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What draws our attention first – the glint of a lure, or the tale it appears to promise? For Tales and Reals, Magali Reus turns to the coastal landscape of her youth, which also forms the backdrop to Museum Beelden Aan Zee, The Hague, NL. Drawing on the area’s cultural, industrial and natural landscape and history, the artist has created three interconnected bodies of twenty-one sculptural works: Merlin (2024), Streamers (2025) and Rig* (2025).
At first glance, these works resemble familiar objects: larger-than-life sardine tins, maritime skeletal remains, fishing hooks and earrings. Yet a closer look makes what seems real begin to ‘reel’. Layered with meaning and alluring details, these objects use their seductive forces to hook and reel us in – literally and metaphorically. Playing with the flirtatious potential of silhouettes, they function as baits: enticements that at- tract us while the inevitable awaits – the moment the lure turns into a snare that fools and entraps.
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What draws our attention first – the glint of a lure, or the tale it appears to promise? For Tales and Reals, Magali Reus turns to the coastal landscape of her youth, which also forms the backdrop to Museum Beelden Aan Zee, The Hague, NL. Drawing on the area’s cultural, industrial and natural landscape and history, the artist has created three interconnected bodies of twenty-one sculptural works: Merlin (2024), Streamers (2025) and Rig* (2025).
At first glance, these works resemble familiar objects: larger-than-life sardine tins, maritime skeletal remains, fishing hooks and earrings. Yet a closer look makes what seems real begin to ‘reel’. Layered with meaning and alluring details, these objects use their seductive forces to hook and reel us in – literally and metaphorically. Playing with the flirtatious potential of silhouettes, they function as baits: enticements that at- tract us while the inevitable awaits – the moment the lure turns into a snare that fools and entraps.
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