Exhibition design for the international exhibition Mad About

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Exhibition design for the international exhibition Mad About Surrealism in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by MAXWAN architects + urbanists

April 30th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: MAXWAN architects + urbanists

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and the Hamburger Kunsthalle, presents ‘Mad About Surrealism’ with over 300 surrealistic works from Dalí, Ernst, Magritte, Miró and others. Most of the works have rarely ever been exhibited and some of them might never be on display again. The exhibition showcases the collections of four renowned surrealism collectors: Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch.

Image Courtesy © Lotte Stekelenburg

Architects: MAXWAN architects + urbanists
Project: Exhibition design for the international exhibition Mad About Surrealism
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Photography: Lotte Stekelenburg, Artur Borejszo
Client: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Partner in charge: Hiroki Matsuura, Rients Dijkstra
Team leader: Giulia Sarah Bacci
Team: Gabriella Georgakaki, Artur Borejszo, Aleksandar Hrib, Valentina Chiappa Nunez

Image Courtesy © Lotte Stekelenburg

Total floor area: 2500 m²
Start of project: 2016-11
End of project: 2017-01
End of construction: 2017-02

Image Courtesy © Lotte Stekelenburg

The exhibition is the third Maxwan designed ‘blockbuster’ exhibition in the Boymans’ main exhibition space, the Bodon Hall. The key ingredient in the design is a newly built central room with a zeppelin-like shape. The bright interior of the zeppelin hosts eight themes – Dali’s paranoia, Fabulous women etc. – composed of works from all four collections. By its size and position the zeppelin divides the Bodon Hall into four quadrants – one for each collector. The skin of the zeppelin is a highly reflective gray that surrealistically reflects light, artworks and visitors of the collection rooms.

Image Courtesy © Lotte Stekelenburg

Image Courtesy © Artur Borejszo

Image Courtesy © Lotte Stekelenburg

Image Courtesy © MAXWAN architects + urbanists

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Tags: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Categories: Exhibition, Exhibition Center, Interiors, Museum

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