THE ART OF SWIMMING (PhArt, WUNDERKAMMER)

PhArt is a rotating group of artists that irregularly organizes an exhibition about thinkers and writers. This time, it was Franz Kafka’s turn. Why? ‘We are admirers of his work; we are curious and want to show what his work does to us.’

Kafka’s body of work is fascinating but difficult to fathom. His life and work are closely intertwined, which comes across clearly in this exhibition. The works on display are as diverse as the group of artists themselves: assemblages, drawings, paintings and spatial works

“I can swim just like the others. Only I have a better memory than the others. I have not forgotten the former inability to swim. But since I have not forgotten it, being able to swim is of no help to me; and so, after all, I cannot swim.”

Artists Gerard Vroon, Peter Oosterhout, Helena Kaori Maeda & Frank Hietbrink, Katja Stam, Erica Roozendaal, Finn Moedt, Nanny Kok, Ellen Makkelie, Kyra Cramer, Janna Stieglis and Maarten van Schaik

Opening September 5 at 4 pm