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15
Jan
2022
BOUKE DE VRIES: War & Pieces | North America Tour

BOUKE DE VRIES: War & Pieces | North America Tour

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BOUKE DE VRIES | WAR & PIECES

Exhibiting  Internationally  |  2012 – Present

 

War & Pieces is Bouke de Vries’ contemporary interpretation of the decorative sculptures that adorned 17th- and 18th-century banqueting tables.

War & Pieces is currently traveling North America in its extensive tour, landing at its sixth US location in 2022. The installation has been exhibited at venues in Europe and Asia, beginning in 2012 at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England with support from the Arts Council of Great Britain. At each venue, de Vries works with the curators and the collection by responding to the region and its history and interacting with the interior settings. In some venues, he was able to add to the installation using relevant objects from the collection, as at Charlottenburg Palace, which was looted in the Seven Years’ War and almost completely destroyed in the Second World War, adding a special meaning to this era-spanning work.

Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.

Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2012-23, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. photo: ©Charlottenburg Palace
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2012-23, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. photo: ©Charlottenburg Palace
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2012-23, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. photo: ©Charlottenburg Palace

WAR & PIECES

ON VIEW

This spring, the Lightner Museum’s grand ballroom gallery will be transformed by a dramatic ceramic centerpiece created from thousands of fragments of white porcelain.

War & Pieces is an eight-meter (26-foot) installation by Dutch-born artist Bouke de Vries inspired by the sophisticated figural centerpieces that decorated eighteenth-century European rulers’ banqueting tables. Displayed during the dessert course on special occasions, these figures first made of sugar and later increasingly porcelain, told stories or conveyed political messages to the diners.

Bouke de Vries draws on such traditions in his modern centerpiece, arranged around the mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion whose force appears to have turned the entire table into a wasteland. Battle rages across this heap of shards old and new, fought by myriad miniature figures with conventional arms. Jesus on the cross and the Chinese Buddhist goddess of compassion, Guanyin, watch over the death and destruction.

THE LIGHTNER MUSEUM

Saint Augustine, FL | April 1 – December 31, 2022

Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at The Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, FL April 1 – December 31, 2022. Installation image courtesy of the Lightner Museum.

WORKS ON VIEW

WAR & PIECES | ON VIEW

At The Lightner Museum

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Born in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Bouke de Vries studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven and Central St Martin’s, London. After working with John Galliano, Stephen Jones, and Zandra Rhodes, he switched careers and studied ceramics conservation and restoration at West Dean College. He has been a full-time studio artist based in London since 2010.

Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, detail

WAR & PIECES GUIDE

WAR & PIECES | TOUR SCHEDULE

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NORTH AMERICAN LOCATIONS

Lightner Museum | FL | 2022

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts | MD | 2022

The Frick Pittsburgh | PA | 2021

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens | D.C. | 2020

The Wadsworth Atheneum | CT | 2019

Montgomery Fine Arts Museum | AL | 2019

EUROPEAN LOCATIONS

Harley Gallery | UK | 2018

Berrington Hall | UK | 2017

Gemeente Museum | Netherlands | 2015–6

Castle d’Ursel | Belgium | 2015

Chateau de Nyon | Switzerland | 2014–5

Yingge Ceramics Museum | Taiwan | 2014

Charlottenburg Palace | Germany | 2013

Whitespace | Netherlands | 2013

Alnwick Castle | UK | 2013

Charlottenburg Palace | Germany | 2013

The Holburne Museum | UK | 2012

AT MUSEUMS

WAR & PIECES

PAST PROGRAMMING

• Bouke de Vries: Virtual London Studio Tour

EVENT: Bouke de Vries: Virtual London Studio Tour

DATE: Saturday, February 26, 2022 • 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
COST: Free

Ages: Adults to teens
Date/time: Saturday, Feb. 26, 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Description: Internationally known Dutch artist Bouke de Vries will guide us through a virtual tour of his London studio. See his large installation called War & Pieces on display at the WCMFA until March 13.

To register for any classes, call 301-739-5727  or via email at info@wcmfa.org.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Hagerstown, MD | Sept 18, 2021 – Mar 13, 2022

Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022

Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022
Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces”, Installation View at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2021 – 2022

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PAST PROGRAMMING

• Explosion in the Green Gallery! Bouke de Vries: War and Pieces Comes to the Frick

“The Frick Art Museum’s Green Gallery now features War and Pieces, an extraordinary artwork by contemporary artist Bouke de Vries (Dutch, b. 1960). The artist assembled thousands of white porcelain fragments to create a 24’ long installation evoking the centuries-old tradition of creating elaborate tablescapes, yet wholly contemporary in its outlook.”

Learn more from The Frick Pittsburgh curator Dawn Reid Brean here. 

SPECIAL EVENT: London Studio Tour with Bouke de Vries

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 AT 5 PM EDT

Presented by The Frick Pittsburgh, this Up-close and personal tour looked inside the London studio of Bouke de Vries, led by the artist himself.

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THE FRICK PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, PA | August 8, 2020–September 5, 2021

Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.

Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke de Vries, “War & Pieces” 2020-2021, The Frick Pittsburgh, Installation View.

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HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM & GARDENS

Washington, DC | September 24, 2019 – April 5, 2020

Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.

 

Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.
Ferrin Contemporary, Bouke deVries, “War & Pieces” 2019, Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, Installation View.

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MONTGOMERY FINE ARTS MUSEUM

Montgomery, AL | February 2–June 2, 2019

Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces”, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art

“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art
“War and Pieces”, Bouke de Vries, 2019, Montgomery Museum of Art

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• Public Programs at The Wadsworth Atheneum 

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THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM

Hartford, CT | October 4–January 6, 2019

Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces”, 2018 Wadsworth Antheneum
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2018, Wadsworth Antheneum
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces”, 2018 Wadsworth Antheneum

Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces”, 2018 Wadsworth Antheneum
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces”, 2018 Wadsworth Antheneum
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2018, Wadsworth Antheneum.
Bouke de Vries, “War and Pieces” 2018, Wadsworth Antheneum

2018-19 Wadsworth Atheneum Exhibition Brochure

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26
Mar
2020
STRIKING GOLD: Fuller at Fifty, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

STRIKING GOLD: Fuller at Fifty, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty

September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

In honor of the Fuller’s ‘golden anniversary’, the museum looks at the role of gold within it’s recent acquisitions and permanent collection. Co-curated by Beth McLaughlin and Suzanne Ramljak. Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty, explores the storied traditions, contemporary interpretations, skillful applications, and conceptual rigor of gold as an artistic material, while investigating the multitude of cultural, material, and sociopolitical associations.For the 57 selected artists, gold remains central to their work as they delve far deeper than embellishment or decorative effect. This landmark exhibition celebrates the museum’s rich past as it plans for a brilliant future—and shines a light on all things golden.

FEATURING

Recent works by:

Claire Curneen
Bouke de Vries
Paul Scott
Anina Major

and in the permanent collection:
Roy Superior

More information can be found HERE.

CATALOG

Fully illustrated catalog with essays from the co-curators and Stuart Kestenbaum.

Click HERE to purchase.

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OF STRIKING GOLD: Fuller at Fifty

 

Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty

Claire Curneen Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Paul Scott Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Paul Scott Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Bouke de Vries Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Roy Superior Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty September 7, 2019- April 5, 2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
Claire Curneen, “Blue” 2013, porcelain, cobalt, gold luste, 24 x 21 x 6″.
Claire Curneen, “Blue” 2013, porcelain, cobalt, gold luste, 24 x 21 x 6″.
Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5″.
Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” detail, 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Rome/Long Bridge Collage” 2016, collage, early 19th century Spode transferware platters, gold leaf.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Fracked No. 8″, 2015 in-glaze decal collage, gold leaf, T&R Boote Syndenhall Shape, ironstone c. 1850, 16.5 x 11.75 x 1.25”.
Bouke de Vries, “The Repair II” 2014, 18th century Chinese porcelain tureen stand, tureen cover, and mixed media, 14 x 10.5 x 10″.
Anina Major, “Weight in Gold”, 2019. ceramic, gold leaf, wood, mirror. 44″ x 21″ x 17″ Photo credit: Mandy Johnson
Anina Major, “Weight in Gold”, 2019. ceramic, gold leaf, wood, mirror. 44″ x 21″ x 17″ Photo credit: Mandy Johnson
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May
2019
DERIVED FROM THE DECORATIVE: Works by Faig Ahmed, Beth Lipman and Bouke de Vries at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens

DERIVED FROM THE DECORATIVE: Works by Faig Ahmed, Beth Lipman and Bouke de Vries at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens

DERIVED FROM THE DECORATIVE: by Faig Ahmed, Beth Lipman and Bouke de Vries

February 2, 2019 – June 9, 2019

Cheekwood Estate and Garden, Nashville, Tennessee

In the spring of 2019 Cheekwood will present an exhibition featuring work by Faig Ahmed (Baku, Azerbaijan), Beth Lipman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and Bouke de Vries (Utrecht, the Netherlands). The exhibition consists of artists and designers who take cues from decorative arts traditions yet invert the precepts by blurring the space between functional forms and art forms. The exhibition will celebrate the work of a national and international group of artists who look at traditional decorative arts as a point of departure for contemporary creations. The artists in this show challenge the idea of historically informed notions of craft and provide a contemporary entry point into the space between fine and decorative art. Through recognizable visual traditions, the works destabilize perceptions of the familiar. Integrating traditional fabrication methods along with digital contributions, the exhibition will present works that embrace a wide spectrum of time.

Click to view more work by BOUKE DE VRIES.

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“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
“Derived from the Decorative”, Cheekwood Estates and Gardens, 2019, Nashville, TN
Beth Lipman, “Still Life with Plate of Cheese and Stein” 2011, c-print, face mounted to acrylic, 39 x26″.
Beth Lipman, “Lapsed Concession”, 2018, glass, wood, enamel, adhesive, paint, 33 x 30 x 27″
Beth Lipman, ‘Lapsed Concession’ 2018, glass,glass, wood, enamel, adhesive, paint, 33 x 30 x 27″
Beth Lipman, “Vessel with Handles and Bowl of Eggs” 2015, c-print, face mounted to acrylic, 32 x 29″
Bouke de Vries, “Glass Cloud 2″, 2017, 17th and 18th Dutch archaelogical glass fragments, mixed media, 21.5 x 13 x 13”
Bouke de Vries, “Glass Cloud 2″, 2017, 17th and 18th Dutch archaelogical glass fragments, mixed media, 21.5 x 13 x 13”
Bouke de Vries, “Peacock 1″ 2016, twentieth-century Chinese porcelain bird, eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain fragments, mixed media, 24 x 13.5 x 25”.
Bouke de Vries on view at Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way in North Adams, MA
Bouke de Vries, “Memory Vessel de Nyon” 2014, late 18th century Nyon porcelain teapot and mixed media, 13 x 10 x 9″.
Bouke de Vries, “Fragmented Vase 2”, 2 Chinese Song dynasty vases, 18th and 19th century Chinese porcelain and glass. 22.75 x 9.75 x 7.75″
Beth Lipman, “Bottles and Flora” 2015, c-print, face mounted to acrylic, 22 x 31″.
Beth Lipman, “Sticks Pitcher and Chain” 2011, c-print, face mounted to acrylic, 29 x 37″