Odapark, Venray

BEWARE / BEWAAR ZIMMER

January 25 – April 21, 2025

Early December, Ans Verdijk moved the entire contents of her studio in Beugen to the Odapark. In the garden room, she composes a web of works that visitors can wander through from 25 January 2025.
The works in this space are fragile, made of paper, textiles and found materials. They stand precariously on transport crates or dangle gracefully from the ceiling. Ans Verdijk: “What I do is not for eternity. For me it is about the research, the discovery, the amazement, the what-is-happening-here, what-is-coming-here? A kind of cloud and you pierce it and then it is gone again.”

Ans Verdijk (1959) studied at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in 's-Hertogenbosch, among others. Since 1980, solo exhibitions of her work have been organised, including in Arnhem, Beugen, Breda, Den Bosch, Deurne (De Wieger), Enschede, Hoorn (de Boterhal), Nieuwegein, Nijmegen, Steyl, Velp, Vierlingsbeek and Zwolle. Since 1994, Ans Verdijk has been the driving force behind the ALARM artists' initiative in Beugen. It offers artists the opportunity to work on location and exhibit their work. In 2011, she also established the Museum of All Times at the same location; a chapel-like building inspired by the old Marian chapels in the region.

COLOPHON

BEWAAR / BEWARE ZIMMER
25.01 – 21.04 2025

Composition: Ans Verdijk and Joep Vossebeld
Organization: Hester van Tongerlo
Text: Joep Vossebeld
Graphic design: Inge Korten

Made possible by:
Mondrian Fund
Province of Limburg
Municipality of Venray