art design kitsch ...: assemblage

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Jul 16, 2011

meanwhile in my studio...

Found Art

Adrift

just the way I feel right now...

Adrift - reverse side

driftwood (from the Belgian coast - one side happens to show the colours of the national flag)

metal

Adrift

H 43,5 cm

W 41 cm

D 7,5 cm

Holy Driftwood

Apr 11, 2011

biza'rt - new kid in town

biza'rt
studio - gallery - shop

in the historical centre of Antwerp

Let's start in the cellar. Two vaulted rooms make a great gallery.

Lighting by fiber artist An Lanckman who has more items in the shop upstairs.

During the month of April 2011 Dirk Eelen and Bruno Raymaekers show their latest works.

Bruno Raymaekers (BE) - Brezhnew listening to Rachmaninov

Bruno Raymaekers - Treetrunk Ferrari

Bruno Raymaekers - Fred - detail

and more...

Dirk Eelen

Dirk Eelen - paintings on the left

with more works in the upstairs space

Dirk Eelen on the wall

lighting by Erik Reynders

Dirk Eelen on the wall

lighting by Erik Reynders

the work space of jewelry designer Sofie Vanoosthuyse, owner of biza'rt

Sofie Vanoosthuyse

ceramic work by Jan Vander Elst

more Jan Vander Elst

Colourful sunny dresses waiting for the sun.

biza'rt

Wijngaardstraat 18 - 2000 Antwerp, Belgium

A great little shop to discover

www.bizart-antwerpen.be/

www.dirkeelen.com/

Erik Reynders

Jan Vander Elst

The two exhibiting artists and Jan Vander Elst are participating in the Open studio tour in Leuven April 30 and May 1. More info on http://www.kunstroute-leuven.be/.

(I'm skipping my participation this year too, my situation is a bit too chaotic just now to have visitors in my studio).

not the artists mentionned above...

related post
Dirk Eelen's studio 2 years ago

Mar 17, 2011

Tinguely's gigantic kinetic toy

This assemblage sculpture is really gigantic. One pushes a red button to start the engine, and walks up the stairs to get in the centre of the moving elements.

a short video taken from the platform

click arrow to start video (you might need to click it several times to start it)

Tinguely Museum - Basel, Switserland
www.tinguely.ch

related post (one of the many on Jean Tinguely)
playful-drawing-machines

view all posts on Tinguely (or his partner Niki de Saint Phalle) in 'search this blog'

Dec 9, 2010

Zjos Meyvis - fertilisation engines

One of my favorite artists ... I simply love these poetic engines.

apparaat om de lucht te kleuren - engine to colour the air *

draagbare stuifmeelverspreider - portable pollen spreader *

zuurstofrecuperator - oxygen recuperator *

* I did not find the english translation of the artworks by the artist, I took the liberty of translating them myself as the title adds poetry to the objects. My apologies if it is not done accurately.

Zjos Meyvis

www.zjosmeyvis.be/

More pictures and a short video with his works in a previous post HERE

exhibition

OPGETEKEND & VASTGELEGD

14 artists from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
from 21 November until 15 December 2010

The exhibition in the lobby is accessible the days of events happening in the AINSI building.
AINSI Maastricht is located in the old ENCI cementfactories
Lage Kanaaldijk 112-113 Maastricht (Netherlands).
click on www.ainsi.nl/planbord to see when the building is open.

all posts on AINSI, click HERE

Sep 4, 2010

Annette Besgen & François du Plessis

"Pas de deux"
galerie freitag 18.30
03.09.2010 - 23.10.2010

I am somewhat addicted to shadows, I'll stop regularly to try to capture these ever changing wondrous creatures with my tiny camera. Apparently I'm not the only one with this addiction.

Painter Annette Besgen shows a nice selection of oil paintings with shadows in the star role.

François du Plessis exhibits his latest creations made from ART magazines and books.

An impression of yesterday's opening of the exhibition.

A future gallery artist at work...

Galerie Freitag 18.30
Robert Mertens
Steinkaulstrasse 11
D-52070 Aachen
Germany

www.freitag1830.de
www.annette-besgen.de
www.duplessis.de

More posts on François du Plessis' artwork and studio: use the Search this blog on top right of page.

Aug 18, 2010

inGewikkeld - part 1

"The art project 'InGewikkeld' aims at elaborating the two meanings of the Dutch term 'InGewikkeld'. Firstly, it litterally refers to 'wrapping': enclosing an object in some sort of material. Secondly, though, it also means 'complicated, difficult'. Is there a more popular term to describe contemporary art?"

Anish Kapoor - Double

The former Poor Clares convent was a closed cloister with an open parish church (this explains why so many rooms have bars and hatches in the walls, nuns were kept from the outside world).