With the exhibition Belgium (p)art, de Brakke Grond gives a platform to Base-Alpha Gallery, Actionfields and Outlandish: three organisations that represent a new generation of Flemish galleries and presentation bodies. Organisations that focus in an unconventional way on supporting and presenting young artists. Not in the form of the classical ‘white cube’ gallery – with a gift shop to exit through – but dynamic platforms that realise projects and exhibitions at various locations.
11 until 15 May, as part of Art in Amsterdam in Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond.
| Base-Alpha Gallery (Antwerp) supports young artists setting out their artistic course. This gallery’s decisions are not dictated by the dominant trends and hypes.
The drawings that make up Alexandra Crouwers’ (1974) installation are inspired by her PhD research into the role of primeval instincts in the creation of art.
In his work, Geoffrey de Beer (1978) examines – sometimes seriously, sometimes comically – art history and the art business.
Also on display are sculptures by Nadia Naveau (1975), animations by Lisa Jeannin (1972) and video work by Ilke De Vries (1981) that addresses social themes in an artistic/documentary manner. |
Photo: top Geoffrey de Beer
Photo: bottom Nadia Naveau | |
| Actionfields (Antwerp), a gallery for young contemporary art without a permanent location, presents four of its own talents: Mil Ceulemans (1977, Belgium), Joachim Devillé (1978, Belgium), Jürgen Grewe (1969, Germany) and Conny Kuilboer (1976, the Netherlands).
Mil Ceulemans doesn’t make paintings that translate ideas, but which reflect on painting in the serious and amusing way that is typical of all art.
Power, solitude and anonymity are key elements in the work of visual artist Joachim Devillé. His landscapes and objects are frozen to a banal and anonymous appearance,
Jürgen Grewe's paintings are like film posters, conjuring an entire fictional world in the viewers mind. Exciting visuals of a constructed and functionalized reality.
Conny Kuilboer’s main interest lies in the different concepts concerning the perception of time. She translates this observation in objects, installations, photos and drawings, in an attempt to intervene with everyday reality. |
Photo: top Joachim Devillé
Photo: bottom Conny Kuilboer | |
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Outlandish (Antwerp) is a nomadic platform for young photographers. The platform supports artists and organises solo or group exhibitions, either themed or not. At Belgium (p)art, Outlandish will be presenting the work of four photographers with which the organisation has recently collaborated.
Sarah Van Marcke (1984) examines the social, anthropological and anatomical role of man within an architectural and urban environment.
Lot Doms (1986) kneads – sometimes literally – sculptural landscapes until they take on the graphic and formal properties they demand.
Sine Van Menxel (1988) practices a kind of anti-photography, in which she works both on the basis of tradition and experiment,
Mette Sinke (1989) investigates the boundaries of representation of the photographic image and lends a new definition to the term 'picturesque'. |
Photo top: Sarah Van Marcke
Photo bottom: Mette Sinke | |
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