Brussels Biennial - COLOUR

Work in Progress V - Pieter Vermeersch

Art & Beauty - 1969 - Sister Corita

it's only when I saw the picture that I could actually read the words in this work

Sister Corita's art was particularly popular in the sixties and seventies. Corita Kent created serigraph designs for posters, book covers and murals.

Pieter Vermeersch : http://www.pietervermeersch.be/

more info on Sister Corita : www.corita.org/coritadb/

info on the Brussels Biennial : http://www.brusselsbiennial.org/  UPDATE : this link does not function anymore

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

clearing ... trying to

It is too cold to be working in the big studio - anyway, my inspiration is very low. But I do have another studio which is rarely used, and that is the sewing room. It contains tons of material gathered during more than 30 years. Since my quilting days are gone a lifetime ago I'm sure most of them won't be used anymore. I already gave a lot away, but these tiny scraps from cherished bits and pieces ...
It must be the crocheting artist-painter, a few posts ago, that gave me the appetite to dig into this Ali Baba cave again.

And yes, ... I ripped countless metres of fabrics and started to knit a scarf ...

... After a considerable length I knew I did not like the stitch I was using, so ...

... I pulled the whole thing back to zero ...

... I like this much better.

result : a 2 metres long scarf, a lot of material cleared, and maybe some new ideas

sculptor Jean-Pierre Lipit at the Fêtes de la Saint-Martin

Jean-Pierre Lipit works with wood and bronze

and this tiny figure is haunting me ever since I saw it 10 days ago, I think it is fascinating. It keeps my mind going, wondering, inventing a story ... and leaving me with a strange mood.

all posts on the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin 2007 & 2008 : HERE

meeting artists at les Fêtes de la Saint-Martin

The art tour is over now but I still have two posts about it.

Many artists, exhibiting at the art tour, are actually present on different locations presenting their work. I find it fascinating to hear them talk about their work, their influences, ...

interesting backdrop for the sculptures of ...

Nina Rodriguez - Castinado

Globetrotter, painter, photographer and light designer Jorien next to her Jellyfish light



and I loved the colourful work of Angela Tea
even the scarf she's crocheting has the colours of her work against the wall

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It takes some courage of the artists to be present as some locations are not heated and the weather is getting really cold now.

Jorien's site : http://www.jorien.net/

Angela Tea's site : http://www.angelatea.be/

Art tour Fêtes de la Saint Martin : http://www.amisdetourinnes.org/

all posts on the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin : HERE

stables and barns and attics

a few more pictures of barns and stables and attics with works of some artists in the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin.

Ines Andouche

I just loved this stable

Yves Fièvé
in the tiniest one

ceramist Fabienne Claesen

Joelle Vincent

in a cosy attic

and the sculptures of the cercle d'art Jecta

in a modern one

Fabienne Claesen : http://www.ceramic-fabienne-claesen.be/

Yves Fièvé : http://www.fieve.net/

all posts on the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin 2007 & 2008 : HERE

more paintings at the art tour -Fêtes de la Saint-Martin

Xavier Michel

Xavier Michel


Jacqueline Renard


Yves Fièvé

Yves Fièvé

for some reason this is my favorite picture of the hundreds I took, can't keep my eyes from the chandelier ...

info on Yves Fièvé : http://www.fieve.net/

all posts on the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin, click on label below.

local exhibition & tribute

Jeanny Reynders

Our municipality organizes an exhibition with local artists every two years. It's the Weekend van de Lubbeekse Kunstenaars - Weekend of the Artists from Lubbeek.
More than 60 creative people display their work.

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November 2008
from 11.00 until 18.00
at PBE, Diestsesteenweg 126
Linden - Lubbeek

This edition pays tribute to late Anita Huybens.
Visitors can bring a stone or pebble to participate in an active way to remember this artist; during the exhibition the following days a stoneman will rise. The significance of stonemen were an inspiration for Anita's work and ideas.

setting up the exhibition

setting up my work (not a lot this year)

installation detail from ceramist Martine Vanbever

Steve Haesevoets

Live live live ....

a moving sculpture by Anita Huybens

the Flowers for Peace on display at the local town hall

info on her Flowers for Peace project :

http://www.apopo.org/

http://www.klaprozen.be/

info on her Chair Project for the Palestinian Circusschool :

http://www.stoelenvoorcircusschool.blogspot.com/

more posts on Anita Huybens and the Flowers for Peace : HERE

UPDATE : the stoneman's birth and at the end of the first day

sculptural ceramics at the art tour

Ronny Seeuws

ceramic light sculpture by Jacqueline Leyman

Linda De Nil

 Linda De Nil

woodfired ceramics

Patrick Jadot

stunning work by Patrick Jadot

Patrick Jadot

I absolutely loved the pieces made by Patrick Jadot
back home

Info on the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin : http://www.amisdetourinnes.org/

Update August 2010 : new web address - Linda De Nil : http://home.scarlet.be/blauzuur/

- have a look at the slideshow that pictures the firing process in the kiln

All posts on Linda De Nil, use 'search this blog' on top right of page.

all posts on the Fêtes de la Saint-Martin art tour 2007 & 2008 : HERE

locations at the art tour Fêtes de la Saint-Martin

Other popular locations for the artists are houses being renovated. A whole house at their disposal, with interesting walls as backdrop. Advantage : an empty house has lots of rooms to put many artists at one location. It makes sure people will stop here.



But the weather is changing, it is a very early winter this year. It adds charm to the art-walk and tour. But for some artists present, exhibiting in an empty house or stable or barn with no heating - and this 4 weekends in a row - is quite exhausting.

For the visitors though these locations have a lot of charm. This house is literally filled from the attic down to the cellars.

Muriel Solliard

Lou Hendryckx

Lou Hendryckx

Dominique Noël

Dominique Noël

the theme of these paintings is the "Princess Elisabeth Antarctica" - the first zero emission research station

Nicole Lisochub

and Fanny Taymans, Colette Van Damme and Lucy Kalin

info on the art tour : http://www.amisdetourinnes.org/

The antarctic station Princess Elisabeth : http://www.antarcticstation.org/?

Lou Hendryckx blog : http://www.hendryckxlou.blogspot.com/

all posts on the art tour 2007 & 2008 : click HERE