4. Februar, 2011, 19 Uhr

Willem Oorebeek was actively involved in the discussions about the idea to create the exhibition "unExhibit." Sabine Folie will talk to him about his views on printing techniques and mass media, about Pop, Richard Hamilton, the color black, the raster, literature, representation, and display.

Willem Oorebeek was born in Pernis/Rotterdam in 1953 and lives in Brussels. His conceptual works, installations, and book projects have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including MONOLITH, Once or Many. Culturgest, Lisbon (2008); bigger, higher, leader!. S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (2006); (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx) BILD, oder MIT DEM FUSS IN DER REALITÄT; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2004); MONOLITH, lettered rock. Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (1994). Oorebeek and Aernout Mik co-designed the Dutch pavilion for the 47th Venice Biennial (1997). He has also published numerous artist’s books, including Willem Oorebeek. MetZonderKOP, Ghent 2005, and Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Willem Oorebeek. BILD, oder MIT DEM FUSS IN DER REALITÄT, Karlsruhe 2004. Willem Oorebeek was a lecturer at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, at "de Ateliers" in Amsterdam and the Hochschule der Künste in Hamburg. He currently coordinates the Residency Program at the Wiels, Contemporary Art Center, Brussels.