to the artists, designers and craftspeople who think I call their work kitsch... this is NOT the case, it refers to my own work
Showing posts with label SMAK - Ghent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SMAK - Ghent. Show all posts

Dec 29, 2010

Pieter De Clercq - coming people

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Pieter De Clercq   - Blue Raincoat





Pieter De Clercq - Morning After



Chosen for the 2009 edition of Coming People of the SMAK Museum in Ghent in the final year presentations of art colleges in Ghent.



Mar 13, 2010

Koen van den Broek - curbs and cracks

A great exhibition from painter Koen van den Broek with a large selection of works from the past ten years.


Impressive mural painting, the first he's ever done, in the entrance hall of the SMAK museum.



















detail of one of my favorites

Curbs and Cracks at S.M.A.K. - Ghent - Belgium
until May 16th 2010


Jan 10, 2010

Gagarin - the Artists in their Own Words

Gagarin is an international periodical entirely dedicated to the publication of special, unpublished writings by artists who are currently working in all corners of the world.




Exhibition at S.M.A.K. Ghent until 14.03.2010
More details HERE

Jan 8, 2010

Michel François - Plans d'évasion

Sculptures, installations, photographs and videos
first big retrospective of Michel François at the S.M.A.K. Ghent
Psycho Jardin (cactus)

Pavillon Noir


Pièce à conviction (left) - Souffles dans le verre (right)


Souffles dans le verre - glass balloons






details




Walk through a line of neon lights








detail of Scribble

the artist smashed the windows thus creating a pattern that echoes the opposite work of hanging dandelion seed heads




and more ....
The exhibition at S.M.A.K. ends on January 10 - 2010, but "Plans d'évasion" will also be exhibited in the Institut d'Art Contemporain in Villeurbanne - France from March 11 until May 9 - 2010.
Detailed info on the artist and exhibition HERE

Dec 18, 2009

MadeIn - Xu Zhen

exhibition of work by the artist Zu Zhen's collective MadeIn

The works and installations refer to conflicts in the Middle East
On the floor : Keep me Calmed (Down) - waterbed, stone debris, machinery (that keeps the rubble-carpet moving as if it was breathing).


On the right in the back : Indivisible reality comes from uncertain needs in our mind - 2 bathtubs

On the wall : Dah...Dah...Dah...Dah... - rusty iron plate, depicting the sounding board of speeches made by Middle East politicians.

Hey, are you ready?



Perfect Volume - Combat Shoes tips


The Color of Heaven
Xu Zhen at S.M.A.K. - until 14.03.2010
Europalia.china
and many more works

Dec 16, 2009

Ben Benaouisse - Jan Fabre revisited

Re-enacting the performance - The Bic-Art Room by Jan Fabre dating from 1981 - the dancer, performer and visual artist Ben Benaouisse locked himself up for the duration of 72 hours in a white room illuminated by artificial lighting.

Killing time by using the only 'tools' available - blue Bic pens - he scribbles and writes on walls, sheets, furniture ...


At S.M.A.K. Ghent - Belgium until 7 of February 2010