HISK - Laureates 2009

While in Ghent to visit the Lineart Art Fair, we also went to see La Conquête de l'Espace exhibition at HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts.

The Earth seen from the moon - Maarten Vanden Eynde (Belgium)

Sunset - Frederik Van Simaey - (Belgium)

Plastic Reef - Maarten Vanden Eynde (Belgium)
The artist collected waste from the plastic garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean. He's joining a new expedition to the area, bringing back more waste to make his eco-artwork grow.

Mike Carremans - (Belgium)

Of Other Spaces - Sarah Westphal (Germany)

Niklaus Rüegg - (Switserland)

The artist cut up his paintings from the last year to make an outdoor installation.

Many videos among the works.

Bastiaan Schevers - (The Netherlands)

sorry ... no name here ... if someone knows I'll be happy to add it

... same here.

Niklaus Rüegg - (Switserland)

Just a few of the Laureates from 2009 here. Not showing pictures from all the students does not mean their work isn't interesting; sometimes my pictures are just not good enough to publish.