Brecht Heytens
Belgium, b. 1989
Brecht Heytens (b. 1989, Leuven) obtained his bachelor's degree in sculpture in 2014 at the KASK – School of Arts in Ghent. He then continued his studies at the Sint-Lukas art college in Brussels, where he completed his Masters in the Fine Arts in 2016. Between February and May 2019, Brecht Heytens was M‑resident, a residence space offered by M-Museum Leuven in its M‑ruimte in Cas-co.
Brecht Heytens works out installations with neon, metal, wood, plaster, wax, and cables, in which he creates spatial drawings by means of light. Paying close attention to its visual impact, he plays with the functional and plastic aspects of fluorescent tubes. He carries out a visual and spatial research into their possibilities and limitations of those and combines them with other materials to create sculptures.” … “In each work, from a drawing on paper to a spatial play of dimensions and qualities, you feel the border between fragile and stable. As a spectator, you are part of the artist’s story, and his presence is never far away. Brecht Heytens urges you to look, to feel and to dare to waver, to turn and to stand up straight again.”
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Brecht Heytens works out installations with neon, metal, wood, plaster, wax, and cables, in which he creates spatial drawings by means of light. Paying close attention to its visual impact, he plays with the functional and plastic aspects of fluorescent tubes. He carries out a visual and spatial research into their possibilities and limitations of those and combines them with other materials to create sculptures.” … “In each work, from a drawing on paper to a spatial play of dimensions and qualities, you feel the border between fragile and stable. As a spectator, you are part of the artist’s story, and his presence is never far away. Brecht Heytens urges you to look, to feel and to dare to waver, to turn and to stand up straight again.”
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