JAN HOEK at THE MARGULIES COLLECTION
THE MARGULIES COLLECTION AT THE WAREHOUSE
history
In 1998, Martin Z. Margulies along with his longtime curator Katherine Hinds began looking for a suitable space to display the growing collection of photography, video and installation works, and sculpture of the Margulies Contemporary Art Collection. In 1999, the first phase of the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse opened to the public with an event to benefit the Lowe Museum at the University of Miami. After a series of expansions, the Warehouse now comprises 45,000 square feet of exhibition space with set hours each week.
curator
Katherine Hinds has been the curator of the collection since 1982.
current exhibition
Song Dong | The Wisdom of the Poor: A Communal Courtyard
Arte Povera | Calzolari, Kounellis, Pistoletto
Anselm Kiefer | Paintings and Sculpture 1986 – 2006
New works of painting, photography, sculpture and video
New Painting: Anna Betbeze, Aaron Bobrow, Jessica Hutchins, Astrid Svangren, Tam Van Tran, Marianne Vitale
New Photography: Olafur Eliasson, Jan Hoek, Nina Katchadourian,
Domenico Mangano, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Doug Rickard, Hank Willis Thomas
New Sculpture: Ai Weiwei, Nathalie Djurberg, Masao Gozu, Kenny Scharf,
Paolo Ventura
New Video: Kota Ezawa, Amar Kanwar
Special Exhibition:
Foto Colectania Foundation, Barcelona, Spain, Chema Madoz; Photography
Permanent Exhibitions:
Doug Aitken, Cory Arcangel, John Chamberlain, Willem de Kooning,
Leandro Erlich, Michael Heizer, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long,
Isamu Noguchi, George Segal, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Franz West
ABOUT Jan Hoek
Jan Hoek (1984) is a writer as well. In addition to his own indepedant work as an artist, he writes for magazines and newspapers about his own work, the work of others, photography in general and subjects related to his own work.
Jan Hoek has photographed amateur models, mentally ill homeless people in Africa, a girl with no arms and legs, a heroin addict who dreams of being a model, or people he has simply found in advertisements on the internet. The photo shoot is never what he expected, model and photographer always have different expectations. The model actually wants sex while Jan Hoek wants to shoot the dog. The model tries to be as glamorous as possible, while Jan wants to picture the decay. Photographing is not just about the image but also the relationship between the photographer and the model. How far can you go with your models? In the accompanying film, Me & My Models, Jan talks about the nasty, funny, painful or touching things that happen around photographing people.
“I believe there is always a certain degree of ethics involved in photography. It is almost impossible to take photographs of people without consciously, or unconsciously, crossing boundaries and with things happening that you don’t want or expect. I feel this is often covered up in photography, while I would like to show it … ”
