15:00 hrs
FINISSAGE | Pietà, Millefleurs
A solo show by Rini Hurkmans
FINISSAGE | On the occasion of the finissage of Rini Hurkmans' solo exhibition Pietà, Millefleurs, Lumen Travo Gallery will host a conversation between the artist Rini Hurkmans and Sarah van Binsbergen, a journalist, critic, and editor who writes about contemporary visual art for various publications, including de Volkskrant. With a background in cultural politics and anthropology, van Binsbergen has a keen interest in how art and the art world reflect, question, and challenge societal developments.
Together, they will explore themes of loss, ethics, and human values through Hurkmans' latest large-scale textile installation Pietà, Millefleurs, Verdure (2024) and the other works presented in the exhibition. We look forward to welcoming you at the gallery!
On Saturday October 26, at 15:00 hrs
at Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
OPENING | Release
a solo show by Matea Bakula
A pollen grain blown away by the wind, a prickly bur seed clinging to a passerby, the release of an egg cell, or the secretion of hormones—the natural processes of humans, plants, and animals present a continuous game of release. Yet in this sacred and unbroken dance, there is always a new encounter: pollen finds another flower, the bur seed falls on new ground, the egg cell nests in the uterus, and hormones find their way to receptors. Between these moments hovers a temporary reality, where structures fade and seek a new balance.
In "Release", Matea Bakula explores this dynamic of cyclical processes, exposing both natural and everyday structures. Her work investigates how seeds, cells, and organs find their way in the body and the environment, and how husks, shells, and other coverings function as carriers that hold on and, ultimately, let go to find new purpose.
Themes linked to the environment, society, and our existence in this world are expressed through the installation of hundreds of spheres created from old egg cartons that have been hand-peeled. This slow and meditative process reveals the ontological simplicity of the eggs, allowing the material itself a chance to speak and symbolically reconnecting us with our essence of transition.
Opening: 1 November, 17:00 – 19:00 hrs
At Lumen Travo Gallery