First Free Sol Lewitt Copy by SUPERFLEX Leaves the Van Abbemuseum

EINDHOVEN.- Last week, a person walked out of the museum with a “Sol LeWitt” tucked under her arm. Not the real artwork by Sol LeWitt of course, but an exact copy of the structure entitled FREE SOL LEWITT by SUPERFLEX. Ms. Bettina Lelieveld was the first person to collect her copy of FREE SOL LEWITT by SUPERFLEX ’ from the Van Abbemuseum. On 11 April, Ms Lelieveld filled in a form during her visit to the museum which gave her [...]

Van Abbemuseum Invites Danish Collective SUPERFLEX to Work with the Museum’s Collection

EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum has invited the Danish artist collective, SUPERFLEX to work with the museum’s collection. They have responded with the exhibition In-between Minimalisms and a new work, FREE SOL LEWITT – an installation made specially for the second part of Play Van Abbe. The museum is sometimes described as a prison in which the artwork is ‘locked-away’ like a criminal. With FREE SOL LEWITT, the artists playfully ask the Van Abbemuseum to ‘set free’ the work of the [...]