Visitors and passers-by will be able to enjoy a new Open Air exhibition at Kunstmuseum Den Haag this summer. Sculptures by Franco-Argentinian artist Pablo Reinoso (b. 1955, Buenos Aires) will be on display along the edge of the water and the front of the museum from 20 April. Reinoso creates benches that grow into twisting sculptures that are meant for sitting on. These works will nicely link the interior and exterior of the building, inviting social interaction and stimulating dialogue between visitors, art and the building itself.
Spaghetti Benches & Harmony Chairs
Two of Reinoso’s most recent ‘Spaghetti Benches’, entitled Talk Right and Talk Left (2023), will be placed beside the water. The steel ‘slats’ of the benches all end in their own unique, entangled, twisting sculpture. The horizontal positioning of the benches will follow the distinctive lines of the museum’s architecture. The presentation will also include three ‘Harmony Chairs’, sculptures inspired...by Gerrit Rietveld’s world-famous zig-zag chairs. They extend upwards, and will offer visitors a new perspective on Kunstmuseum Den Haag and the large water feature at the front of the museum.
Installation in the Grand Hall
From June, work by Reinoso will also be on show inside the museum. His sculpture Retour végétal (2015) is to be installed in the Grand Hall. The work consists of a bench whose wooden slats appear to have detached themselves, eliminating the function of the object (as a seat). The slats merge, become tangled and twisted, giving them the appearance of branches or roots. The sculpture is designed to prompt visitors to think about our relationship with other forms of life, particularly in nature [SM1].
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