Sixteen Conversations on Abstraction Tool Two (Clock): a Limited Edition by Riet Wijnen - Art Rotterdam 2026

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Join Kunstinstituut Melly at Booth G6 during Art Rotterdam 2026!

As part of Rotterdam Art Week 2026, we invite you to visit Kunstinstituut Melly at Booth G6 at Art Rotterdam, held at Rotterdam Ahoy from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 March.

At Art Rotterdam 2026, Kunstinstituut Melly presents Sixteen Conversations on Abstraction Tool Two (Clock), a special limited edition by Riet Wijnen, who is currently presenting a solo project titled Suitcase Economy at Melly.

On this green ceramic clock with sixteen digits, the 24-hour timekeeping system, often used for digital clocks, slips into the analog 12-hour clock system: the digit ‘16’ is placed at 4 o’clock.

These time systems are often so deeply ingrained in our bodies that we no longer recognize these abstract constructs as tools. This subtle slippage opens up the rigid systems designed by us to live according to the clock.

This edition is part of Riet Wijnen’s ongoing cycle Sixteen Conversations on Abstraction, in which the color green serves as a code for ‘time’. Through this body of work, she investigates overlooked and yet-unknown histories of abstraction. Her research also involves deconstructing the structures and tools we use to articulate histories and, through this process, proposing new ones.

Opening Hours - Art Rotterdam

VIP Preview: Thursday 26 March, 11am – 4pm (by invitation only)
VIP Opening: Thursday 26 March, 4pm – 9pm (by invitation only)

Opening: Friday 27 March, 11am – 7pm
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 March, 11am – 7pm
Rotterdam Ahoy, Booth G6