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Galerie Juliette Jongma
Gerard Douplein 23
1073 XE Amsterdam
tel/fax 020.4636904
www.juliettejongma.com
Germaine Kruip
'Every building is an estimate'
12 March - 16 April 2005
Opening 12 March, 5 - 8 pm
Press release - for immediate release
Germaine Kruip's (1970, NL) first solo exhibition at gallery Juliette Jongma, will be a sight specific installation. By mirroring the view from the gallery space, an appartment at the opposite of the gallery into the gallery space, Kruip seems to enfurther her interest in doublings and dublications. By duplicating an intire view of a space (the appartment) into another space (the gallery) a contemporary interpretation of a trompe de l'oeuil seems to arrise. Kruip's work always deals with a strong notion of the fundaments of displaying, again the artist aimes the look of the visitor to the outside and makes them turn their back towards the usual exhibition walls.
In Germaine Kruip's work, the position of the spectator is always under scrutiny. Typically, she transforms the spectator's role into that of participant. Kruip's works exist only with the presence of the spectator, and in the absence of representational elements. Through subtle interventions in the existing surroundings of the exhibition space (making use of special lighting, for example, or the introduction of actors), she transforms the active role of the spectator: instead of viewing or gazing, he/she will experience a heightened sense of self-awareness. By staging and directing, Kruip unveils the mechanisms at play within the boundaries of institutional structures.
Germaine Kruip exhibited in 2004 in the exhibition 20/20 vision in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. In May Kruip will participate in the group show 'In this colony', fort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen. In October 2005 Germaine Kruip will be showing a solo project at the Frieze fair, invited by the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.
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