David Haines and Ronald Ophuis part of exhibition celebrating 10 years of Museum MORE
David Haines and Ronald Ophuis part of exhibition celebrating 10 years of Museum MORE
Museum MORE turns ten this year and will celebrate this milestone with group exhibition Reality Check – 10 Years of MORE, 10 Years of Realism. In this exhibition, MORE introduces the very latest Dutch Realism. Ronald Ophuis and David Haines are part of this exhibition, that opens 16 February.
In Reality Check, Museum MORE presents work by more than 50 contemporary artists. From young to old, from established to recently graduated, and working in a huge variety of media: oils, photography, video, installation art, sculpture, drawing and graphic art. The most important criterion: the work is made in the Netherlands in the ten years that Museum MORE has been around.
Those keeping track of contemporary developments in art will be able to tell you: Realism is very much alive and kicking! Contemporary artists increasingly opt for figuration in their explorations of reality. Because it’s this reality that realism is all about. But what exactly is reality? This has been a significant question since the advent of realism in art, and it is perhaps more relevant than ever in modern times. Our age is characterised by a multitude of images and information. Fact checking is essential. Artificial intelligence presents us with an artificial reality, and elsewhere ‘alternative truths’, manipulated images and Instagram filters are inescapable. There has hardly ever been such great demand for authenticity. Our age needs a reality check, and contemporary realists try to give us just that.
More information here.
Images :
1.Widows of Srebrenica. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 (2020) by Ronald Ophuis
2. Boxes (2023) by David Haines installed at Museum MORE
10 Years of MORE, 10 Years of Realism
→ 16 Feb - 8 June, 2025
Museum MORE, Gorssel