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Vlaamse Kaai 47
2000 Antwerpen
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 2-6 pm,
and by appointment
03. 248 08 71
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Corey McCorkle
26.04.07 - 23.06.07
Installation view:
Front: "Rouge", 2007. Wooden and polyester sculpture-soccle-podium-catwalk with colour photo based on/reinterpreation of famous staircase by Victor Horta 's Maison du peuple (1899 - 1965) in Brussels.
Back: "September", 2007 Series depicting a holy cow in a commune in Kampong Chang
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In his exhibition “Random Ceremony” Corey McCorkle makes a bridge between art nouveau and religion (or wider: a way of living). The central work is a large replica of the staircase of Victor Horta’s “Maison du Peuple”. This architectural monument by Victor Horta opened in 1899 in Brussels and is an icon of Art Nouveau architecture and socialism. In 1965, despite strong international protest, it was taken down. The title of the sculpture of McCorkle is “Rouge”, so politically red. The white staircase, that almost looks “immaterial”, has marxist, atheïstic and materialistic connotations, while McCorkle redefines each step as a new transition.
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