Acht jaar na haar zeer succesvolle en veelgeprezen expositie In and Out of Fashion keert Viviane Sassen terug in Huis Marseille met de monumentale tentoonstelling Venus & Mercury, die alle zalen en ook de tuin van het museum in beslag neemt. Deze tentoonstelling ontstond in Versailles, waar Sassen nieuw werk creëerde geïnspireerd door diverse geschiedenissen rond de Franse hofhouding in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw. Zij verweefde deze verhalen tot een melancholisch narratief doordrenkt van erotiek, macht, intrige, ziekte, verval en dood. Speciaal voor Huis Marseille maakte Sassen een aantal nieuwe installaties, waaronder een gebaseerd op de bewonersgeschiedenis van het Amsterdamse grachtenpand.
Hieronder vindt u informatie met betrekking tot titel, jaartal en techniek van de werken (per zaal).
Eight years after her highly successful and acclaimed exhibition In and Out of Fashion, Viviane Sassen is returning to Huis Marseille with a monumental exhibition: Venus & Mercury, which occupies all fourteen galleries as well as the museum garden. The exhibition was born in Versailles, where Sassen created new work inspired by various accounts of the French royal court in the 17th and 18th centuries. She wove these stories into a melancholic narrative drenched in eroticism, power, intrigue, illness, decay, and death. Sassen also created a number of new installations especially for Huis Marseille, including one based on the residential history of this Amsterdam canal-side house.
Below you will find information about the works regarding title, date, and technique (per gallery).
401 Gang / Hallway

Pancrastinae #02
2019
Digital print on archival paper
401 Receptie / Reception

The Young One
2019–2020
Digital print on art paper, neon

Pancrastinae #01
2019
Digital print on archival art paper
401 Tuinzaal / Garden room

Leïla / Parterre du Midi
2019
Digital print on Luster paper, stabilo pen

Leïla
2019
Digital print on canvas

Le Maure & La Mauresque
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

Sweet tongue
2019
Digital print on art paper
401 Grote zaal / Large room
Venus & Mercury
2019
Video (loop, 20 min)
401 Lichthof / Light court

Secret Letter / Pink
2019
Digital print on canvas
401 Kleine zaal / Small room

Code / Nude
2019
Digital print on art paper

True Love
2019
Digital print on art paper, ink

Five Secrets
2019
Digital print on art paper

Code / Blue
2019
Digital print on art paper
401 Bovenzaal / Upper room

The Attempt / White
2019
Digital print on Luster paper, posca paint

Lily
2019
Projection

Équipe #01
2019
Digital print on art paper

Équipe #02
2019
Digital print on art paper
399 Bovenzaal / Upper room

Infinity
2019
Digital print on art paper

Madame Victoire #01
2019
Digital print on art paper

Madame Victoire #02
2019
Digital print on art paper
399 Grote zaal II / Large room II

Untitled (Braids)
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

Charline / Fumé
2019
Digital print on art paper, ink

Leg
2019
Digital print on art paper, posca paint

Silencio
2019–2020
Digital print on art paper, neon

Casino
2019
Digital print on art paper, ink

Charline & Leïla
2019
Digital print on art paper, posca paint, ink

Charline & Blanche
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

Mobile
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

Mimicry
2019
Digital print on art paper

Legging
2019
Digital print on art paper

Leïla in Clouds
2019
Digital print on Luster paper, posca paint
399 Groene zaal / Green room

Finger
2019
Digital print on art paper

Cell
2019–2020
Digital print on dibond, neon

Hyoid
2019
Digital print on art paper

Venus / White Shadow
2019
Digital print on Luster paper, posca paint

Blanche & Leïla White
2019
Digital print on art paper, posca paint

Ovidius
2019
Digital print on art paper
399 Grote zaal I / Large room I

The Old Centaur
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Venus de Medici
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

Prehendere
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Hannibal
2019
Digital print on Luster paper

The Attempt
2019
Digital print on archival paper, ink

Menhir
2019
Digital print

Phaedrus
2019
Digital print on art paper
399 Stijlkamer / Period room

Syph #02R
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Syph #01Y
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Syph #01P
2019
Digital print on archival art paper
399 Blauwe zaal / Blue room

Occo
2019
Digital print on art paper
Tuinhuis / Garden house

Bron
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Pénicilline
2019
Digital print on archival art paper

Rouwkleed
2019
Digital print on archival art paper, ink
401 Souterrain
Consequences #02
2019–2020
Installation of digital prints on EHM paper
Tuin / Garden

Man and Lion
2019
Digital print on canvas
399 Lichthof / Light court

La Voisin
2019
Digital print on canvas
399 Beletage

Untitled
2019
Digital print, gold paint, antique book with hidden space

Serpents
2019
Digital print on Luster paper, ink

Ovio / Nest #01
2019
Digital print on art paper

Ovio / Nest #02
2019
Digital print on art paper

Ovio / Nest #03
2019
Digital print on art paper

Ovio / Nest #05
2019
Digital print on art paper

Ovio / Nest #06
2019
Digital print on art paper