Artists Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets present their new initiative: their own exposition hall, in the heart of Antwerp, where their atelier Studio Job – in addition to an office in the Netherlands – has its home   base. The expansive industrial space is located on the ground floor of a former cigar   factory on the Begijnenvest, not far from the museum quarter in het Zuid. Under the title The Birth, this first exhibition presents exclusively work by the duo itself. Because, despite the fact that the style bible Wallpaper crowned them designers of the year, Time Magazine included them in their Top 100 most influential designers, and their work has  found its way to museums and collectors the world over (and a great success during Salone 2008), Studio Job remains an unknown in Belgium.  

The space is also intended to function as a platform and refuge for others: artists, designers, curators, galleries and museums. Just as Smeets (1970, Hamont-Achel, Belgium) and Tynagel (1977, Bergeijk, the Netherlands) cannot be reduced to the status   of artists or designers, but rather occupy a unique position somewhere between, Studio Job cannot simply be described as a gallery. “Call it a chameleonic space”, says Smeets. The opening exhibition is in collaboration with ‘Zuiderzee Museum‘.

Via: Abitare.it