Book Launch NEVER MIND Richard Deacon SOME TIME

This event celebrates the launch of the book on the exhibition SOME TIME by Richard Deacon at the Middelheim museum in Antwerp, Belgium (27.05-24.09.2017). Introduced by Sara Weyns (director Middelheim museum), the event will focus on the very motive for this exhibition: the re-fabrication of the site-specific art work Never Mind (1993) for the Middelheim museum. Gwynne Ryan (chief conservator Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington) will explore key issues on the re-fabrication of contemporary art. The artist, Richard Deacon, will elaborate on replication as a new (or a very old) method for production and the changed concept of authenticity, ranging from Japanese temples to the Sci-fi body Snatchers. Veerle Meul (collections manager Middelheim museum) will moderate this unique conversation about the transition zone between the art-making and the conservation of contemporary art. The launch will be held at 17:00h at the Middelheim museum at Antwerp (in the AVL Franchise Unit). From 15:00h onwards you already have the opportunity to visit the exhibition. Free entrance for both. http://www.middelheimmuseum.be/nl/activiteit/book-launch-never-mind-richard-deacon-some-time Richard Deacon : never mind : some time / Baere, De, Bart ; Bastiaens, Caroline ; Esche, Charles ; Kockelbergh, Iris ; Ryan, Gwynne ; Visch, Henk ; Weyns, Sara ; Middelheim museum. - Gent : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2017. - 128 p. : ill. - 9789081185394