Tangents is the title of a group art show that will take place in the heart of Gent from the 20th of September until the 19th October 2008. A number of national and international artists are taking part in this new exhibition. Photographs, paintings, sculptures, drawings and a video piece will be on display.
This intriguing group of individuals has been put together to create a dialogue between northern European and Latin artists but also to celebrate art for the sake of art.
Each of the participants has already taken part in various exhibitions in their home land as well as in the rest of Europe: William Paats (py) and Dácil Granados (es) both represented their countries in the Biennale of Venice in 2008. Marlies Davans (be) Nele Tas (be), and Tom de Visscher (be) are three well known upcoming Belgium artists. Their art pieces will be sharing a room with those from Nayra Martin Reyes (es), Tarek Ode (es), and Americo Pinanez (py), in between others.
Art lovers will be delighted by such an interesting and challenging experience and the general public will enjoy the beauty of each of the pieces on show. We are here to open a new door to the international relations of Belgium’s art world!
Nayra
Monday, December 8, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Fienne Platteeuw
The Belgium artist Fienne Platteeuw has made a new sculpture for this exhibition. With her piece she wanted to make the public interact with her piece. Fienne made a hollow cube out of wax of 60cm. (I liked its tactile surface, somehow reminded me to Joseph Beuys’s). The cube was placed on a low stand with four wheels; under it, there was a movement sensor. By the side a strong lamp stood quietly with the light off.
At the opening night the public began arriving to the gallery. As soon as someone was in the surroundings of the piece, the sensor registered the movement and consequently the light turned on. The lamp will be on as long as the person(s) is standing in that very place.
The wax melted under the hit: the longer the interaction with the public, the more the “destruction” of the piece. She likes to say it that way. To me, I don’t see it as a destructive process, but as an intervention of the people in to the shaping of the sculpture. I find it interesting: the public could choose where to stay longer or shorter near the piece, but not where the lamp was standing, neither could be expected/contralloed the way that the wax would melt and later solidify.
By the end of the exhibition the cube had significantly changed its shape. And there was wax all over the floor.
Nayra
At the opening night the public began arriving to the gallery. As soon as someone was in the surroundings of the piece, the sensor registered the movement and consequently the light turned on. The lamp will be on as long as the person(s) is standing in that very place.
The wax melted under the hit: the longer the interaction with the public, the more the “destruction” of the piece. She likes to say it that way. To me, I don’t see it as a destructive process, but as an intervention of the people in to the shaping of the sculpture. I find it interesting: the public could choose where to stay longer or shorter near the piece, but not where the lamp was standing, neither could be expected/contralloed the way that the wax would melt and later solidify.
By the end of the exhibition the cube had significantly changed its shape. And there was wax all over the floor.
Nayra
Friday, November 7, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Closing Day / Finissage
Next sunday 19.10 will be the closing day/finissage of TANGENTS. Everyone is welcome to join us at the gallery and have one last drink.
For such occasion there will be something special to drink and probably some unexpected music...
We'll be open from 2pm.
Hope to see you then!
For such occasion there will be something special to drink and probably some unexpected music...
We'll be open from 2pm.
Hope to see you then!
Performance #4 - Anja Verheyen
Everyone is invited next Friday 17.10 to the last performance at TanGents. The Belgian artist, Anja Verheyen, will come from Antwerp to show us “Out/of/control”. In her performance she uses a video projected upon herself combined with body movements and percussion on the wall... difficult to explain… so you should come and have a look by yourself.
Everyone is welcome. We’ll be open at 19u and the performance will be at 20u. The bar will surely be open to enjoy a drink.
Everyone is welcome. We’ll be open at 19u and the performance will be at 20u. The bar will surely be open to enjoy a drink.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Tarek Ode
Tarek Ode is a very special photographer to me. We met many years ago through the lenses of his camera, yet at the time when the digital photography was at its infancy. He was making his living out of working for a model agency and I was starting with an unstable career as a model.
His photographic work is remarkably mysterious. He travels often and each visit to another hemisphere inspires him to create a new series. Landscapes or interiors are often his themes. He has also produced a series of portraits: “Ciudadanos”. One way or another, his images are always presented to us within a dream-like atmosphere. His images ask to be recognised as geography for themselves, as a proposal of the world for the world.
He doesn’t restrain his field of creation to the photography itself. In between other projects, he has also directed two short films. He filmed “La Spirale” in Paris, with which he won the price to the best photography in the Festival Ateneo en Corto -Spain- and got to be finalist in the Cinema Festival of Tapiales, in Argentina.
He has received many grants and has been published in various art magazines and catalogues. His work has been shown in places like Barcelona, Paris, Croatia, Belgium, Argentina and New
York.
His photographic work is remarkably mysterious. He travels often and each visit to another hemisphere inspires him to create a new series. Landscapes or interiors are often his themes. He has also produced a series of portraits: “Ciudadanos”. One way or another, his images are always presented to us within a dream-like atmosphere. His images ask to be recognised as geography for themselves, as a proposal of the world for the world.
He doesn’t restrain his field of creation to the photography itself. In between other projects, he has also directed two short films. He filmed “La Spirale” in Paris, with which he won the price to the best photography in the Festival Ateneo en Corto -Spain- and got to be finalist in the Cinema Festival of Tapiales, in Argentina.
He has received many grants and has been published in various art magazines and catalogues. His work has been shown in places like Barcelona, Paris, Croatia, Belgium, Argentina and New
York.
"Escritos romanos"
He is currently living and working in Tenerife. If you like to know more about his work check out his website:
http://www.tarekode.com/
Patricia Delgado
With the graphic works Lego azul y Lego rojo, Spanish born artist Patricia Delgado introduce us in her poetic world. She studied in La Laguna’s University of Fine Arts in Tenerife and followed “Free art graphics” in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Belgium). She is currently living and working in Tenerife in the fields of painting, illustration and etching.
About her work I couldn’t say anymore that what is to see and to read at her blog. You should have a further look: it’s worth it!
http://patrisdelgado.blogspot.com/
"Lego Azul" "Lego Rojo"
About her work I couldn’t say anymore that what is to see and to read at her blog. You should have a further look: it’s worth it!
http://patrisdelgado.blogspot.com/
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