1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf & Bekleidung

1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf and the parallel exhibition Bekleidung introduce visitors to two of the most original ideas on the culture of the interior: the idea of the interior as an expression of the individual, and the interior as the starting point of architecture.

1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf and the parallel exhibition Bekleidung are the first part of a triptych that Het Nieuwe Instituut is devoting to the interior in the next few years. This part introduces visitors to two of the most original ideas on the culture of the interior: the idea of the interior as an expression of the individual, and the interior as the starting point of architecture. Both ideas go back to nineteenth-century Romanticism and have lost none of their topicality today.

1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf by Floris Vos | Bekleidung. Photo: Johannes Schwartz

1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf

In 1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf, Het Nieuwe Instituut shows six actual three-dimensional sets that have been developed for Erwin Olaf by the décor designer Floris Vos. These sets create a world that exists solely by virtue of the photograph: they are made exclusively to bring a character to life. How is the visitor to judge them?

Bekleidung

The sets for Erwin Olaf by Floris Vos are combined with the exhibition Bekleidung. Bekleidung presents artist's wallpaper selected by guest curator Erich Weiss and including designs by Andy Warhol, General Idea, John Armleder, Claude Closky, Jef Geys and others.

Brochure

Brendan Cormier wrote 'No Interest in Reality: Erwin Olaf and the Constructed Interior.' This essay is part of the brochure '1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf by Floris Vos | Bekleidung'.