Currently in Antwerp
Opening Thursday May 29, 2025
From 12 pm - 9 pm
May 29 - June 06, 2025
Paper has a fragile, temporary connotation, but that doesn't make it any less powerful. On the contrary, that fragility adds to the essence of the work. It requires a different way of looking, an awareness of materiality and time. Instead of seeing a work of art as a static object, work on paper invites us to experience it as a snapshot-a captured movement, a thought in the making. Moreover, paper has a rich tradition in art history. From mastery to radical experimentation, work on paper has always served as a medium of expression in its own right. It is not always a preparation for something else; it ís the work itself. In a world where monumentality is often equated with value, work on paper deserves a reappraisal. It is not an inferior medium, but an autonomous work of art with its own power, its own poetry.
Besides the format of the frame, and medium as a kind of dogma - it was decided to put all works at exactly the same price. In this way, the artist in question sees for himself or herself how far he or she wants to go in filling this frame. In the art world, work on paper is often seen as a by-product-a preliminary study, an intermediate form, a preparation for "the real thing. But that is a misconception. Paper offers immediacy and intimacy that no other medium can match.
Work On Paper includes work of Rund Alarabi, Anne Beumer, Veronika Bezdenejnykh, Sigurrós G. Björnsdóttir, Boat Tourism Noise Pollution, Dora Brams, Attila Buonsenso, Michiel Ceulers, Jeffe De Brabandere, Ian De Weerdt, Jonas Dehnen, Louise Delanghe, Dieter Durinck, Jorik Dzobava, Baldvin Einarsson, Mekhitar Garabedian, Chris Gillis, Antoine Goossens, Gerard Herman, Bert Huyghe, Árni Jónsson, De Klup, Vedran Kopljar, Hamer Körmeling, Judit Kristensen, Tom Król, Laurens Legiers, Viktor Mattson, Rufus Michielsen, Victoria Palacios, Dieter Ravyts, Guy Rombouts, Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Fabien Silvestre Suzor, Stijn Ter Braak, Karel Thienpont, Meri Toivanen, Jan Tromp, Mariami Tsotadze, Sietske Van Aerde, Floris Van Look, Sharon Van Overmeiren, Mathieu Verhaeghe, Ken Verhoeven, Emma Verhulst, Noa Verkeyn, Tom Volkaert, Hans Wuyts and Davide Zulli.
☞ Mariami Tsotazde
☞ Bert Huyghe
☞ Rufus Michielsen
☞ Jonas Dehnen
☞ Michiel Ceulers
☞ Veronika Bezdenejnykh
☞ Louise Delanghe
☞ Dieter Durinck
☞ Victoria Palacios
☞ Dieter Ravyts
☞ Jan Tromp
☞ Emma Verhulst
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Currently in Ghent“Work On Paper”
Opening Thursday May 29, 2025
From 12 pm - 9 pm
May 29 - June 06, 2025
Paper has a fragile, temporary connotation, but that doesn't make it any less powerful. On the contrary, that fragility adds to the essence of the work. It requires a different way of looking, an awareness of materiality and time. Instead of seeing a work of art as a static object, work on paper invites us to experience it as a snapshot-a captured movement, a thought in the making. Moreover, paper has a rich tradition in art history. From mastery to radical experimentation, work on paper has always served as a medium of expression in its own right. It is not always a preparation for something else; it ís the work itself. In a world where monumentality is often equated with value, work on paper deserves a reappraisal. It is not an inferior medium, but an autonomous work of art with its own power, its own poetry.
Besides the format of the frame, and medium as a kind of dogma - it was decided to put all works at exactly the same price. In this way, the artist in question sees for himself or herself how far he or she wants to go in filling this frame. In the art world, work on paper is often seen as a by-product-a preliminary study, an intermediate form, a preparation for "the real thing. But that is a misconception. Paper offers immediacy and intimacy that no other medium can match.
Work On Paper includes work of Rund Alarabi, Anne Beumer, Veronika Bezdenejnykh, Sigurrós G. Björnsdóttir, Boat Tourism Noise Pollution, Dora Brams, Attila Buonsenso, Michiel Ceulers, Jeffe De Brabandere, Ian De Weerdt, Jonas Dehnen, Louise Delanghe, Dieter Durinck, Jorik Dzobava, Baldvin Einarsson, Mekhitar Garabedian, Chris Gillis, Antoine Goossens, Gerard Herman, Bert Huyghe, Árni Jónsson, De Klup, Vedran Kopljar, Hamer Körmeling, Judit Kristensen, Tom Król, Laurens Legiers, Viktor Mattson, Rufus Michielsen, Victoria Palacios, Dieter Ravyts, Guy Rombouts, Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Fabien Silvestre Suzor, Stijn Ter Braak, Karel Thienpont, Meri Toivanen, Jan Tromp, Mariami Tsotadze, Sietske Van Aerde, Floris Van Look, Sharon Van Overmeiren, Mathieu Verhaeghe, Ken Verhoeven, Emma Verhulst, Noa Verkeyn, Tom Volkaert, Hans Wuyts and Davide Zulli.
☞ Mariami Tsotazde
☞ Bert Huyghe
☞ Rufus Michielsen
☞ Jonas Dehnen
☞ Michiel Ceulers
☞ Veronika Bezdenejnykh
☞ Louise Delanghe
☞ Dieter Durinck
☞ Victoria Palacios
☞ Dieter Ravyts
☞ Jan Tromp
☞ Emma Verhulst
“Based Painting III”
with Lisa Vlaemminck, Degive & Falcata, Jonas Dehnen, Veronika Bezdenejnykh, Dieter Ravyts, Julien Meert, Vedran Kopljar (&parents), Boris Magotteaux, Jari Rijckaert, Dieter Durinck, Michiel Ceulers, Robbe De Pestel, Bert Huyghe, Jan Laroy, Louise Delanghe, Dennis Tyfus & Vaast Colson
April 12 - May 25, 2025
︎ Jonas Dehnen
︎ Veronika Bezdenejnykh
︎ Dieter Ravyts
︎ Dieter Durinck
︎ Michiel Ceulers
︎ Bert Huyghe
︎ Louise Delanghe
Simon Masschelein
“A Temple, a Lime tree leaf, a Boxwood moth, Alabaster Insulators and other Jolly Skeletons”
April 12 - June 06, 2025
De levenshouding en het werk van beeldhouwer Simon Masschelein (Belgium, 1994) geven gestalte aan wat de oude dichter ‘manbare tederheid’ heeft genoemd: een ontroerend samengaan van volharding en zachtheid. De verborgen vormen van de materialen volgend, denkend vanuit het gewricht, de scharnier, de schakeling, de koppeling, komt hij tot onverwachte stapelingen van marmer, albast, steen, staal, hout en lijm: verrassende, nieuwe vormen, onttrokken aan droombeelden die zich traag ontvouwen in de werkelijkheid.
(Hans Theys, July 14 2024, 13u43)
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