Bed sheet H1968-8242016
There was not known a lot about bed sheet H-1968-824. Apart from the fact that it was a “rather worn sheet”. An object with a number of which only the donor, and its original function was known.
Starting with the idea of the usage of a bed sheet I have tried to add new value to it in a visual and poetic manner.
The wear and tear show signs of use but also of long term storage. There where the wear and tear is most visible body parts appear. Made from very fine muslin, which keeps the fragility and transiency present.
The body parts are 3-dimensional but ‘empty’, referring to past times en memories. The contours of the body visualize the previous use.
H-1968-824 still is an old bed sheet, but now it is an old bed sheet with a story
There was not known a lot about bed sheet H-1968-824. Apart from the fact that it was a “rather worn sheet”. An object with a number of which only the donor, and its original function was known.
Starting with the idea of the usage of a bed sheet I have tried to add new value to it in a visual and poetic manner.
The wear and tear show signs of use but also of long term storage. There where the wear and tear is most visible body parts appear. Made from very fine muslin, which keeps the fragility and transiency present.
The body parts are 3-dimensional but ‘empty’, referring to past times en memories. The contours of the body visualize the previous use.
H-1968-824 still is an old bed sheet, but now it is an old bed sheet with a story
In 2014, the Drents Museum completed a deaccession process for over 5,000 objects from its collection.This project was conducted with the greatest care and in accordance with the Leidraad voor het Afstoten van Museale Objecten (LAMO: guidelines for deaccessing museum objects). Once the project was completed, the objects no longer had any museum value.
Participating Artist Danielle Kwaaitaal took care of several of these deaccessed objects and collaborated with fourteen renowned artists from various disciplines, asking them to breathe new life into these objects. Danielle Kwaaitaal then documented these ‘new works of art’ in a special way. The ABOVE & BEYOND exhibition restores the museum value of these objects and puts Kwaaitaal at the centre of the debate about the future of our cultural heritage.