TYPE AN SICH, BELGIAN CHARACTERS

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After Gerard Unger, Jean-François Porchez, Fred Smeijers & Pierre Di Sciullo Catapult now presents the work of three young Belgian Type Designers: Jo De Baerdemaeker, Joke Gossé & Omar Chafai.

Designcenter De Winkelhaak, Anvers. 15.10.2010 > 17.11.2010.


A SPECTER FROM THE LAND OF IF – FOMU

Filed under: Photographie | Tags: , |

Six artists were asked to dive into the FotoMuseum’s collection and bring together a diversity of images. By putting these photographs together new narrative structures appeared and subsequently served as a base for new work that will be presented during the exhibition. An exhibition with: Sarah Gerats, Michèle Matyn, Fien Muller, Frederik Heyman, Sarah Van Marcke and Simon Vansnick.

FOMU, Anvers. 08.07.2010 > 05.09.2010.


STORYTELLER

Filed under: Art contemporain, Vidéo – Film | Tags: , , |

The Belgian artist and filmmaker Nicolas Provost will present four new films for his third solo exhibition at the Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp, shortly after his first solo exhibition at the Haunch of Venison Gallery in Berlin. The video works by Nicolas Provost are characterised by their cinematic language, used in both experimental and narrative short films.

Tim Van Laere Gallery, Anvers (BE). 29.04.2010 > 05.06.2010.


WEBFOLIO DW B – STUDY OF BOXES

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Le magazine littéraire DW B est un laboratoire créatif de littérature où se croisent l’art, la photographie, l’architecture et le théâtre. Depuis 2005, Inge Henneman, curateur du Fotomuseum à Anvers a sélectionné dix-sept jeunes photographes qui habitent et/ou travaillent en Belgique pour constituer le Webfolio DW B.

Première sélection 2010: Lieselot Doms.


MVTΛTIONS & OTHER NEW PROJECTS

Filed under: Mode, Peinture - Illustration, Spectacle | Tags: , |

Brussels-based performance artist Jean Baptiste Biche will enact his newest study, MVTΛTIONS, a 40-minute one man show of experimental dance and theatre in Antwerp this week. You can watch the performance trailer on Vimeo. Other fresh news: the next cover album for An Pierlé & White Welvet and a special collaboration with Sandrina Fasoli for the Fall/Winter collection 2010/11.

ra, Anvers. MVTΛTIONS. 02.04.2010 + 03.04.2010, 18:30.


STILLS AND THINGS

Filed under: Photographie | Tags: , |

Since 2009 Time to meet is being run from Antwerp, Belgium. They are bringing together project proposals and organizing small events, leading to the Festival Sugary Photographs With Tricks, Poses and Effects (SPW/T,P&E). Stills and Things by Bernd Kleinheisterkamp is one of the 8 exhibitions presented in Antwerp.

Atelier Solarshop, Anvers. 19.03.2010 > 04.04.2010.


ANVERS, NOIR ET MODE

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L’exposition BLACK. Masters of Black in Fashion & Costume du MoMu illustre les étapes historiques de la couleur noire avec, notamment, des exemples issus du monde de la peinture et de la photographie. Elle comprend des grandes pièces de certains créateurs contemporains qui partagent avec la ville d’Anvers un rapport spécial avec le noir:  Ann Demeulemeester, Olivier Theyskens (photo), Dirk Van Saene, Givenchy (Riccardo Tisci), Chanel, Gareth Pugh, …

MoMu, Anvers. BLACK. Masters of Black in Fashion & Costume.
25.03.2010 > 08.08.2010. ©Photo: Julien Claessens


ALEX SALINAS: A WORD’S COVER

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Experience The Word‘s covers in a different dimension: Poster size, hung on the wall, with a litte accompanying story to help you contextualise it. Exhibiting photographers: Sarah Eechaut (new website), Olivier CornilAlex SalinasYassin Serghini and Guy Van Laere. You’ll also get to see the issue no one was supposed to see. The Word is the free « Belgium’s English-speaking magazine on neighbourhood, living and global style » designed by pleaseletmedesign (Damien Aresta, Pierre Smeets) and face to face (Delphine Dupont, Flore Van Ryn). Download all the back issues here.

Urban Outfitters, Anvers. 06.11.2009 > 28.02.2010.


QUALITY VINTAGE ITEMS

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City-furniture.be is an online inspiring gallery based in Antwerp. They make a selection of known and unknown items based on their taste, knowledge and documentation. When the information or origin of the item is unknown, an attribution to the nearest style, period or designer is done. Quality vintage items, and unique objects with a history are their objective.


WHAT HAPPENS HERE, STAYS HERE

Filed under: Art contemporain, Peinture - Illustration | Tags: , , |

Jean-Baptiste Bernadet lives and works in Brussels and Paris. For his first solo show at Maes & Matthys, he presents a new series based around the legendary Las Vegas slogan “What Happens Here Stays Here”, which sets the tone of the exhibition. Applied to painting, this phrase undermines the emotional and intellectual impact commonly ascribed to aesthetic experience.

Maes & Matthys Gallery, What happens here, stay here. Anvers. 22.01.2010 > 06.03.2010.