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The Europa ZomerExpo 2019 summer exhibition took place at Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, and at the galleries and grounds of Nijenhuis Castle, Heino/Wijhe, from May 25 to September 1st 2019.
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What coulour has your Europe?
Everyone was invited to show work that is somehow related to the cultural, artistical or political traditions of Europe. Old paths and new influences, landscapes, towns, natural settings and culture: all potential ingredients for a range of images of Europe in 2019 – a continent of 51 countries, full of contrasts and similarities, each with its own history. Not a static past, but a past in motion, with people who came and went, bringing with them their own cultural heritage – a process that still is going on today. What do we have in common, what is distinguishing us from each other? How did people from other continents see Europe in the past and how will they in the future?
What kind of art exhibition it was?
The exhibition Europa ZomerExpo 2019 was curated based on the work submitted. Images that are similar, different, or mutually reinforcing. For references and connections, linking tradition and new visions of our continent’s visual culture. Together they revealed the story of Europe in art. The presentation was intended to inspire entrants to explore where one culture ends and another begins, and to consider whether art from Europe is by definition ‘European’ art. We joined forces with contemporary makers to produce an exhibition that literally and figuratively crosses borders, in which national traditions, European factors and global influences met.
Discovered by chance
By way of inspiration, in the runup to Europa ZomerExpo 2019 ArtWorlds took a voyage of discovery around the art of Europe. Our findings are recorded in our Tour d’Europe (in Dutch).