Manifesta 1 took place in Rotterdam in the summer of 1996. This first exhibition was much talked about in the art world and received wide coverage in the international press. It brought together 75 artists from 27 countries, selected by five curators from different parts of Europe: Rosa Martínez, Viktor Misiano, Katalin Néray, Andrew Renton and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Twelve museums, as well as other cultural institutions and associations took part in the event, among them the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, the Netherlands Architectural Institute, the Chabot Museum, the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, the National Institute for Photography in the Netherlands and the Witte de With center for contemporary art.

Manifesta 1 was organised by the Foundation European Art Manifestation. Its executive office was directed by Hedwig Fijen, under the supervision of a National Committee made up of personalities from the Netherlands' art and business worlds: Joop van Caldenborgh, Geert Dales, Chris Dercon, Marlene Dumas, Rob Scholte, Vincent Vlasblom and Herman Wessels. The International Advisary Board included Els Barents, René Block, Henry Meyric Hughes, Svenrobert Lundquist, Anda Rottenberg and Lilijana Stepanc˜ic˜.

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CURATORS

Rosa MartÌnez
Viktor Misiano
Katalin NÈray
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Andrew Renton


INSTITUTIONS

Kunsthal Rotterdam
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Chabot Museum
Villa Museumpark 9
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam Center for the Arts
V2_Organisation, Institute for the Unstable Media
Nederlands Foto Instituut
Witte de With, center for contemporary art
The Police Gallery
Maritime Museum ëPrins Hendrikí Rotterdam


MANIFESTA 1 NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Chairman: Joop van Caldenborgh, Director of Caldic Chemie bv, Rotterdam
Treasurer: Geert Dales, Director of The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
Chris Dercon, Director of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Marlene Dumas, Artist, Amsterdam
Rob Scholte, Artist, Tenerife
Vincent Vlasblom, Art Advisor, Benningbroek
Herman Wessels, Managing Director PTT Telecom, Rotterdam


MANIFESTA 1 ADVISORY BOARD

Els Barents, Consultant at The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
RenÈ Block, Curator of the 4th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Sve nrobert Lundquist, President of the National Committee for the Exhibition of Swedish Art Abroad, Stockholm, and Executive Director of the Kunsthalle, G–teborg, Sweden
Anda Rottenberg, Director of the National Gallery for Contemporary Art, Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
Lilijana Stepancic, Director of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia


MANIFESTA 1 ARTISTS

Martin Beck (New York/Vienna), Mila Bredikhina (Moscow), Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (Ghent), Mat Collishaw (London), Maria Eichhorn (Berlin), RÛza El-Hassan (Budapest), Olafur Eliasson (Reykjavik), Entertainment & Co. (Lisbon), Ayse Erkmen (Istanbul), Vadim Fishkin (Moscow), Bernhard Fuchs (Helfenberg), Douglas Gordon (Glasgow), Tamara Grcic (Frankfurt), Joseph Grigely (Jersey City), Tommi Gr–nlund (Helsinki), Marie-Ange Guilleminot (Paris), Dmitri Gutov (Moscow), Jitka H·nzlova (Essen), Carl Michael von Hausswolff (Stockholm), Christine Hill (Berlin), Carsten H–ller (Cologne), Huang Yong Ping (Paris), Fabrice Hybert (Paris), Irwin Ljubljana Alexey N. Isaev (Moscow), Siraj Izhar (London), Henrik Plenge Jacobsen (Copenhagen/Paris), Pjotr Jaros (Krakow), Suchan Kinoshita (Maastricht), Robert Jankuloski (Skopje), Ivana Keser (Zagreb), Koo Jeong-a (Paris), RenÈe Kool (Amsterdam), Pavel Kopriva (Prague), Oleg Kulik (Moscow), Yuri Leiderman (Moscow), Rogelio LÛpez Cuenca (Malaga), Tracy Mackenna (Glasgow), Esko M”nnikk– (Oulo), Eva Marisaldi (Bologna), Jenny Marketou (Athens/New York), Roger Meintjes (Lisbon), Regina M–ller (Berlin), NEsTWORK (Rotterdam), Peteri Nisunen (Helsinki), Maurice OëConnell (Dublin), Roman Ond·k (Bratislava), Valeri Podoroga (Moscow), Mathias Poledna (Vienna), Tadej Pogacar (Ljubljana), Liza May Post (Amsterdam), Luca Quartana (Milan), Tobias Rehberger (Frankfurt), Gerwald Rockenschaub (Vienna), Arsen Savadov (Kiev), Pit Schulz (Berlin), Georgy Senchenko (Kiev), Nedko Solakov (Sofia), Soo-ja Kim (Seoul), subREAL (Bucharest), J·nos Sugar (Budapest), Sam Taylor-Wood (London), Kathy Temin (Sydney), Hale Tenger (Istanbul), Rirkrit Tiravanija (New York), Jaan Toomik (Tallinn), Didier Trenet (Beaune), Rosemarie Trockel (Cologne), Mette Tronvoll (Ranheim), Uri Tzaig (Tel Aviv), Paco Vacas (Valencia), Eulýlia Valldosera (Barcelona), Lydia Venieri (Athens), Susann Walder (Z¸rich), Catherine Yass (London)

Links to Manifesta 1 artists' websites. 


FLASH BACK: MANIFESTA 1

Manifesta 1 took place in Rotterdam from 9 June to 19 August 1996. This first exhibition was much talked about in the art world and received wide coverage in the international press. It brought together 75 artists from 27 countries, selected by 5 curators from different parts of Europe. 12 museums as well as other cultural institutions and associations took part in the event.

Manifesta 1 was organised by the Foundation European Art Manifestation. Its executive office was directed by Hedwig Fijen, under the supervision of a National Committee made up of personalities from the Netherlandsí arts and business worlds.


MANIFESTA 1 PROJECT OFFICE

Director Project Office: Hedwig Fijen
Project Manager: Jolie van Leeuwen
Office Manager: Nicole Meijer
Project Coordinators: Willemien Ippel, Nicole Meijer, Annette Mullink, Barbara Boomsma (Assistant)
Press and Communications Department: Dees Linders (Chief Officer), Anne Reenders (Assistant), Sarah Slootweg (Assistant), Hester Alberdingh Thijm (Special Advisor Cultural Marketing Office), Menno Heling (Special Advisor)


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