In a first performance at the start of our project 100 Years Beuys, three actors smeared 10 kilograms of vegetable butter on our gallery window for Adriaan Rees.<\/p>\n
For his performance Adriaan Rees walked onto Falcon Square wearing a mask and flanked by two drummers. In the OpenCage opposite the gallery, three actors in felt hare suits were asleep in a field of flowers with 1,000 chrysanthemums. Once awoken by the artist, they left the cage and smeared the gallery with grease.<\/p>\n
Grease is a very symbolic material in Beuys\u2019 work. It stood for transformation and protection. Corporeality and the Eurasian idea were also central elements in Rees\u2019 performance. The performance was the starting point for a series of 25 activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In een eerste performance bij de start van ons project 100jaarBeuys, smeerden drie acteurs voor Adriaan Rees 10 kilogram plantaardige boter op het raam van de galerie. Adriaan Rees kwam voor zijn performance het Falconplein opgewandeld met een masker en geflankeerd door twee trommelaars. In de OpenCage die rechtover de galerie staat lagen drie acteurs […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws"],"yoast_head":"\n