Gallery Ad Libitum was founded in 1958 by John Trouillard & Jaqueline (Jacky) Reydams. The Gallery was situated in the center of Antwerp – Schrijnwerkerstraat 9. Later it was moved to Lange Van Ruusbroecstraat 63, a beautifull Patrician house at the border of the city, where they also lived.
The list of exhibitions below is probably not complete as it was difficult to reconstruct the timeline.
Jacky (Jaqueline) typing a letter while having an exposition of Dorazio
1958
Opening of Gallery Ad Libitum on the second floor of the above mentioned adress. As from 1960, they moved to the ground floor with a courtyard (now a fancy boutique)
1959 - 1960
Exhibitions: Appel, Gillet, Alechinsky, Jorn, Jan Dries,, Bert De Leeuw, Pol Mara and others
Contacts with Schmela and Beys – Purchases of paintings from Wols, Max Ernst and others.
Contacts with Schalenbach, director of Museum Rijnland-Westfalen in Dusseldorf
Cooperation with Dr. P. Wembler, director of the Hause Lange Museum in Krefeld
1960 - 1962
Solo exhibition
of the members from the ZERO group, for the first time outside Dusseldorf: Piene, Mack, Uecker
Group Exhibition in Antwerp and Brussels – Palais des Beaux Arts: 3 halls Mack – Piene – Uecker, under the name DYNAMO (with light ballet of Otto Piene) View invitation
Mack, Piene & Ucker
Group exhibition FORMUM I & II in Gent, with cooperation of Gallery Ad Libitum with a big selectiom of ZERO artists such as Yves Klein, Fontana, Dorazzio, Morellet,, Castellani, Bury, Manzoni, Soto, Piene, Mack en Uecker. Works from the sculptor Jochen Hiltman
Solo exhibitions: Pierro Dorazio, Soto, Mavignier, Jef Verheyen, Mees, Leblanc, Bert De Leeuw
Group exhibition:
ZERO in Antwerp, Fontana comes over for the vernissage, together with his wife.
Solo Exhibitions: Kusama, Morellet and Cruz Die
1962 - 1963
Solo exhibitions from the Artists known as “le Nouveau Realisme”: Arman, Deschamps, Villegle, Rotella, Dufrene, Raysse
Group exhibtions: Malaval,Brusse, Dieter Rot, Spoerri and more
Solo Exhibition – Jesus Soto – (Vibrations 1958 – 62) organised by Gallery Ad Libitum in Germany – Gallery Haus Lange, Krefeld
Solo exhibition Jochen Hiltman & Gerhard Richter
Solo exhibition: Pol Mara (4/63)
1964
Exhibition Sobrino – Le Parc (members of the group “de recherche d’art visuel)
Solo exhibition:
Christo
and Jeanne-Claude
(view invitation)
Solo exhibition: Villeglé (Affiches lacérées 1959-1964)
Solo exhibition: Mavignier
Christo - Wrapped Table 1961
1965
Solo Exhibition Spoerri “31 variations of a meal”
In 1964, the artist Daniel Spoerri mounted an exhibition in New York called “31 Variations on a Meal.” He served meals to 31 art-world figures that included Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, then created collages from their dirty plates and other detritus, to be hung vertically on a wall. In 1965, a collection of these works where exposed in Gallery Ad Libitum. View the invitation
Spoerri: "31 variations of of a meal" ( the table of Roy Lichtenstein)
Solo exhitions of: Walter Leblanc, Karel Visser,
Valerio Adami
Solo exhibition of Bailleux. View invitation
Solo Exhibition Alik Cavaliere. View invitation
Solo Exhibition of François Arnal. View invitation
Invitation for the vernissage of Adami 29 march 1965 - Gallery Ad Libitum
1966
International Kinetic Show: group exhibition: Alviano, Camargo, Clarck, Cruz, Diez, Demarco, Horacio, Le Parc, Mack, Morrelet, Sobrino. View Invitation
Solo exhibition Ad Dekkers. View invitation
Solo exhibition Peter Klasen. View invitation
Solo exhibition: Guy Mees
Group exhibition Spoerri, Arman, Christo, Brusse, Deschamps, Malaval. View invitation
1967
The Gallery moved to the new location: Lange van Ruusbroecstraat 63, Antwerp.
Solo exhibition Kampmann. View invitation
Solo exhibition: F. NavesSolo exhibition of Ruckriem. View the invitation
Group exhibition: 3 German Sculptors: Ruckriem, Utz Kampmann, Jochen Hiltman
1968
Solo exhibition Ad Dekkers. View invitation
Solo exhibition D. Woodham
Solo exhibition Cl. GilliSolo exhibition Van Munster. View invitation
Solo exhibition Fr. Werthmann. View invitation
1969
Solo exhibitions Brett Whiteley, Joe Tilson & Roland Piché in cooperation of Marlborough Fine Art LondonSolo exhibition Ransillac
Solo exhibition Claude Lalanne. View invitation
Solo exhibitions Brett Whiteley, Joe Tilson & Roland Piché in cooperation of Marlborough Fine Art LondonSolo exhibition Ransillac
Solo exhibition M. De RosnySolo exhibition Claude Lalanne. View invitation
Joint exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle & Jean Tinquely
Poster of the vernissage in Gallery Ad Libitum of the Joint exhibition
Niki De Saint Phalle - Tinquely
1970
Solo exhibition J-C Farhi
Group exhibition: Nevelson, WWesselman, Jim Dine, Segal, Kienholz, Oldenburg, Artschager, Gerhard Richter, Gilbert & George
Group exhibition: Jan Dibbets, Doug Hubler, Kenneth Snelson, Fred Sandback
1971
Group exhibition: Fotorealism
Solo exhibition Arne Tengblad
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