RINUS VAN DE VELDE

The Armchair Voyager (solo show)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
11 February – 29 May 2023

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Installation view: The Armchair Voyager, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2023, photo: Antoine van Kaam, courtesy of Museum Voorlinden
Installation view: The Armchair Voyager, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2023, photo: Antoine van Kaam, courtesy of Museum Voorlinden

Rinus Van de Velde’s drawings, sculptures, installations and moving images will be the subject of a special solo exhibition at the Museum Voorlinden, for which the artist will present his own work alongside his favourite pieces from the museum’s collection. Most known for his monumental charcoal drawings with a picturesque quality, Van de Velde creates intriguing, almost filmic scenes in which elements from reality and imagination merge.

Museum Voorlinden

Installation view: The Armchair Voyager, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2023, photo: Antoine van Kaam, courtesy of Museum Voorlinden
Installation view: The Armchair Voyager, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2023, photo: Antoine van Kaam, courtesy of Museum Voorlinden

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I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub (solo show)
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
8 March – 12 May 2024

Installation view: I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2024, photo: Seowon Nam, courtesy of Art Sonje Center, 2024
Installation view: I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2024, photo: Seowon Nam, courtesy of Art Sonje Center, 2024

Rinus Van de Velde’s work is the subject of a new solo exhibition co-hosted by Art Sonje Center, Jeonnam Museum of Art, and Space ISU. Alongside the artist’s imaginative paintings, latest drawings, and a captivating film blending autobiography and fiction, I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub presents a life-size recreation of a video set – an immersive installation offering unique insight into Van de Velde’s visual journeys.

Art Sonje Center

Installation view: I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2024, photo: Seowon Nam, courtesy of Art Sonje Center, 2024
Installation view: I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2024, photo: Seowon Nam, courtesy of Art Sonje Center, 2024

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Conversations: Contemporary and historical masters in dialogue (group show)
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
10 November 2023 – 3 March 2024

 Rinus Van de Velde, All those artists who, late at night in the backroom, came to me…, 2023, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp-Rome
Rinus Van de Velde, All those artists who, late at night in the backroom, came to me…, 2023, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp-Rome

Rinus Van de Velde is included in Conversations: Contemporary and historical masters in dialogue. The exhibition presents the work of contemporary artists in conversation with  the unique collection of the nineteenth-century art lover Fritz Mayer van den Bergh. Several contemporary artists, including Rinus Van de Velde, will present new work created specifically for this exhibition. 

Museum Mayer van den Bergh

 Rinus Van de Velde, All those artists who, late at night in the backroom, came to me…, 2023, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp-Rome
Rinus Van de Velde, All those artists who, late at night in the backroom, came to me…, 2023, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp-Rome

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The Armchair Voyager (publication)
Published by Museum Voorlinden, 2023

Courtesy of Museum Voorlinden
Courtesy of Museum Voorlinden

The catalogue accompanying Rinus Van de Velde’s solo exhibition, The Armchair Voyager, currently on view at the Museum Voorlinden until 29 May 2023, is now available for purchase. Alongside installation views, illustrations of the works exhibited, and photographs from the artist’s studio, the catalogue also includes a selection of the artist’s favourite excerpts from Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Restlessness, 1982.

Museum Voorlinden

Courtesy of Museum Voorlinden
Courtesy of Museum Voorlinden

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Rinus van de Velde: A Fictional Autobiography, 2022
Published by Hannibal Books
Thursday, 1 December 2022

Rinus van de Velde, A Fictional Autobiography, 2022, courtesy of Hannibal Books
Rinus van de Velde, A Fictional Autobiography, 2022, courtesy of Hannibal Books

Rinus Van de Velde – A Fictional Autobiography will be available for purchase on 1 December 2022. An impressive survey of Van de Velde’s drawings, the monograph offers insight into the artist’s persistent exploration of installation, film, charcoal, ceramics and pencil drawings, and his newer drawings in charcoal, pencil and oil paste. Featuring contributions by Jan Postma and Laura Stamps the text is published in association with Frac des Pas de la Loire, Nantes.

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Rinus van de Velde, A Fictional Autobiography, 2022, courtesy of Hannibal Books
Rinus van de Velde, A Fictional Autobiography, 2022, courtesy of Hannibal Books