Squatters.WITTE Witte is a surname and may refer to:
Initiated by Museu de Serralves director Vicente Todolf and Witte de With director Bartomeu Mari, "Squatters" is a series of shows that will connect the Rotterdam and Porto institutions during 2001, the year these cities take their joint turn as Cultural Capital of Europe. The project begins with "Hortus Conclusus Hortus Conclusus is a Latin term, meaning literally "enclosed garden", and is an attribute of the Virgin Mary in Medieval and Renaissance art. Christian tradition states that Jesus Christ was conceived to Mary supernaturally and without disrupting her virginity by ," an exhibition referencing the Rotterdam humanist hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. Erasmus's notion of a closed garden as the ideal place for quiet thought. Held in gardens and public spaces throughout Rotterdam in addition to the Witte de With, the show will bring together works by landscape architects as well as artists including Dennis Adams, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Drags et, Cildo Meireles Cildo Meireles (born Rio de Janeiro, 1948) is a Brazilian installation artist and sculptor. A retrospective of his work, organized by Dan Cameron and Gerardo Mosquera, was presented at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York in 1999 and then traveled to the Museu de , and Tobias Rehberger. "Hortus Conclusus," Apr. 29-July 1. |
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