Angel (2012)
Luc Tuymans
Angel (2012) (schilderkunst)
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With Luc Tuymans' mural Angel, a new work was added to the permanent art collection in 2012. Angel was installed in a side corridor on the second balcony. Watch the making-of video.
When Tuymans completed this magnificent fresco, the space in which it is located was renamed the Angel Room. Inspired by Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel, Concertgebouw commissioned a series of compositions written especially for the atmospheric Angel Room: The Angel Series. For seven consecutive years, a different contemporary composer was commissioned to create a new musical work for the series. Visitors can also listen to these compositions on site, while enjoying a view of the fresco.
The Angel Series #1 /Toshio Hosokawa (Japan), 2014
As part of his Domain in October 2014, Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa setted the ball rolling with a work for soprano and harp.
The Angels Series #2 / Vykintas Baltakas (Litouwen), 2015
Vykintas Baltakas composed a work specially for the Angel Room, within the context of SURROUND!
The Angel Series #3 / Annelies Van Parys (België), 2016
Belgium’s Annelies Van Parys has composed a work, especially for the Angel Room.
The Angel Series #4 / Wim Henderickx (België), 2017
It was the opposition of the Concertgebouw’s raw concrete and the finesse of Tuymans’s exquisite fresco that inspired Wim Henderickx. His creation – born within the BEAT IT! Festival – opens up a new musical cycle for which the composer takes places with a special dynamic as the point of departure.