H+F
Han Nefkens started to collect art in 2000. The H+F Collection, named after himself and his partner Felipe, is in long-term loan to various museums in The Netherlands and abroad. Nowadays Han Nefkens is not only active as a collector but also as an initiator of international art projects, often in collaboration with museums and other art institutions.
Han Nefkens
FranceComing up 4 February 2010: Pilot Light
In cooperation with the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais and the ArtAids Foundation, Espace le Carré, Maison Folie Moulins, Lycée Européen Montebello, Cinéma associatif de quartier l’Univers, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul (Lille) and Hôpital Gustave Dron (Tourcoing) will offer an international approach which is closely linked to the onset of AIDS in the 80s, as well as creations by contemporary Thai artists. This presentation will be enriched by productions by two artists Mehdi A. (France) and Anna Katharina Scheidegger (Switzerland) in residence at the Maison Folie de Moulins and Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul.
Pilot Light
February 4-March 21, 2010
Opening
Thursday February 4, 2010
Espace Le Carré, Lille > 6:30 pm
Maison Folie de Moulins, Lille > 8pm
With a performance by Rirkrit Tiravanija
Artists
General Idea
Nan Goldin
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Gran Fury
Peter Hujar
Derek Jarman,
Michel Journiac,
Robert Mapplethorpe
David Wojnarowicz (with James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook)
Mehdi A.
Anna Katharina Scheidegger
Kamol Phaosavasdi
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
Sutee Kunavichayanont
Patiroop Chychookiat
Edition Access for All (Leandro Erlich, General Idea, Jef Geys, Shirin
Neshat, Kamol Phaosovasdi, Shirana Shahbazi, Manit Sriwanichpoom, Rirkrit
Tiravanija, Lawrence Weiner, Sue Williams)
Illustrated top :
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled, 1991, C-print jigsaw puzzle in plastic bag, 19,5 x 24,5 cm. Coll. De Pont, Tilburg (long term loan H+F Collection) © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Photo Peter Cox