX-MÊKH will leave for Madrid to take part in the Hybrid Art Fair. Yesterday our new folders and a booklet in our growing series of EX-MÊKH printwork arrived. As usual this form of EX-MÊKH publicity has been designed by our secret EX-MÊKH participant Ben Faydherbe.

A folder and the booklet
The EX-MÊKH Collection

Teasers

EX-MÊKH is preparing for the Hybrid Art Fair and experimenting with their materials. Here, by means of teasers, some try-outs by Kees Koomen who is looking for a interesting way to present his series of New Encounters. This theme is part of the Malieveld project in which the artist walks from his studio to the Malieveld. On the way there he gets intrigued by people he meets. Arriving on the Malieveld he describes these people and sends the description to himself. Once home, he paints what has seen and in oilpaint on stone paper. You can follos this project on Instagram under the name Malieveld invites:

I imagine them talking French inside
I imagine them talking French inside
Inti Baladi
Inti Baladi