art design kitsch ...: August 2010

Aug 31, 2010

meanwhile in my studio...

... things aren't going the way I'd like.
I am missing a few pieces to finish a new work for the upcoming exhibition in October (info on the top right of the page), but things will work out pretty soon.
I'm somewhat distracted by a recent acquisition : a box full of discarded, broken, dirty toys. If there is anything I just can't throw away it is old toys. Symbolizing our early childhood, worn out toys tell a story. They've been played with so often, by happy children and by the ones not so fortunate. I want to capture and preserve the happy moments and the moments of consolation hidden under the dirt and the scratches.
Here's a sneak preview of what unexpectedly came out of the studio this afternoon...

Aug 26, 2010

Le Gun studios

Le Gun - The Unknown Room - mixed media, size 25 m²

A stunning space at the Brussels Art Fair last spring (I know, I'm somewhat late in posting this). I do love bright and bold colours, I do love soft natural tones and I do love this world in black and white.

A collective of artists called Le Gun...

... built a room to present their black and white drawings.

It is like stepping into one of the drawings and become a part of the work itself.

I spent quite some time looking at all the details.

mmm... can't get enough of it.

I was quite surprised by the chair in the corner, it looks very similar to a chair I made three years ago.

The story of the room HERE

Le Gun artists :

Neal Fox

Chris Bianchi

Bill Bragg

Stephanie von Reiswitz

Robert Rubbish

Stand at the Art Brussels Fair 2010 by gallery Suzanne Tarasieve

Aug 24, 2010

inGewikkeld - Frieda Sorber

This installation is a project on contemporary relics.

The whole explanation about it in the next picture, click on it to view it larger.

Frieda Sorber - Lof der 11 dwaze Maagden

HERE is the legend of Saint Ursula and the 11.000 Virgins on which this artwork is inspired

part of the exhibition

inGewikkeld

until 29th of August 2010
14.00 - 18.00
Clarissenklooster
Guffenslaan 43 - 3500 Hasselt - Belgium

www.ingewikkeld.be/

This is the last post on InGewikkeld, more on the exhibition in previous posts

Aug 22, 2010

inGewikkeld - Tine De Ruysser

Tine De Ruysser - materials used are plywood, coton, copper and polyester

http://www.tinederuysser.com/

part of the exhibition

inGewikkeld

until 29th of August 2010
14.00 - 18.00
Clarissenklooster
Guffenslaan 43 - 3500 Hasselt - Belgium

www.ingewikkeld.be/

more on the exhibition in previous and following posts

Aug 21, 2010

inGewikkeld - Trees De Mits

The former cloister of the Poor Clares. A room that was probably the infirmary. A work that touched me as it reveals in a 'aesthetic' way the oppressing practice of foot binding.

Trees De Mits - installation with 8 bandaged legs - Kyoto porcelain

part of the exhibition

inGewikkeld

until 29th of August 2010
14.00 - 18.00
Clarissenklooster
Guffenslaan 43 - 3500 Hasselt - Belgium

http://www.ingewikkeld.be/

more on the exhibition in previous and following posts

Foot binding explained.

Aug 20, 2010

inGewikkeld - part 2

Sara Bomans - Cut the Crap - Hair drawing

Sara Bomans - Curatoren - detail

Anita Evenepoel - Kant-Tekens

No-Mad [Re] Public - Bond-age

Simon Schubert - Three Girls

Annelies Slabbynck - Imaginary Friends

Linda Hermans

Thierry Renard

Koenraad Tinel - Mater Prima

inGewikkeld

until 29th of August 2010
14.00 - 18.00
Clarissenklooster
Guffenslaan 43 - 3500 Hasselt - Belgium

http://www.ingewikkeld.be/

more tomorrow

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).