The exhibition Two Sides of the Same Coin is a unique follow-up to the presentation at the Venice Biennale. In Eindhoven, it features new textile works, drawings and video installations in addition to the sculptures.
CATPC's works are placed as interventions in the collection presentation Delinking and Relinking. A number of these works respond to the Van Abbemuseum's own colonial past and reinforce stories from the existing collection presentation Delinking and Relinking. In artworks created especially for this exhibition, CATPC bridges the Lusanga plantations and the plantations in Deli in Sumatra, where Van Abbemuseum founder and tobacco merchant Henri Van Abbe bought his tobacco. With these earnings, he founded the Van Abbemuseum and bought the collection. In the run-up to the exhibitions, some members of CATPC visit communities of plantation workers in Indonesia. And ask them for permission and ‘their blessing’ to exhibit at the Van Abbemuseum. The exhibition will feature conversations between CATPC members and communities in Indonesia.
The Pende sculpture representing Belgian colonial officer Maximilien Balot travels from Lusanga, DRC, where it was exhibited during (and live-streamed to) the Venice Biennale, to be displayed as part of Two Sides of the Same Coin.
