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NamesJonathas de Andrade, Sven Augustijnen, Alejandro Cesarco, Tamara Henderson, Gareth James, Henrik Olesen, Willem de Rooij, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Florian Zeyfang
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TitlePlaisance
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CategoryExhibition
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CuratorFionn Meade
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DateApr 19 – Jun 22, 2013
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Opening Reception
Friday, Apr 19, 6 – 8 pm
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![Plaisance, installation view.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/01_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Natasha Sadr Haghighian, The Microscope, 2006. Modified microscope, sound installation, brochure. Dimensions variable. Courtesy Johann König, Berlin.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Left: Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010. Right: Henrik Olesen, A.T., 2012.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/03_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Foreground: Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010. Backgroud: Henrik Olesen, A.T., 2012.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/04_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Henrik Olesen, A.T., detail, 2012. Computer collage on cardboard. 20 parts, each: 14 ½ x 20 ½ inches, framed. Private collection, Minneapolis.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/05_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Henrik Olesen, A.T., detail, 2012. Computer collage on cardboard. 20 parts, each: 14 ½ x 20 ½ inches, framed. Private collection, Minneapolis.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/06_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Henrik Olesen, A.T., detail, 2012. Computer collage on cardboard. 20 parts, each: 14 ½ x 20 ½ inches, framed. Private collection, Minneapolis.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/07_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/08_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Foreground: Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010. Background: Willem de Rooij, Silver to Gold, 2009.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/09_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010. 100 white and 100 black tulips, black vase, white base. As interpreted by Liz Bastian and Heidi Skoog. Courtesy the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; acquired with the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund, 2011.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/10_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Willem de Rooij, Silver to Gold, 2009. Unbleached linen and acrylic fiber. Five panels, each 84 ⅝ x 53 ⅛ x 2 inches. Courtesy the Aishti Foundation, Beirut.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation View.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Background: Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Foreground: Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/13_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, detail, 2008. A book and 29 Lambda prints in 10 brass frames of various sizes. Courtesy Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/14_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Frame 1: Dozette, 105 avenue Louise (left); “Ixelles to its colonial pioneers”, commemorative monument near the ponds of Ixelles opposite the Abbaye de la Cambre (middle); Elisabeth 142 Avenue Louise (right). 27 x 41 ½ inches framed. Courtesy Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Frame 2: Roses in the King's Garden, below the roundabout, 370-372 Avenue Louise (top); Residence of Louise-Marie, 379 Avenue Louise (bottom). 33 ½ x 18 ¼ inches. Courtesy Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Frame 7: “Slave recaptured by dogs” by Louis Samain, 1898, 506-508 Avenue Louise (top); Valerie, 511 Avenue Louise (bottom). 33 ½ x 18 ¼ inches. Courtesy Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Background: Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Foreground: Willem de Rooij, Bouquet VI, 2010.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/18_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles, 2008. Courtesy Musee d'Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/19_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles - Recueil d'articles, 2008. Courtesy Musee d'Ixelles, Brussels.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Center: Sven Augustijnen, Les Demoiselles de Bruxelles - Recueil d'articles, 2008. Right: Florian Zeyfang, Introduction to a Small History of Photography - Formalist Heady Pattern Version, 2008.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/21_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Left to right: Alejandro Cesarco, Willem de Rooij, Jonathas de Andrade.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/22_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Left: Tamara Henderson. Right: Gareth James.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/23_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Left: Tamara Henderson. Right: Gareth James.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/24_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Gareth James, Left to right: Untitled (Sir John Soane Bust with White Regular Circle), 2011. Untitled (Edward Curtis with White to Black Spiral), 2010. Untitled (Young Claude Levi-Strauss with Monkey, Fragment Spirals), 2011. All works: Chomogentic prints. 32 ¾ x 22 ½ inches framed. Courtesy Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/25_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Plaisance, installation view. Foreground: Alejandro Cesarco, Broodthaers, 2008. Background: 35mm slides of drawings from a series "De La Physionomie Humaine et Animale" by Charles Le Brun, ca. 1670, Selected by Willem de Rooij.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/26_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)
![Alejandro Cesarco, Broodthaers, 2008. Replica of stationary designed by Marcel Broodthaers for the project Musée d’Art Moderne, 1969. Offset print on paper, brass paperweight. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Courtesy Murray Guy, NY.](https://www.midwayart.org/wordpress/../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/27_Plaisance_Midway_2013.jpg)