Currents #1: Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams

Marres, Houes for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, 18 Dec 2013 - 4 Jan 2014

Co-curator: Laura Herman

Participating artists: Fabian Altenried, Nima Bahremand, Lou Benesch, John Bijnens, Christophe Clarijs, Rens Cools, Lisa Decavel, Sven Dehens, Kipras Dubauskas, Sibe Duijsters, Daan Gielis, Laetitia Jeurissen, Ekaterina Kaplunova, Jóhanna Kristbjörg, Saori Kuno, Astrid Mingels, Juan

Pablo Plazas, Sanne Vaassen, Jelena Vanoverbeek, Charles-Henri Sommelette and others.

For Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams, curators Laura Herman and Pieter Vermeulen selected artists that offer new perspectives on current forms of

authorship, subjectivity, knowledge and artistic research. The participating artists challenge the boundaries of artistic freedom and explore the value

of art today.

Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams was the first edition of a new, annual exhibition series titled Marres Currents. With this series, Marres presents recent graduates from art academies in the Netherlands,  Belgium and Germany. While offering emerging artists a platform outside of the educational context, Marres Currents also aims to build an international infrastructure for art academies and institutions.

Participating academies: Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ABKM), Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Liège, AKV/Sint-Joost Breda, ENSAV/ La Cambre Brussel, Hogeschool Gent/School of Arts (KASK), Sint Lucas Antwerpen, KASK Antwerpen, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, LUCA/Sint-Lucas  Brussel, LUCA/Sint-Lucas Gent, PXL/MAD-Faculty Hasselt.

Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams. Glossary for Emerging Artists by Christophe Clarijs & Pieter Vermeulen 

More information on the Marres website.

Exhibition views by Gert Jan van Rooij