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DickVerdult

The multifaceted work of Dick Verdult (born 1954 in Eindhoven, NL) is built on relinquishing control, allowing imperfections, and making an unprepared start. Verdult connects concepts from various disciplines and cultures, instantly changing the meanings and functions of objects and even actions. For all their diversity and elusiveness, his activities are always recognisable owing to a combination of no-tech and high-tech elements. The moment he presents them on an art stage, they turn out to be carefully considered and composed.

Verdult has been a pioneer in the fields of interactive fiction, television, performance, radio, and the internet. He founded various art groups, including Festicumex (a festival for an non-existing musical genre) and the IBW (Instituut voor Betaalbare Waanzin, or “Institute for Affordable Lunacy”). Currently, Verdult’s focus is on deforming popular culture and on manipulation per se. Since 2003, he has operated under the name Dick El Demasiado (Dick the Excessive) generating a new breed of experimental Cumbia musicians.

New work shown by Verdult at Club Solo will include his hypocritical plates, a speaking installation, banners, large drawings, and eel sculptures, alongside works from the past 15 years.

M HKA (Antwerp) responds to Dick Verdult's solo with two installations by Dennis Tyfus: The Seventh Beatle and Beuys' Be(a) st(s), both from 2021.

The origins of Dennis Tyfus' practice can be found in the punk movement. He adopts an anarchic attitude not only towards the world and society in general but definitely also towards the contemporary art world.

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Hollandse Dapperheid, 2022

Jenever has a second name in England and in Argentina, Hollandse Dapperheid.

Dick Verdult's multiple (Hollandse Dapperheid, 2022) was made especially for this exhibition, in an edition of seven copies. The work is on display in the café space of Club Solo and is on sale for €250.

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The multifaceted work of Dick Verdult (born 1954 in Eindhoven, NL) is built on relinquishing control, allowing imperfections, and making an unprepared start. Verdult connects concepts from various disciplines and cultures, instantly changing the meanings and functions of objects and even actions. For all their diversity and elusiveness, his activities are always recognisable owing to a combination of no-tech and high-tech elements. The moment he presents them on an art stage, they turn out to be carefully considered and composed.

Verdult has been a pioneer in the fields of interactive fiction, television, performance, radio, and the internet. He founded various art groups, including Festicumex (a festival for an non-existing musical genre) and the IBW (Instituut voor Betaalbare Waanzin, or “Institute for Affordable Lunacy”). Currently, Verdult’s focus is on deforming popular culture and on manipulation per se. Since 2003, he has operated under the name Dick El Demasiado (Dick the Excessive) generating a new breed of experimental Cumbia musicians.

New work shown by Verdult at Club Solo will include his hypocritical plates, a speaking installation, banners, large drawings, and eel sculptures, alongside works from the past 15 years.