Preservation and Presentation of Installation Art

Elk, Ger van

The wider the flatter

1. Installation history
2. Ger van Elk, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
3. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
4. Ger van Elk, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
5. Inside Installations, Kröller-Müller Museum
6. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

3. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (1973)
creator(s) Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
publisher Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

The Kröller-Müller Museum acquired ‘The wider the flatter’ at the time it was exhibited in the Van Abbemuseum through Art & Project. Ger van Elk and the former director of the museum Rudi Oxenaar had chosen a location for the work in the Kröller-Müller Museum, in a corner that is approached by small steps. Rene van de Bichelaer was commissioned again to take photographs of the wall at the new site and the resulting prints replaced the ones that were used in the Van Abbemuseum context. Because the work has an essential relation to this specific site, there was never a question of moving the artwork around.