Huis Museum / 2016 / Exhibition of my personal collection / Hosted at Museum Perron Oost, Amsterdam, NL / Part of Heterotropics - curated by Sara Giannini
With works, objects, and gifts by:
Yosuke Amamiya Géraldine Longueville
Charles Benton Kelly Mcafferty
Katie Bode Melamo Fijnmetaal Techniek
Marco Bruzzone Rūtenė Merkliopaitė
Jokūbas Čižikas MTA & Eye Bank of NYC
Marine Delgado Robertas Narkus
Nicole Demby Aapo Nikanen
Yvonne Dröge Wendell Tin Nguyen
Shanon Ebner & Dexter Sinister Suat Ögüt
Nick Foley & Kasia Wisniewski Marija Olšauskaitė
Thomas Geiger w/ Jordan & Ivan Gerard Órtin
Riccardo Giacconi Jurgis Paškevičius
Marco Gobbi Costabile Piccirillo
Vesko Gösel Martijn Riksen
Richard Grimaldi Felicitas Rohden
Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson Tomomi Shimizu
Gerald Gulotta Rosa Sijben
Charlotte Hattenbach Emilija Škarnulytė
Brynjar Helgasson Greg Smith
Jan Hoeft Jennifer Tee
Paoletta Holst Diego Tonus
Sjap Holst Studio Dennis Vanderbroek
Sophia Holst Ineke van der Burg
Jan Kempenaers Sarah Van Lamsweerde
David Kirshoff Zena Verda Pesta
Walter Kresnik Andre Volten
Ray Ray Mitrano Joep Vossebeld
Miyeon Lee Monika Zarzeczna
And others…
Museum Perron Oost calls itself the smallest museum in the world. It's a tiny house on an old train platform in Amsterdam east. It's one of my favorite museums because the lights are on all night long and you can look into the tiny house and see some of the strangest most endearing shows.
After visiting a house museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, called the Kazys Varnelis House, I learned that Mr. Varnelis lived in the house with his collection until his death. During that time you could arrange to visit, he would greet you, and give you a tour. I liked the idea of a house museum as a living space, and I wondered if I too could one day have a great house museum. Then I realized that I don’t need to wait until I have a great big house or some incredible historical collection, I have a house no matter where I am, and I have my special collection. I have been slowly collecting art through exchanges with other artists, and on occasion buying some art that I like. I also have things that are not art, design objects, but also pieces of plastic, broken glasses that I found on the street, things that intrigue.
For about 4 years, I lived in the neighborhood of Amsterdam Oost and sometimes had small gatherings in my house museum to highlight different works in the collection. Also when I travel, I might bring a few small works with me so the house museum can multiply and exist in two places at once. Now my house museum is in Brussels.
