Untitled, 2009
negro pencil on paper
19 x 28 cm
Marcel van Eeden
The artist finds the motifs that serve for his drawings on walks through second-hand bookshops, archives, libraries, and flea markets. The fact that these newspapers, books, and photographs—usually black and white reproductions—all come from the time before his birth on November 22, 1965, indicates van Eeden’s intense occupation with death and “non-existence”—everything here revolves around the time before he was born. Not the “no longer,” but the “not yet” is central to his drawings. In this way, hundreds of small format works have emerged which impressively underscore the artist’s self-imposed guidelines, not least due to the repeated use of black/white contrasts and the usually standardized format of 14 x 19 cm or 19 x 28 cm.
While van Eeden tended to make individual drawings early in his career, recently he has concentrated on series, in which the components unfold their effect on the viewer when combined. The drawings in the series seem to illustrate a narrative based partly on historical fact and partly on fiction. Like film stills, the almost photo-realistic images show figures and locations with a captivating urgency. Figures and places, that are strangely still, and yet could come to life at any moment. The use of black charcoal gives van Eeden's work its characteristic chiaroscuro effect.
Biography
born 1965 in Den Haag, lives and works in Berlin
Selected Solo Shows
2019
Marcel Van Eeden - Zigmund's Machine, Kunst Galerie Fürth, Fürth
2018
A Burst of Revelry from the Forecastle, InSitu Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
2017
High Mountains, a Rainbow, the Moon and Stars, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich
Circus Henry, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
1525, CAC Málaga, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
2016
MACHINE / MACHINERY, InSitu Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
2015
The Symmetry Argument, Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2014
I am G.S. 3, the Hague killer, GEM Museum voor actuele Kunst, The Hague
Marcel van Eeden. Particles of grain, and earth, and air, and rain, Bob van Osouw, Zurich
Sammlung Philara, Duesseldorf
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2013
N 50 51 40.9 E 3 24 1.3, Be-Part, Waregem
The Restaurant, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
The Room, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck
2012
Marcel van Eeden - The Zurich Trial. Part 1: Witness for the Prosecution, Artisanal House, New York
Cell physiological work with the Amoeba Chaos Chaos, Galerie Zink, Berlin
2011
The Darkest Museum in the World, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Schritte ins Reich der Kunst, Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen
2010
Celia (2004-2006), Bawag Contemporary, Vienna
Schritte ins Reich der Kunst, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
A Cutlet Vaudeville Show, Performance, Galerie Zink Berlin Interim, Berlin; Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich
The Sollmann Collection, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel
A Photo story, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
The Lone Lake Murders, Clint Roenisch, Toronto
2009
Grunewald Drawings, Galleri Bo Bjerggard, Copenhagen
Is Grunewald still modern?, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York
das Weltall verwandelt in einen Sonntagnachmittag, Galerie Zink, Munich
The Zurich Trial. Part 1: Witness for the Prosecution, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
Letzte Reise nach Wien, Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna
2008
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg
The Archaeologist, The Travels of Oswald Sollmann, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos; Draíocht, Dublin
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
Atelier New York, Zink office New York
Recent Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
SENSATIONAL. New way to paint, Galerie Zink BERLIN, Berlin
Tempo, Galeria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
Matheus's Dream, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
The Archaeologist, The Travels of Oswald Sollmann, CAB Burgos, Burgos
2007
Galerie Zink BERLIN, Berlin
Der Archäologe, Kunsthalle Tübingen
2006
Celia, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
Galerie Sign, Groningen (mit Achim Sakic)
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag (mit Paul van der Eerden)
2005
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Geneva
Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2004
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf
Percy Miller Gallery, London
Institut Néerlandais, Paris
2003
Retrograde. Dibujos 1993–2003, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
Retrograde.Tekeningen 1993–2003, Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, The Hague
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague (with Erik Odijk)
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
2002
Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
2001
Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
2000
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
1999
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
1998
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
1997
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Over het ophangen van tekeningen, AZL, Leiden
1996
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
Kunstraum Koeln-Deutz, Cologne
1995
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994
Galerie Westersingel, Rotterdam
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
The Expressionist Figure: 100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Drawing, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Jubilee 25 years cooperation, Mauritd van de Laar, The Hague
Top Floor, Kunstenaars kiezen uit de collectie, Gemeentenmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Drawing Biennial 2019, Drawing Room, London
Trouble in Paradise, Collection Rattan Chadha, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
The Gulf Between, Over zwart Wit en alles daartussen, De Warande, Turnhout
Works on Paper, Galleri Bo Bierggard, Kopenhagen
Freedom, The fifty key Dutch artworks since 1968, Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle
2018
Hand drawn, Action packed, Hayward Gallery Travelling Exhibition: St. Albas Gallery and Museum
2017
Auf dem Weg zum Turmberg, Orgelfabrik Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Von Pablo Picasso bis Robert Rauschenberg, Schenkung Céline, Heiner und Aeneas Bastian, Hommage à Ingrid Mössing, Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Chemnitz
a Thousend Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporàneo, Seville
The Vague Space, Sammlung Christian Kaspar Schaerm, Young Collection 04, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Weserburg
I who make mistakes on the eternal typewriter, Drawing center Diepenheim, Diepenheim Turm der blauen Pferde, Museum d'art contemporani d'eivissa Ibizza
Under Construction, Schau Fenster, Berlin
2016
MANIFESTA 11, Zurich
The dark Side of the Moon, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Papier! 68projects und Thole Rotermund Kunsthandel, Berlin
2015
Drawing Now: 2015, Albertina, Vienna
2014
Wahrheiten, Bayer Kulturjaus, Leverkusen
Esprit d’une collection Guerlain, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Libourne/Chapelle du Carmel, Libourne
Ohne Achtsamkeit beachte ich alles - Robert Walser und die bildende Kunst, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Texte in der Kunst, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
The Drawing Room, Magasin 3, Stockholm
Sammlung Boryna, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Linie.Line.Linea, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República Bogotá
2013
Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Old School. Anachronism in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
Schöne Landschaft – Bedrohte Natur. Alte Meister im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Kunst, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche Osnabrück
Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Linie.Line.Linea, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz
Aquatopia. The imaginary of the ocean deep, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
ARTandPRESS, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
2012
the gallery collection - curated by beda achermann, galerie bob van orsouw, Zurich
Mohrenshow, Wurlitzer Art, Berlin
ARTANDPRESS, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; ZKM, Karlsruhe
2011
A drawback, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
Linie Line Linea, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
All about Drawing. 100 Dutch Artists, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
RAL 7021, eine magnifique Reportage!, Galerie Barbara Seiler, Zurich
Kompass - Zeichnungen aus dem Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Der Reiz der belanglosen Geschichte, Galerie Zink, Berlin
The Piano Has Been Drinking, Galerie Zink in der Bar Giulia, Munich
State of the Union, Freies Museum, Berlin
2010
THRICE UPON A TIME, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
Walking the line II, Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne
Fine Line, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
Harold de Bree & Marcel van Eeden, Bunker, The Hague
Linie Line Linea, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
The Forgotten Bar, Radical Adults, Berlin
Subject sitting in darkened room is told to watch a dot of light and draw a record of …, Drawing show curated by Marcel van Eeden, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich
2009
Die unsichtbare Hand, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
Leichtigkeit und Enthusiasmus. Junge Kunst und die Moderne, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Gestern oder im 2. Stock. Karl Valentin und die Moderne, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Leichtigkeit und Enthusiasmus, Junge Kunst und die Moderne, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
2008
Matheus' Dream, Central Museum, Utrecht
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Into Drawing, Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
Autoreverse, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
What´s the point of giving you any more artworks ..., Galerie Zink München, Munich
I Bought the Brooklyn Bridge, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Lügen. nirgends. Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössischer Kunst, Münster
Eyes Wide Open, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2007
Anachronismus, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
Eilandenrijk, Stroom, The Hague
The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz
Originele kopieen, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Very selected, Galerie Zink München, Munich
Made in Germany, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
Against Time, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
O Debuxo Por Dante, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
2006
Into Drawing, Contemporary Dutch Drawings, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte, Florence, Stiftung Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
ANSTOSS BERLIN - Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Hommage, CBK Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Inner go go, vamiali´s, Athens
4. berlin biennale, Berlin
Trafic d´Influence, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva
2005
Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
Gesehene Worte, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal
Into Drawing, Contemporary Dutch Drawings, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
Apeldoorns Museum/CODA,/Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Tekeningen, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
Real Time, KCB, Bergen
Not Too Loose and Not Too Tight, DCKT Contemporary, New York
Drawings A-E, Porta 33, Colecção Madeira Corporate Services, Funchal, Ilha da Madeira
2004
Zeichnung vernetzt, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst
Und im Winde klirren die Fahnen, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich
Wish you where (t)here, Stedelijk Museum, Aalst
Het hertje van Van Meegeren, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
On Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Io mi ricordo, Galleria Sales Rom, Rome
2003
Bloemen, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Tekenen des tijds, KW14, Den Bosch
Werk op papier, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
Galerie in Situ, Aalst
2002
Artissima, Torino, Percy Miiller Gallery, London
Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
En keizer op kamers, Provinciehuis, Haarlem
In your time, Percy Miller Gallery, London
Drawing Days, Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
2001
De verzamelaar in het atelier, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
RED Gallery, Hull
Verliefd op het onderwerp, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss
De collectie uitgetekend, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
2000
Nieuwe Oogst, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Heden Getekend, Kasteel-Museum Sypesteyn, Loosdrecht
Een kabinet, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes
'KOPPEN', Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
1999
A Palid House, W139, Amsterdam
Tekeningen, Hermen Molendijkstichting, Amersfoort
Moderne Kunst, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Wat al niet in ruil..., KCB, Bergen
Galerie Van den Berge te gast, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Armando verzamelt, Vishal, Haarlem
1998
Tekeningen/Drawings, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
Nooit zag ik Awater zo van nabij, Namen, Velp, Münster
Henk Overduinprijs 1998, HKK, The Hague
Historie en Afstand, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague
750 meter Den Haag, Quartair, The Hague
Zilver, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
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