https://absenceprojects.com absence projects Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:54:23 +0000 https://absenceprojects.com en https://absenceprojects.com/Home Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:00:53 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Home ABSENCE PROJECTS abs nce ab·sence (ăb′səns) “How does absence look?It extends from a spacelesswithin to the edgeof what can be loved.” Adapted from Carson, A. (2016). Autobiography of red: a novel in verse. Toronto: McClelland &amp; Stewart What do we leave behind? How do we give form to the nonphysical? Within our limits of perception, what can we trust? Through different exhibitions ‘Absence projects’ questions the absence and awareness, conveyed into three-dimensional forms, through space or time. Absence Project defines a model for the continued and future autonomy of artists, creating our own space in the world. Absence project #0 was launched in New York City, in December 2017 OMWENTELING #1 Exhibition Opening on 24th of January 2019 from 7- 9.30 pm 24.01.2019 - 31.03.2019 Wilford XWilfordkaai 109140 Temse Omwenteling / Revolution The chosen works for the exhibition ‘ Omwenteling’ can be regarded as sculpture, art that operates in three dimensions. The artists who created these works all come from different backgrounds in the visual arts, photography, sculpture, painting or conceptual art. This creates an interaction that not only illuminates the work of art in itself but also questions the relationship between the works. The boundaries of the media have flowed into each other. A work of art that, because of the surface on which it is made, questions whether it is a painting or an sculpture. The three-dimensional works made by a painter sometimes seem to be more in line with classical sculpture than the work of a sculptor, an everyday object can get a different reading because of its materiality or the context in which it is placed. Whether it concerns a consideration of the domestic space and its architectural elements, a functional object, a more classical image or the carrier of a painted image, one comes to the sudden realization that every object can be perceived in different ways. Some works seem to want to show a reality hidden behind the surface of things. Others seem to be either contemporary or from a different era. One work refers to another, a revolution in the experience of the Image. Curated by Alexandra Leyre Mein. {"footer_in_project":true} ab·sence (ăb′səns) “How does absence look? It extends from a spaceless within to the edge of what can be loved.” Adapted from Carson, A. (2016). Autobiography of red: a novel in verse. Toronto: McClelland &amp; Stewart. What do we leave behind? How do we give form to the nonphysical? Within our limits of perception, what can we trust? The selected works string together an expansive questioning of absence and awareness, conveyed into three-dimensional forms, through space or time. The dialogue between these works by eight international artists will happen on their common adoptive ground, in Brooklyn, New York. Absence Projects #0 defines a model for the continued and future autonomy of artists, creating our own space in the world. Curated by: Alexandra Leyre Mein Opening: December 12, 2017,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6pm - 9pm Location: 201 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, New York https://absenceprojects.com/Information Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:00:53 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Information Omwenteling #1 Exhibition 24.01.2019 - 31.03.2019 Wilford XWilfordkaai 10 9140 Temse Hours Tue- Fri noon - 3pm , 7- 10pm Sat 7 - 10pm Closed on Sun/Mon exceptionally closed from saterday february 2nd till the 12th of February&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1840" height="1512" width_o="1840" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6ec380b1e13654df0d46c10ee56b807bab73a8a91a34931a0b246b5296c3a83/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-15.18.12.png" data-mid="31654379" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6ec380b1e13654df0d46c10ee56b807bab73a8a91a34931a0b246b5296c3a83/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-15.18.12.png" /> Google maps link Wilford X bundles a group of art lovers who organize artistic activities, qualitative, quirky and detached from commercial goals. The home of Wilford X is on the ground floor of a stately mansion on the Wilfordkaai. email: alexandrameinatgmail.com <img width="2504" height="1768" width_o="2504" height_o="1768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee18a430da8283673971a8f956d59e823e288d1ca85b6e3eaea812c68df4f0b9/Screen-Shot-2019-01-23-at-18.41.03-copy.jpg" data-mid="33526039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee18a430da8283673971a8f956d59e823e288d1ca85b6e3eaea812c68df4f0b9/Screen-Shot-2019-01-23-at-18.41.03-copy.jpg" /> https://absenceprojects.com/The-exhibition-absence-1-overview Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:54:23 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/The-exhibition-absence-1-overview The exhibition &nbsp; ab·sence (ăb′səns) <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e1ab4772ae4ebb66592069b31eeb55b4b78a958aecdab99551e2e21dffa82c6/A-TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-1-s.jpg" data-mid="38019039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e1ab4772ae4ebb66592069b31eeb55b4b78a958aecdab99551e2e21dffa82c6/A-TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-1-s.jpg" /> overview omwenteling #1 at WilfordX <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a2c158c27c776af91540d29c5b5d579a31c074c3e2c2058a8e8b1ec85608ce0/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-6.jpg" data-mid="38019113" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a2c158c27c776af91540d29c5b5d579a31c074c3e2c2058a8e8b1ec85608ce0/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-6.jpg" />Giammarco Falcone <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95d27b572478e5be3902518e6780f1a33d39fdadd1d45c75ca20dfbe3c6d8292/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-9.jpg" data-mid="38019124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95d27b572478e5be3902518e6780f1a33d39fdadd1d45c75ca20dfbe3c6d8292/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-9.jpg" />Caroline Le Méhauté (left) Alexandra Leyre Mein <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3786210873ef6dd15f87e66ab1ebe318532b1c857d489fe2d84ae4724a0e78da/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-22.jpg" data-mid="38019303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3786210873ef6dd15f87e66ab1ebe318532b1c857d489fe2d84ae4724a0e78da/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-22.jpg" /> Quinten Ingelaere <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e5bd4d4e83f4ec0799a332a2af5064b54281abcab9ed3cf857c9b7159f10f7a/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-5.jpg" data-mid="38019640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e5bd4d4e83f4ec0799a332a2af5064b54281abcab9ed3cf857c9b7159f10f7a/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-5.jpg" /> Sofie Muller <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9cbbfc4ed4a1f677c9029f37f3622bbbf11a3a6da6d44080220e9197a76bac5/ATT-Omwenteling-WilfordX.jpg" data-mid="38071019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9cbbfc4ed4a1f677c9029f37f3622bbbf11a3a6da6d44080220e9197a76bac5/ATT-Omwenteling-WilfordX.jpg" /> overview omwenteling #1 at WilfordX <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/914260e324a623188116a0fce03a33441c65cee832595c9077d966c8e348c210/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-14.jpg" data-mid="38019352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/914260e324a623188116a0fce03a33441c65cee832595c9077d966c8e348c210/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-14.jpg" /> Alexandra Leyre Mein&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20385f9a5b0940702d8398cb7638ec4034b405eb6a5d1c417a3e3ed2e2a2a5d8/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-18.jpg" data-mid="38071865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20385f9a5b0940702d8398cb7638ec4034b405eb6a5d1c417a3e3ed2e2a2a5d8/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-18.jpg" /> Lucie Lanzini <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e2c6e11515e84e9296d2b99a297d063f62a441261ef13102cba4cafbac98e42/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-19.jpg" data-mid="38019348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e2c6e11515e84e9296d2b99a297d063f62a441261ef13102cba4cafbac98e42/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-19.jpg" /> Lucie Lanzini <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9062e0fffda96fcbf9d223e90f93bf7aa54546d489acfaa8e30dae9ef4b8df07/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-27.jpg" data-mid="38019644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/9062e0fffda96fcbf9d223e90f93bf7aa54546d489acfaa8e30dae9ef4b8df07/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-27.jpg" /> Quinten Ingelaere <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67d0aa9943eb0df1e6781396bbb64706bf3bc4e57a83ab596d599a023782760c/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-28.jpg" data-mid="38019719" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67d0aa9943eb0df1e6781396bbb64706bf3bc4e57a83ab596d599a023782760c/TT-Omwenteling-WilfordX-28.jpg" /> Giammarco Falcone&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;all images above ©Stefaan Van Hul https://absenceprojects.com/Giammarco-Falcone Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:22:59 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Giammarco-Falcone Giammarco Falcone︎ giammarcofalcone.com Bio&nbsp; Falcone’s work tries to establish a dialogue with the history of painting, investigating from inside all the aspects of this medium. Falcone analyses Painting reusing old masters’ works and coping the same technics to appropriating and distorting them in his owns painting process. Falcone’s paintings are a combination of old and modern technics, where ancient’s recipes are sometimes mixed with digital manipulations. Blurring the limits in his painting, Falcone creates unclear and confusing atmospheres, switching indistinctly between figuration and abstraction. Represented by gallery Archiraar, Brussels.Falcone was born in Palermo (Italy) in 1990. He grew up in Milano where he obtained the diplôma at the Liceo Artistico di Brera in 2008 and he continued to study Art History at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. In 2010 he moved to Brussels, where he attended the Painting course at ERG (École de Recherche Graphique). He finished his Master in Fine Arts in 2015 at KASK (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten) in Gent, mentored by Narcisse Tordoir. During his studies in Belgium, he performed at Luc Tuymans exhibition’s opening at Bozar (2011) and took part in the group show Tranlation(s) at Bruxelles Congress (2012). In 2015, he had various solo exhibitions including In.visibile at Alson gallery (Milan) with an artwork from Tintoretto (1518-1594) and Ermetism I &amp; II at Archiraar Gallery (Bruxelles) and at Croxhapox (Gent). He has been selected to take part to the Courtauld Institute’s Biennial (London), Artificial realities (2016-2017), with world renowned artists such as Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Daniel Buren, … <img width="2320" height="1552" width_o="2320" height_o="1552" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a73162c0fa30af3e94d906e3954069409c3a92fd24b722fef2a8a5d26ea9c72/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-15.08.50.png" data-mid="31399230" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a73162c0fa30af3e94d906e3954069409c3a92fd24b722fef2a8a5d26ea9c72/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-15.08.50.png" /> Mineral #1 ‐ 2014 - Mixed media / Technique mixte <img width="958" height="1452" width_o="958" height_o="1452" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a0e74cf3215800c498852e412b99457ee2f1e9be1effd2533ba96e77f5a1193/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.57.52.png" data-mid="31397801" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/958/i/7a0e74cf3215800c498852e412b99457ee2f1e9be1effd2533ba96e77f5a1193/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.57.52.png" /> LO STRATEGA (PAINTER’S REGRETS), 2016. Oil, ink, tar and wax, 120 x 80 cm <img width="828" height="1210" width_o="828" height_o="1210" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a14ecde893fc83009bd7fcf9de838a83f3202998d70e1a62aa6353fffcde445/Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-18.09.23.png" data-mid="31394467" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/828/i/0a14ecde893fc83009bd7fcf9de838a83f3202998d70e1a62aa6353fffcde445/Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-18.09.23.png" /> <img width="832" height="1216" width_o="832" height_o="1216" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cb17c041cfb51a6b7fa02155b869d9b161ee47bda82fbfeeb806e0ae8cedd91/Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-18.09.31.png" data-mid="31394469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/832/i/4cb17c041cfb51a6b7fa02155b869d9b161ee47bda82fbfeeb806e0ae8cedd91/Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-18.09.31.png" /> https://absenceprojects.com/Quinten-Ingelaere Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:46:37 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Quinten-Ingelaere Quinten Ingelaere ︎&nbsp;quinteningelaere.com Bio / Statement Quinten Ingelaere’s paintings depict baroque, sometimes even burlesque compositions of allegories, opulent garlands, unconventional still lifes and evocative scenes. Even though no direct narrative exists between the works, a common alienating atmosphere prevails. By adopting the imagery, strategies and techniques of old masters, the paintings of Quinten Ingelaere look seemingly very familiar upon first sight. Indeed, the paintings aim at a visual vocabulary and iconography that is rooted in our subconscious and our collective memory. All works make use of a learned and shared visual vocabulary. However, not a single garland can be reduced to a composition of flowers; the alleged doves, fishes, angels and flowers are in fact amorphous / deformed structures that seem to operate in a parallel universe. Although the paintings of Quinten Ingelaere are essentially figurative they therefore also have a high degree of abstraction. Quinten Ingelaere’s paintings interpret, redefine and decontextualize classic themes and iconography, and therefore operate as allegories of alienation. They do not only deceive the eye, they also wilfully deceive and challenge our shared visual language, cognitive maps and patterns of expectation.Quinten Ingelaere (°1985, Ghent) lives and works in Antwerp. He graduated (MFA) from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2009.Lambion (Museum M, Leuven), MAGMA, (Antwerp), “Master Maquette” (Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke), Maison Grégoire (Brussels), “Beeldruim #3”, Nucleo (Ghent), “Retrospective / Introspective”, Dauwens &amp; Beernaert (Brussels) and “A Belgian Politician”, Marion de Cannière (Antwerp). In 2014 CC Maasmechelen hosted his first major solo exhibition “Muscicapidae”. <img width="1172" height="1434" width_o="1172" height_o="1434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c5bfcb097f41f48ac476e7235d843b7c24142c9249d4c76c1d77af67c36962a/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.53.12.png" data-mid="31453878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c5bfcb097f41f48ac476e7235d843b7c24142c9249d4c76c1d77af67c36962a/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.53.12.png" /> Untitled Oil on copper, 2017 ca. 30 x 40 cm <img width="934" height="1222" width_o="934" height_o="1222" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f271ca0dc322159421d228f3fad7174a7aca94d022a63205933a189d7ff1253d/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.52.29.png" data-mid="31453809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/934/i/f271ca0dc322159421d228f3fad7174a7aca94d022a63205933a189d7ff1253d/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.52.29.png" /> Untitled - 2017 Oil on copper ca. 22 x 15 cm <img width="1394" height="1468" width_o="1394" height_o="1468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4b6651f2be5927d33790f12574bbdd50db99c887d1c4de4ad131b843bb9b2f0/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.55.53.png" data-mid="31454116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4b6651f2be5927d33790f12574bbdd50db99c887d1c4de4ad131b843bb9b2f0/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.55.53.png" />Untitled -&nbsp;2017 Oil on copper&nbsp; 30x 40cm <img width="1310" height="1426" width_o="1310" height_o="1426" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff2899ce0acefbf302b151daee387188a8f4d8ef379bcc34710a86703bdb51e4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.12.31.png" data-mid="31453884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff2899ce0acefbf302b151daee387188a8f4d8ef379bcc34710a86703bdb51e4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.12.31.png" />Honor I - 2016Oil on Canvas30 x 50 cm<img width="1930" height="1446" width_o="1930" height_o="1446" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/458d201c19b1ff53f2a3ebfa66eaefef724aa4345437416e1f5f8edf7b659ee8/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-15.00.28.png" data-mid="31454453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/458d201c19b1ff53f2a3ebfa66eaefef724aa4345437416e1f5f8edf7b659ee8/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-15.00.28.png" />Exhibition view "Faux en écriture"&nbsp; Dauwens &amp; Beernaert (Brussels) https://absenceprojects.com/Lucie-Lanzini Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:54:22 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Lucie-Lanzini Lucie Lanzini︎ lucie-lanzini.com Bio/Statement Lucie Lanzini's Lanzini’s body of work shows a hidden reality behind the appearance of things. Her work opens a reflection on the domestic space and its architectural components, on what holds and what sticks. Her work consists of a set of architectural and ornamental elements whose realization and realism intrigues as much as their potential to become ruined. Through the molding technique, Lucie Lanzini evokes the relation to memories and tries to capture their absence to memorialize them. Passionate about the play of material, the artist combines different techniques of sculpture to create the discrepancies and oppositions that punctuate her work. Lucie&nbsp; Lanzini is born in 1986 in Belfort (France). She studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux arts de Lyon (2004-2009). At Art Contest, she received the first price in 2010 and the Macors price at Médiatine in 2018. She had solo exhibitions in Maac, Jozsa Gallery, B Gallery (Brussels) and she participated in numerous group exhibitions : Centre Wallonie Bruxelles (Paris), Musée Nissim de Camondo (Paris), La Mire (Lyon Biennale), Archiraar Gallery (Brussels), Castillo Corales (Paris), La Vallée (Bruxelles) etc… She was selected for the residency Est Nord Est (Canada) and she studied in Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver) in 2008. She lives and works in Brussels. <img width="944" height="1422" width_o="944" height_o="1422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca3247ea5741ebbdff73d4c1a6f7589fb81431a74d71e7cba3fbf0cbf9fbd1d9/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.57.23.png" data-mid="31404707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/944/i/ca3247ea5741ebbdff73d4c1a6f7589fb81431a74d71e7cba3fbf0cbf9fbd1d9/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.57.23.png" /> Captives 2016&nbsp; Polyurethane foam, glass, cord<img width="1450" height="1062" width_o="1450" height_o="1062" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5e5e7b374363accd92ee15270751ebb2d9e247a2d115573b81d7b41986fd580/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.33.13.png" data-mid="31404749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5e5e7b374363accd92ee15270751ebb2d9e247a2d115573b81d7b41986fd580/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.33.13.png" /> Between us 2017 jesmonite, poudre de graphite 220cm x 6cm <img width="758" height="1130" width_o="758" height_o="1130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e33432fff9693438f5ed3fadec87c8f755d8583574c6145a034de965af483a4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.20.11.png" data-mid="31404781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/758/i/5e33432fff9693438f5ed3fadec87c8f755d8583574c6145a034de965af483a4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.20.11.png" />Captives 2016 Polyurethane foam, glass, cord <img width="944" height="1426" width_o="944" height_o="1426" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c7bb15b2a566bf06fc567ccb897eca391188a59dcd2a1836835b3560f850442/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.57.32.png" data-mid="31404789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/944/i/5c7bb15b2a566bf06fc567ccb897eca391188a59dcd2a1836835b3560f850442/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.57.32.png" />Captives 2016 Polyurethane foam, glass, cord <img width="968" height="1468" width_o="968" height_o="1468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f0ea22de5b6e737c5c4a14fdf73e2fa34ecdf39c53bd3e90f365e752838ca5/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.32.51.png" data-mid="31404778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/968/i/39f0ea22de5b6e737c5c4a14fdf73e2fa34ecdf39c53bd3e90f365e752838ca5/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-16.32.51.png" /> Evasion 2016 Résine 3m x 15cm https://absenceprojects.com/Emmanuelle-Leblanc Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:47:44 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Emmanuelle-Leblanc Emmanuelle Leblanc︎ emmanuelle-leblanc.com Bio / Statement Born in France in 1977 Emmanuelle Leblanc lives and works in Bordeaux. After getting her MFA from the Toulouse University, she obtained a postgraduate diploma in Design specialising in the study of colour. Stemming from portrait tradition and photo-realism, Emmanuelle’s work evolves toward abstract minimalism, which tends to perpetuate the Color Field Experience practices. Thus, through her small or large canvases and sometimes, sculptural installations, the significance of the “figurative” image tends to gradually disappear only to re-emerge accidentally. The delicate, profound and diffuse colour variations of her recent paintings, offer a form of atmospheric synthesis of space, of moments or images traversed by memory. The hand of the artist disappears through the surface immateriality only to bring a sensorial and meditative experience to the viewer. In search of the sublime, it is a painting, which strives to re-activate a certain notion of aura. Emmanuelle Leblanc has exhibited in different galleries and art institutions in France and abroad : Courtauld Insitute (GB), galerie Xenon (Fr), galerie Kh15 (De), Muséo San Prisco (It), galerie Keitelman (Be). Shortlisted consecutively in 2013 and 2014 for the Prix International de Peinture of Vitry-sur-Seine, her work can also be found in several private collections in Europe. The artist is the co-founder of Pleonasm a European platform, which promotes contemporary visual artists. She has curated since 2013 through Pleonasm : (Phosphene) and Seuil in 2014 (Fr, Be), Riverside in 2015 (Fr) and Eidôlon in 2015 (Fr).&nbsp; Represented by gallery Archiraar, Brussels. <img width="876" height="1224" width_o="876" height_o="1224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/496eb23336aba8d57cb2330fbcd55a1d13e70539c43c637c2be39b971ccf1744/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.28.58.png" data-mid="31402167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/876/i/496eb23336aba8d57cb2330fbcd55a1d13e70539c43c637c2be39b971ccf1744/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.28.58.png" /> DIFFUSE, 2015. Oil on plywood and goldleaf on MDF, 190 x 128 cm <img width="812" height="1216" width_o="812" height_o="1216" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f593c0aee9b3b70ddf90322bd2720a1c39253fc3fe2ff9b8a38998732662f629/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.28.12.png" data-mid="31402168" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/812/i/f593c0aee9b3b70ddf90322bd2720a1c39253fc3fe2ff9b8a38998732662f629/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.28.12.png" /> AU RA, 2014. Oil on plywood , 125 x 155 cm <img width="886" height="1330" width_o="886" height_o="1330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dad0e7c9a702c3a7c122efa6aa081b41571853057d089d32731a95faae1f5b0/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.00.34.png" data-mid="31402165" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/886/i/2dad0e7c9a702c3a7c122efa6aa081b41571853057d089d32731a95faae1f5b0/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.00.34.png" /> LUX CONTINUUM overview Archiraar gallery <img width="788" height="772" width_o="788" height_o="772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82c37ccfba94b3f7dc7e6292f3f13acadaf87ed493e84a6f8055f930c9420b8d/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.27.44.png" data-mid="31402204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/788/i/82c37ccfba94b3f7dc7e6292f3f13acadaf87ed493e84a6f8055f930c9420b8d/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-14.27.44.png" />PHOTOMÉTÉORE IV, 2016. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm <img width="926" height="1236" width_o="926" height_o="1236" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca526950b956e2724745a26f364cb2e8c3429b4c30648fc060ac2052036fd8e4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.03.12.png" data-mid="31402163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/926/i/ca526950b956e2724745a26f364cb2e8c3429b4c30648fc060ac2052036fd8e4/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-15.03.12.png" />DIFFUSE BLEU-VERT-NOIR, 2017. Oil on Plywood, 30 x 40 cm. https://absenceprojects.com/Caroline-Le-Mehaute Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:37:35 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Caroline-Le-Mehaute Caroline Le Méhauté︎ carolinelemehaute.com Bio/ Statement The work of Caroline Le Méhauté intimately questions our relationship to matter, space and time as the first contacts of our relationship to the world. Starting from elements of the terrestrial and space, her sculptures, installations, drawings, videos and sound practice propose a broadened perception where the questions of the immensity, the imperceptible and the incommensurable are presented in relation to experience. How to situate oneself, to position oneself and to establish one's place, are questions she develops in her practice to determine the impact that these can have on ourselves, our relationship to the other, to society and to the world. Caroline Le Méhauté lives and works in Brussels. Nomadic artist, her taste for discovery makes her move to new contexts of research and creation. After a master's degree in visual arts at the University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, she continued her studies at the National School of Fine Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 2007. That same year she participated in the Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean in Italy. Her work has since been presented in solo and collective exhibitions including: Le Musée National du Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou; Marseille-Provence 2013 Capitale Européenne de la Culture ; Art in the time of crisis, Fez, Maroc; Médiatine (Brussels); Block T (Dublin); West Postfuhramt, Berlin; Spazio Testoni, Bologna. Her works feature in private and public collections, including: the Communal Fund of Contemporary Art (Marseille); Leo Lagrange Art Library (Paris). <img width="1036" height="1568" width_o="1036" height_o="1568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7064d917593a8eb33a2321bef4dc12033defd6b13024acce23a6b04149bb002/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.40.30.png" data-mid="31404074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7064d917593a8eb33a2321bef4dc12033defd6b13024acce23a6b04149bb002/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.40.30.png" />Négociation 94 –L’expression de notre respectueuse et sincère considération (2018) Filtres à eau industriels et structure métallique&nbsp; 300 x 15 x 15 cm <img width="1744" height="1554" width_o="1744" height_o="1554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/579e5e75a37f8ac26e688018ee2d42630cb116967d00f82624266a79497f3d52/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.39.37.png" data-mid="31404075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/579e5e75a37f8ac26e688018ee2d42630cb116967d00f82624266a79497f3d52/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-16.39.37.png" /> Négociation 47 - Cousin T -&nbsp;2011 cire, paraffine, pigments 16 x 20 x 32 cm <img width="3500" height="2336" width_o="3500" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dac331188954db70aeef53a8661ba5ae9c324ccdcbe312c6ddfb82901fd4bb5a/Caroline-Le-Mehaute_Negociation-95_Decoloniser-les-imaginaires.jpg" data-mid="31632640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dac331188954db70aeef53a8661ba5ae9c324ccdcbe312c6ddfb82901fd4bb5a/Caroline-Le-Mehaute_Negociation-95_Decoloniser-les-imaginaires.jpg" /> Négociation 95 – Décoloniser les imaginaires - 2018 Terre, huile de vidange et technique mixte 78 x 76 x 175 cm <img width="2500" height="3288" width_o="2500" height_o="3288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc7e3f463670623f7027c75020807dbd7533ce92df933364b6e1de92690a6873/Negociation-70_Suspensio_Caroline-Le-Mehaute.jpg" data-mid="31632641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc7e3f463670623f7027c75020807dbd7533ce92df933364b6e1de92690a6873/Negociation-70_Suspensio_Caroline-Le-Mehaute.jpg" />Negociation 70 : Suspensio 2014peat and mixed media550 x 560 x 190 cm <img width="1038" height="1528" width_o="1038" height_o="1528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05ec71d9d001aa9c6e4366ee7700ea4b606c2f4a4de6268901ce16799c97b333/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.10.39.png" data-mid="31632642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05ec71d9d001aa9c6e4366ee7700ea4b606c2f4a4de6268901ce16799c97b333/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.10.39.png" />Négociation 25 - 2010 S’extraire (detail)wood, lawn, clay, peat, thorns of pine and sand120 x 12 x 3000 cm&nbsp;intervention in situ dans le Parc de Maison Blanche, Festival des Arts éphémères 2010, Marseille https://absenceprojects.com/Alexandra-Leyre-Mein-1 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:55:24 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Alexandra-Leyre-Mein-1 Alexandra Leyre Mein︎ alexandraleyremein.com Bio / StatementAlexandra Leyre Mein works capture the everlasting battle between human unconscious desires and the intellectual self. She translates these themes into figurative or abstract sculptures that are both contemporary and yet seem to come from another age. Movement and tension emerges from the encounter between organic forms and clean, pristine, edged shapes in her plaster sculptures, symbolizing human nature and its societal/environmental interactions. These complex relationships are portrayed using multifaceted sculptural forms, each facet exposing a unique perspective. The characteristic unfinished aspect of her sculptures reinforces the feeling of movement, as in a three-dimensional sketch. They can be interpreted as if still in construction and growing, although they might also be seen as being at the dawn of their demise. This duality of interpretation is central to her work. Alexandra Leyre Mein (Brussels, Belgium 1979) graduated from the fashion department at the Royal academy of Antwerp. In 2008 she switched over to visual arts, and started sculpting as an autodidact. Her work has been exhibited in Europe at Palais d’Iléna, White House gallery, Aeroplastics, Maison Particulière, Botanique, and in New York at the Clemente Center, New House Center for Contemporary Art, and Anton Kern Gallery. Besides her sculptural practice, Alexandra continues to work with dancers and choreographers. She has designed and made sets and costumes in collaboration with e.g., Damien Jalet. These creations have been shown at Palazzo Fortuny, during the Venice Biennial, the festival d’Avignon, and at the Louvre in Paris. Alexandra now lives and works between Brussels, Belgium and Brooklyn, USA. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="886" height="1181" width_o="886" height_o="1181" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16141608283023de533517ba00359082bbada5aefca4d645a6deb3d4c7959b5d/Pharate-sokkel-1.jpg" data-mid="32177262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/886/i/16141608283023de533517ba00359082bbada5aefca4d645a6deb3d4c7959b5d/Pharate-sokkel-1.jpg" />Pharate - 2014 hydrostone - black iron oxide - mesh wire - cheesecloth - rebar96 x 34 x 49 cm <img width="1374" height="1198" width_o="1374" height_o="1198" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb938295c2cef46aff7552aa454edeab406e9d227001fd5a316ee9bb9c383297/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-15.06.30.png" data-mid="31454851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb938295c2cef46aff7552aa454edeab406e9d227001fd5a316ee9bb9c383297/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-15.06.30.png" />Chalcedony III (wall)- 2017Hydrostone, black iron oxide, mesh wire, cheesecloth, pigments, glass beads and one-way mirror35 x 51 x 20 inches <img width="1654" height="1244" width_o="1654" height_o="1244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c64f29ebf7882ee0cacccbce7e6f13e890bd4cfac4374872a4a6f9d1cf797c50/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.27.11.png" data-mid="31452202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c64f29ebf7882ee0cacccbce7e6f13e890bd4cfac4374872a4a6f9d1cf797c50/Screen-Shot-2018-12-29-at-14.27.11.png" /> Purifications project rooms- 2017 - W 186 at Aeroplastics, Brussels <img width="1034" height="1556" width_o="1034" height_o="1556" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a692a5ef079cca42ca75afc092737cebb40419006a8460a214a86ea9f0ab5fa/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-17.03.37.png" data-mid="31451233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a692a5ef079cca42ca75afc092737cebb40419006a8460a214a86ea9f0ab5fa/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-17.03.37.png" /> Imperial System - 2017 hydrostone - mesh wire - cheesecloth - metal - pigments - glass - imperial system ruler 81 x 42 x 50 cm https://absenceprojects.com/Sofie-Muller Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:56:58 +0000 absence projects https://absenceprojects.com/Sofie-Muller Sofie Muller︎&nbsp;https://www.geukensdevil.com/sofie-muller Bio / StatementSofie Mullers (° 1974 St-Nicolas, lives in Ghent) complex oeuvre displays an ongoing, profound research of the human condition and the beauty of our individual vulnerability. The main recurring themes are imperfection and psycho-physical trauma. She taps into the breaking point of the mind and body and portrays it in smoke drawings and sculptures in bronze or alabaster.Until three years ago Sofie Muller was known for her 'child images', innocent figures in less innocent contexts, epoxy and bronze. In the meantime the artist has passed the children's theme and she has dedicated herself on stone carving. It is a logical step in an investigation of, as the artist calls it herself, 'geology' and 'psyche'. Her most recent work includes human, battered heads of alabaster: a non-obvious and rare material in the world of sculpture. The rough stone imitates human skin in color, semi-transparency and grain; the break lines are synonymous with the (mental) scars that a person gains in his life. Muller deliberately searches for 'hurt' pieces of stone with natural erosion and a 'lived' look as the basis for her 'mental portraits'. In some sculptures, the artist brings together different rocks, such as minerals, marble and Iranian travertine. Inspired by classical sculpture (the artist is a descended from three generations of antique dealers), Muller's sculptures are expressions of an equally classic and timeless theme: torments of the soul. Macabre and poetic as they are, they confront the viewer with psychological injuries that we would rather not see and want to deal with. A source of inspiration for those who are open to the beauty of imperfections. Selection of soloshows of the past three years: Gallerie Michaela Stock, Vienna (AU), Geukens &amp; De Vil, Antwerp (BE); Martin Kudlek, Cologne (DE), Fondation Francès, Senlis (FR),&nbsp;Biala galeria Lublin (PL), Odapark Venray (NL), FelixArt Drogenbos (BE), ... Selection of group exhibitions of the past three years: Bildraum Bregenz (AU), Palazzo Fortuny Venice (IT)Mocak Krakow (PL), Coup de Ville, St. Nicolas (BE), Guislain Museum Ghent (BE), OdaparkVenray (NL), Gallery Maskara, Mumbai (IN), Kunsthalle Nürnberg (D), Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels (B), Basel Volta (CH), Watou (BE), Museum Beelden aan Zee (NL) … <img width="1036" height="1460" width_o="1036" height_o="1460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35c7d4df8ad713ddb6dec00ebff012a17773f115bea66b8ea3fcc20c4e743724/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.28.47.png" data-mid="32170750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35c7d4df8ad713ddb6dec00ebff012a17773f115bea66b8ea3fcc20c4e743724/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.28.47.png" />AL/IX/16 (SM/ S 23) - 2016 Alabster, ca. 23 x 15 x 16cm <img width="1036" height="1442" width_o="1036" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53947ff45eebd1b3e266c2def8eaf95f20f72a0766c1e23d610112d2dd0af1ae/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.31.48.png" data-mid="32170774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53947ff45eebd1b3e266c2def8eaf95f20f72a0766c1e23d610112d2dd0af1ae/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.31.48.png" /> AL/XXXVI/16 - 2016 Mat: blauw/wit albast + textiel 30 x 17 x 18 cm &nbsp; <img width="988" height="1302" width_o="988" height_o="1302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a501f40f77f22742f762e85140218555ccb20bd7c8a769be654517526dcfbf27/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.26.47.png" data-mid="32171119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/988/i/a501f40f77f22742f762e85140218555ccb20bd7c8a769be654517526dcfbf27/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.26.47.png" /> AL/XXXXII/17 (SM/S 34), 2017, Alabaster, ca. 30cm x 27cm x 12cm <img width="1394" height="864" width_o="1394" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/369f7136b7991ee8789e121d979b7d1bb9adc2419f15ee503eb5c84020c24aac/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.30.20.png" data-mid="32170768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/369f7136b7991ee8789e121d979b7d1bb9adc2419f15ee503eb5c84020c24aac/Screen-Shot-2019-01-02-at-12.30.20.png" />AL/46/172017 alabaster <img width="1540" height="1178" width_o="1540" height_o="1178" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f687f7d4974bff34107dd67d7b5aa1a7a27d8a162d394ff4dfeaed1bbddd1a8c/Screen-Shot-2019-01-08-at-16.47.29.png" data-mid="32172306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f687f7d4974bff34107dd67d7b5aa1a7a27d8a162d394ff4dfeaed1bbddd1a8c/Screen-Shot-2019-01-08-at-16.47.29.png" />SH002GW2015 mixed media <img width="1010" height="1524" width_o="1010" height_o="1524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bfbbe17bd0fe28935c5a7d2992fca4c831aa0119258288be42a67031238ef56/Screen-Shot-2019-01-08-at-16.45.23.png" data-mid="32172152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bfbbe17bd0fe28935c5a7d2992fca4c831aa0119258288be42a67031238ef56/Screen-Shot-2019-01-08-at-16.45.23.png" /> Art Brussels 2018