Waq Waq - Galeri Artist Berlin
Galeri Artist Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Solo Exhibition
From April 22nd to May 25th 2011
Galeri Artist Berlin (Fasanenstrasse 68, 10719 Berlin, Germany)
Solo Exhibition
From April 22nd to May 25th 2011
Opening on April 21st from 18h00 'till 20h00
The Waq Waq is based on a small Arabic print, that Johan Tahon discovered at a flee market on the Taksim Square in the vibrant heart of Istanbul. This print showed a tree carrying humanoid fruit and later appeared to be an illustration of the Waq Waq myth, telling about a magical tree that grows on a deserted island, somewhere in South-East-Asia. Every year this tree bears women as fruit. Once they are fully grown, the hears of these marvellous creatures slowly let go off the branches and the creatures tragically fall on the ground, whilst loudly crying Waq Waq. Like imploded ripe fruit they slowly await their death.
Eastern as well as Western mythology often inspires Johan Tahon who materializes his own myths in dream sculptures. Every myth is created to offer an explanation to that which is unexplainable, but sometimes the myth itself is shrouded in so much mystery that the basis of it’s own origin is no longer clear. Myths offer comfort, yet it’s not always clear what for.
This time Tahon will have the gallery overgrown by an installation that is based on the Waq Waq story: fragile ceramic heads sprout from the branches of a tree and threaten to drop and fall apart on the ground. The installation seems to be alive and bathes in an atmosphere of Unheimlichkeit. It is veiled by the mystery of it’s own origin.
For more information and more pictures, check this Berlin blog: http://explorise.de
UNIVERSUS JOHAN TAHON SCULPTUREN 1999-2021
Dit nieuw boek met tekst van Arie Hartog en Jelle Van Riet werd uitgegeven door Lannoo ter gelegenheid van de solotentoonstelling in het MOU Museum te Oudenaarde (BE) (24 april - 30 september 2021)
Hard cover, 208p.
Photography: Gert Jan van Rooij
Vanaf 25 april 2021 te verkrijgen in het MOU Museum, de boekhandel en online via https://www.lannoo.be/nl/johan-tahon-universus
Compleet overzichtswerk 20 jaar beeldende kunst Johan Tahon
'De kracht van Johan Tahon ligt in zijn koppige houding waarbij hij de sporen wil blijven laten zien van het gevecht dat vaak alleen - en altijd alleen ten volle - in het atelier van de kunstenaar zichtbaar en tastbaar is.' Dixit Jan Hoet, die kunstenaar Johan Tahon destijds ontdekte.
Meer dan dertig jaar later is er nu Universus, het boek bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Oudenaarde, genoemd naar het beeld dat er al twintig jaar staat. Dat is ook het tijdsbestek dat Universus beslaat, want meer nog dan een catalogus is het ook het verhaal van de evolutie in Tahons beeldhouwkunst, van zijn plek in de kunstgeschiedenis én van de objecten die hij verzamelt.
NEWS AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS /
Universus
© Eva Feliers
King Filip of Belgium visited the exhibition 'Universus / Johan Tahon / Sculpturen 1999-2021' at the MOU Museum in Oudenaarde on September 21, 2021.
MÉTANOIA
© Vatican Media
Métanoia, ceramic sculpture of Johan Tahon for Pope Francis
Vatican - Rome (IT)
May 10th 2021
VAN GOGH MONUMENT
Solo Project - Van Gogh Monument
Vincent van Gogh's birth village - Zundert (NL)
The Van Gogh Monument will be inaugurated on Saturday 28 September at 4 p.m. on the Vincent van Goghplein in Zundert.
VAN GOGH / JOHAN TAHON – Vincent van GoghHuis Zundert
MUSICA SACRA
Festival of music, theater and contemporary art with a focus on the experience of the sacred.
Several locations - Maastricht (NL)
From September 20th till 22th, 2024
www.musicasacramaastricht.nl
OPENSTUDIO - ROZEBEKE, DE TUIN VAN GENT - ALBERT SCODRO
Alberto Scodro as guest artist in the Studio/Church of Johan Tahon
Studio/Church - Rozebeke (BE)
September 8th, 2024 from 2 pm till 6 pm: Open Monumentendag
www.openmonumentendag.be
OPEN STUDIO - ROZEBEKE, DE TUIN VAN GENT - POETRY
Open studio
Welcome to the workplace of Johan Tahon
Studio/Church - Rozebeke (BE)
August 15th, 2024 from 2 pm till 6 pm. At 5 pm Peter Verhelst will read out his book of poetry Zabriskie, with which he won De Grote Poëzieprijs 2024.
More info
BEKEGEM
Exhibition with Alexander Tinei and D.D.Trans
Sint-Amanduskerk - Bekegem (BE)
From August 1st till 31st, 2024
OPEN STUDIO - ROZEBEKE, DE TUIN VAN GENT - BURAQ
Open studio on the occasion of the 'Paardenommegang Rozebeke'
Welcome to the workplace of Johan Tahon
Studio/Church - Rozebeke (BE)
July 14th, 2024 from 2pm till 6 pm
More info
FUGA'S EN PIMPELMEZEN
Group Exhibition
Museumhuis Lucien De Gheus - Poperinge (BE)
From June 8th till September 29th, 2024
www.luciendegheus.be/nl_NL/programme/
OOIDONK ART FESTIVAL
Group Exhibition
Goed Te Réables - Bachte-Maria-Leerne (BE)
From May 18th till June 30th, 2024
