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Calendar

Amalia Ulman
Calendar

This edition is a re-issue of the calendar released by Amalia Ulman for her solo exhibition The Destruction Of Experience (2014). The work contains images dealing with reproduction and interweaves themes of identity, social expectations and performativity. The full calendar has been reissued as an edition on the occasion of RHIZOMA. Read more

Framing and reframing

Vaast Colson
Framing and reframing

During the winter of 2024–25, Vaast Colson stayed in the iconic artist residences that made MASEREEL’s residency programme possible for more than 50 years and are now making way for a new artist pavilion. It inspired him to repurpose the nine abandoned shower curtains for the hybrid work Framing and reframing (Gradually experiencing the consequence(s) Read more

Cabinet

Pei-Hsuan Wang
Cabinet

Pei-Hsuan Wang’s contribution to RHIZOMA comprises two parts: Sister Folding Laundry, a sculptural outdoor intervention, and Cabinet, this work on paper. For Cabinet, Wang invited her family to photograph the interiors of their kitchen cabinets and pantries – intimate spaces of daily life. She ultimately chose an image taken by her brother-in-law, capturing a quiet Read more

Shared Reality

Jeremy Deller
Shared Reality

Shared Reality is a silkscreen by Jeremy Deller, created at MASEREEL’s ateliers. With its bold two-word statement, Deller examines how social media and misinformation fragment our shared understanding of reality, creating isolated and conflicting perspectives where meaningful dialogue becomes nearly impossible. The work emphasizes the critical role of a common reality in a functioning society. Read more

Le Montavoies – Axonometrie

Wim Cuyvers
Le Montavoies – Axonometrie

On the occasion of the long-awaited publication RES NULLIUS (2025), which will be presented for the first time during RHIZOMA, Wim Cuyvers also created the work LE MONTAVOIES – AXONOMETRIE in the MASEREEL workshop. An axonometric projection is an old-fashioned way of making a three-dimensional drawing of an object or a space. It is a perspective drawing without vanishing Read more

Trianal

Clara Spilliaert
Trianal

Clara Spilliaert’s contribution to RHIZOMA is a work on paper entitled Trianal that is linked to the installation of the same name. It sheds light on the often unspoken, everyday topic of going to the toilet. In earlier times, a mixture of forest leaves was used as bedding for stables – and as toilet paper. Read more

Deep Fried Cursed Cat

Eva & Franco Mattes
Deep Fried Cursed Cat

Created for RHIZOMA, Deep Fried Cursed Cat is printed on heavyweight blotting paper with 900 perforated tabs. It uses plant-based, food-grade ink, harking back to the paper’s historical connection to LSD. Eva & Franco Mattes’ Cursed Cat sculpture was deep-fried by master chef Franziska Von Guten and printed by Caleb Kesey, grandson of counterculture icon Read more