Exciting new exhibition: MarklinWorld, shows models of the world by 40 international artists

AMERSFOORT.- ‘MärklinWorld’ is KAdE’s new exhibition, set to run through 8 January 2012. The show features photographs, paintings, models and videos of urban and rural landscapes by forty international contemporary artists who all share a fascination with the world as a construct. Märklin is the name of a German company that has been producing model railways ever since 1891. Its products sell to hobbyists who build their own miniature railways at home (often hidden away in the attic). They turn themselves into the producers and directors of an often nostalgic Märklin world of their own creation: an idealised imitation of the real world. In ‘MärklinWorld’, KAdE shows how landscape is a major source of inspiration for artists. In his or her own individual way, each of the participants in the exhibition translates it into works of art that at once refer to the real world and play w

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