GALERIE UTOPIA
STALACTICA
Quincaillerie Vander Eycken 66 rue du Viaduc, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles)
Exceptionally open on the occasion of Art Brussels, Thu 24 – Sun 27 April 10 am to 6 pm


Saâdane Afif, Maurizio Anzeri, Aaron Aujla, John Baldessari, Roger Ballen, Davide Balula, Charles Baudelaire, Hilla and Bernd Becher, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Olivia Berckemeyer, Ghyslain Bertholon, Matthias Bitzer, John Bock, Melanie Bonajo, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Marcel Broodhaers, Jonas Burgert, Étienne Chambaud, Pauline Curnier- Jardin, Salvador Dali, Lionel Estève, Bernard Frize, Sara Glaxia, Lori Hersberger, Andreas Golder, Philipp Goldscheyder, Franz Graf, Gregor Hildebrandt, Melissa Ichiuji, Adrien Missika, Ekaterina Juskowski, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Kristof Kintera, Kolkoz, Terence Koh, Michael Kunze, Thomas Lerooy, Vincent Mauger, Marcel Marien, Alexej Meschtschanow, Isa Melsheimer, Klaus Mettig, Theo Michael, G.P. Monroe, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Jürgen Ots, Kirsten Pieroth, Daniel Richter, Henning Rogge, Brie Ruais, Benjamin Sabatier, Santiago Sierra, Jean Tinguely, Alexandros Tzannis, Guido van der Werve, Paul van Hoeydonck, Jannis Varelas, Costa Vece, Andy Warhol, Yarisal & Kublitz

Preview + Bar Open
Tuesday April 22, 5 pm to 9 pm, (rsvp to mail@galerieutopia.com)

Opening + Bar Open
Wednesday April 23, 5 pm to 9 pm, (rsvp to mail@galerieutopia.com)

Dinner Performance + Party
«Les Nourritures Terrestres » by Samuel Boutruche (Kolkoz), James Henry (chef from the Bones, Paris), Svante Forstrop (independent cook, Paris) - Only by reservation - 65 EUR, Friday April 25, 9.30 pm, (rsvp to info@ramapano.com)

STALACTICA Party (List & doorman)
Friday April 25, midnight until late, (rsvp to info@ramapano.com)

Opening Hours
April 25 until April 27 2014 10 am to 6 pm

Location
Quincaillerie Vander Eycken 66, rue du Viaduc
1050 Ixelles
Brussels

http://ramapano.com
http://galerieutopia.com

In collaboration with and with the kind support of
Atelier uto, Olivia Battard, Hecham Bouliez, Galerie Clearing, Moses Guez, Collection Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Clemens Gunzer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Thanh Lam, Collection Patrick Letovsky, Collection Vincent Matthu, Jean-Philippe Notterman, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Rabo Art Collection, Galerie Almine Rech, Collection Ariel Roger-Paris, Collection Ronald Rozenbaum, Collection Alain Servais, Collection Pascaline Smets, Stevenson Gallery, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer

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About Galerie Utopia

Galerie Utopia is a module fed by a group of artists, curators and others concerned with notions of access, involvement and intervention.
Galerie Utopia promotes contributions that critically and sensually confront existential phenomena.

(Initiated in April 2007 as GALERIE IM REGIERUNGSVIERTEL by the artist Tjorg Douglas Beer in the Government Quarter, i.e., the „Regierungsviertel“ next to the Federal Press Center and the Parliament in Berlin.)

Since April 2007 Galerie Utopia has realised different exhibitions in Europe and the US, i.e. GINNUNGAGAP/PAVILLION OF BELIEF, Venice, THE FOUR HORSEMEN/DIE RAND COOPERATION, Berlin, Torini, THE END WAS YESTERDAY, Berlin, Innsbruck, THE FORGOTTEN BAR PROJECT, Berlin, Milan, Turin, Stockholm, NARCOTICA, Basel, ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS at No Soul For Sale / X-INITIATIVE, New York, DEFENDING OUR VALUES Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria, THE GREEN VALLEY DISASTER at No Soul For Sale, TATE modern London, RESPONSOLIDARITY REMAP3 Athens. In 2010 Galerie Utopia has realised the 1st BERLIN KREUZBERG BIENNALE called AYRAN & YOGA.

For the Re-opening of the Palais de Tokyo in September 2012 Galerie Utopia realised the exhibition the Garden of Eden including about 150 international artists and a changing program of performances, screenings and exhibitions during the time of the exhibition.

The second edition of The Berlin Kreuzberg Biennale was presented at Palais de Tokyo as well as at Open Museum / Hamburger Kunsthalle in September 2012.

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About Tjorg Douglas Beer

Tjorg Douglas Beer was born 1973 in Lübeck and raised in Hamburg. He studied in Hamburg at Hochschule für Bildende Künste. Since then his work has been shown internationally in museums and galleries e.g. at Kunstverein Hamburg, Weserburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst Bremen, Project Space Kunsthalle Wien, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, Tate Modern, London, X-Initiative, New York, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Remap3+4 Athens, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, basedinberlin, Neue Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Beer has had solo exhibitions e.g. at Kunsthaus Hamburg, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Institute for Modern Art Nuremberg, Contemporary Art Institute Sapporo, Arizona State University Art Museum, Mitchell- Innes & Nash, New York. His work is part of some of the most prestigious private collections in Europe and the US. (i.e.: Melva Bucksbaum New York, Margulies Collection, Miami, Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weithorn, New York, CAP Collection, Southhampton, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, NY)

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About Ramapano

Anissa Touati has created Romapano in 2013, a space where she has organised and produced exhibitions and installations in France, Japan, Italy and United States. The main point is to consider a world as a « layer territory « without any borders on which we move to organise shows, performances, events in or out art space, free as we could do.

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About Anissa Touati

Born in France in 1981, Anissa Touati is an independent curator. From 2012 until now, she developed videoprograms, installations & exhibitions including “Lost and Found” and “MiddEast evening” at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, - “Luna Park” – an installation by Kolkoz on the occasion of Art Basel Miami with the support of Perrotin gallery – “UBIK” , a public art project presented by Galeria OMR on the occasion of Zona Maco Mexico, - “Yodeling Circus” (in association with the Chalet Society) during the last Venice Biennale’s opening, - “Under the Volcano”, a group exhibition in Nara (Japan) and “Babylon, Baby” a videoprogram during the Berlin Art Week in Germany (in association with Galerie Utopia).
She does speeches at Université de Paris, Audencia & Sothebys Institute London.
Her projects are monitored by the international press and were relayed in The Independent, The Huffington Post, Le Figaro, El Mondo,The Art Newspaper, Flash Art, Monopol, BlouinArt, Whitewall M19 etc

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About Nanda Janssen - Videoprogram

Nanda Janssen is a Dutch curator and writer. She writes and blogs for Dutch art magazines like Museumtijdschrift and Kunstbeeld. She developed the exhibitions ‘Material World’ (2013) for Nest in The Hague, ‘Afterlife – Art About our Final Destination’ for an Amsterdam cemetery (2011), ‘Carried Away - Procession in Art’ for the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (2008) and ‘Changez! een Belgenshow’, solo exhibitions of Bruno Peinado, Wendy Morris, Het Harde Potlood and various solo shows of young Dutch artists for 21rozendaal, Enschede (2008-2010).

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About the Dinner performance - Les Nourritures Terrestres

Dinner performance «Les Nourritures Terrestres » by Samuel Boutruche (Kolkoz), James Henry (chef from the Bones, Paris), Svante Forstrop (chef from Les deux Amis, Paris) - Only by reservation - 65 euros

« The negative does not have to be specifically related to silver photography.
The settlement of humankind has started through the negative. The cave was hollowed out from the rock before becoming a construction springing from it.
The refinement of cooking and the history of the oven went through a "negative shape" period too. We can still find contemporary examples in the form of the barbacoa in Mexico, the hagis in New Zealand and the boodog in Mongolia. All these processes have in common the heat's transfer from the fire to the stones and the use of the soil's ground as insulation. It is this particular combination of mineral and telluric substances as much as the interest in the minimal and the essential that I share with chefs James Henry and Svante Forstorp. » Samuel Boutruche

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About Samuel Boutruche

Samuel Boutruche is one of the member of the french art duo Kolkoz who have a network internationally and are known for their artistic practise, interventions in performance, installation, nomadic sculpture and sound. They are founding members of La Clique, hosts to the artworld and dance-floors around the world they have invented a language through music and culture that is unparalleled with their social sculpture ‘le baron’. They have been celebrated for their contribution to contemporary art and social libations and exhibited in Mexico City, Paris, New York, Dubai and participated in a panel discussion on the social aspects of art -in a relatively progressive science experiment and sound lecture with Simon De Pury.
Represented by Galerie Perrotin (Paris, Hong-Kong, New-York), one of the most influential French galleries in the industry, Kolkoz has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in UCCA Beijing, Wentrup (Berlin), Perrotin (Paris) and OMR (Mexico City) Gallery, at The Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Fondation Ricard, BASS Museum (Miami). Their artwork has been acquired for the collection of public institutions at Beaubourg Centre Pompidou and The Museum of Modern Art of Paris in Paris, France, the Fond National d ́Art Contemporain in Bordeaux, France, and Colección Jumex in Mexico City, Mexico. Their work has also been acquired for private collections in France, England, Mexico, Argentina, and Dubai.

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About James Henry, chef from the Bones, Paris

It's been about a year since Australian chef James Henry opened the doors to his first restaurant in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Bones — which, true to its name, is stripped down in both vibe and menu — was a highly anticipated arrival thanks to Henry's reputation and resume. The chef had gotten his start in Paris cooking at Daniel Rose's Spring and later captured the attention of Parisian diners with a turn at Au Passage.

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About Svante Forstrop, chef from le Nüba, Paris

Svante Forstorp is from Scandinavian origin and has shaped his gipsy palate from kitchens of Rome, Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Paris. He holds a jazzy approach to cooking and believes that the greatest acts of a meal are performed spontaneously, under high pressure. Also, whatever the circumstances might be, when personality shines through food, he is happy. Svante loves olive oil and citrus.