Publication PROJECT 18 FACE Zhang Shujian 27-03-21 > 16-05-21. Zhang Shujian’s (Hunan, China, 1987) work is not easy to place. It would be a misconception to classify him under the extensive movement of ‘Chinese realism’, which is characterised by an emphasis on technical skills and romanticised and nostalgic representations. Zhang Shujian does not aim to please.…
Publication PROJECT 17 THE COMMUNITY OF THE PAINTED Jos van Merendonk 22-11-20 > 21-03-21. ‘Every event which has really been painted – so that the pictorial language opens – joins the community of everything else that has been painted. Potatoes on a plate join the community of a loved woman, a mountain, or a man…
Publication PROJECT 16 DISRUPTION AS PART OF THE DEAL Ewerdt Hilgemann & Diet Sayler in dialogue 06-09-20 > 01-11-20. Disruption as part of the deal – Ewerdt Hilgemann & Diet Sayler in dialoog pairs two artists who have been working with strictly geometric shapes for decades: Diet Sayler (Timișoara, 1939) and Ewerdt Hilgemann (Witten, 1938).…
ENTRE ’21 INSTALLATION BY PIM VOORNEMAN for Unlocked/Reconnected + accents from a private collection 04-06-20 > 12-07-20. Let’s celebrate! Since the 1st of June, cultural institutions have opened their doors again after a period of closure due to the corona lockdown. To not let this moment slip by unnoticed, over two hundred cultural institutions in…
Publication PROJECT 15 WERNER CUVELIER, 1970 AND BEYOND 16-02-20 > 03-05-20. In the early 1970’s Werner Cuvelier (1939, Jabbeke, Belgium) became one of the leading conceptual artists of his generation in Belgium. He came into prominence by producing a series of works – conceptualized as research – that sought to turn into visual form the…
