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ALBARELLI FOR ALL SORES

The albarelli will travel

First stop at De Coöperatieve - Hasselt (BE)
From 18 till 21 April 2014
www.valerietraan.be

www.detijdhervonden.be

In his early twenties Johan Tahon dug up in the center of Ghent a majolica milk jug. It proved to be an important discovery: it was made by the Antwerp ceramist of Italian descent Guido Andries. Andries introduced majolica in the Netherlands and in 1520 put up a kiln in the Kammenstraat, not far from where gallery Valerie Traan is now located. This accidental discovery lead to Tahon's collection of pre-Renaissance pottery and to a growing fascination with the archetypal uses of pottery.
A quarter century later Johan Tahon is the best known Flemish sculptor with his famous white sculptures. In Galerie Valerie Traan he shows for the first time his versions of the albarello, or pharmacist's pot, capriciously covered with white enamel. These ointment jars with their healing powers and their ancient utilitarian shape mean a lot to Tahon. He doesn't consider these hand-molded pots to be ready-made objects, but sees them as modern variants on ancient forms that have survived over time.

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Exhibitions /

VAN GOGH - PREDIKER

Solo exhibition
Vincent van GoghHuis - Zundert (NL)
From March 26th till August 6th, 2023 - EXTENDED till August 27th, 2023
Opening on Saturday March 25th, 2023 at 3 pm. Welcome!
www.vangoghhuis.com

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Umarmung

Solo exhibition
Curated by Frank-Thorsten Moll
IKOB - Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst - Eupen (BE)
From October 11th, 2022 till January 8th, 2023
Opening on Sunday October 9th, 2022 at 2 pm. Welcome!
www.ikob.be
www.ikob.be/en/exhibitions/johan-tahon-umarmung

UNIVERSUS    JOHAN TAHON    SCULPTUREN 1999-2021

Retrospective exhibition
Curated by Arie Hartog
MOU - Museum Oudenaarde (BE)
From April 24th till September 30th, 2021, EXTENDED till November 7th, 2021
www.mou-oudenaarde.be/universus

Watch a sneak preview of the exhibition here!

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WIR ÜBERLEBEN DAS LICHT

Solo exhibition / cross-over project with poetry of Till Lindemann (frontman of Rammstein)
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
From January 26th till December 2nd 2018
http://www.bonnefanten.nl/

MONK

Solo exhibition - with new ceramics - on the occasion of Leeuwarden Cultural Capital of Europe 2018
Curated by Tanya Rumpff
Nationaal Keramiek Museum Princessehof - Leeuwarden (NL)
From December 2nd 2017 till November 25th 2018
www.princessehof.nl

ECCE HOMO

Group exhibition + several projects with a.o. Luc Tuymans, Dirk Braeckman, Michaël Borremans, ...
Curated by Yasmine Geukens, Marie-Paule De Vil, Marion de Cannière and Eric Rinckhout
Different locations in the city - Antwerp (BE)
From November 17th 2017 till February 25th 2018
www.eccehomoantwerpen.com