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Artist Projects
4 artists, all living and working in Brussels participate in the Artist Projects 2012. The
Artist Projects are interventions/creations designed for Art Brussels.
Valérie Mannaerts has drawn the VIP cards, the cover of the fair catalogue and the
Fair Guide.
For the VIP tickets, Mannaerts created a group of 4 related designs. These designs are
pattern-like drawings that are somehow reminiscent of honeycomb, wave, window,
and roof tile motifs. However, because of their irregular lines and indefinable colour
shades, these drawings never become mere graphic patterns. Mannaerts scratched the
lines of the design in a dark ground of oil pastel, allowing a palette of impure colours to
emerge. Mannaerts creates an interesting tension through her very personal treatment
of the glossy industrial-looking and very coveted VIP card. For the Fair Guide and for
the catalogue cover, however, she has adopted a different strategy. Here, she opted for
a playful creation using collage techniques and drawing instead of the more obvious
computerised graphic methods. Mannaerts is represented by Gallery Elisa Platteau &
Cie (stand: 3A-11).
Nicolas Provost shows the art video (stand: 3A-52), a new art video, titled Moving
Stories about two young passengers adventuring towards a mysterious future. ‘Moving
Stories strings together fragments of flying passenger airplanes. Gleaming in the
sunlight, they glide high above the clouds. From the very first moment, the seductive
footage, completely aiming at escapism, contrasts with the ominous, somewhat sinister
soundtrack. Over this sound, Provost places a dialogue between a man and a woman.
Provost plays once more with the grammar and the codes of (Hollywood) cinema. With a
limited number of images, an absorbing soundtrack and a minimal story line, the artist
tries to stimulate the viewers’ imagination to the maximum. (text: Ive Stevenheydens)
Nicolas Provost is represented by Tim Van Laere Gallery (stand: 3C-26).
Sarah Deboosere and Charles Blondeel have been commissioned to design the carrier
bag for Art Brussels 2012. Both graduated from the HISK (Ghent) and have worked
together as the artists duo “Sarah & Charles” since 2004. The commission for the design
of a 2-dimensional work was not entirely obvious since their work mainly consists of
installations and videos. The result is a graphic image, a brief, technical description
of sound effects as they are used in the world of film. The description, when read by
the viewer, creates a cinematic narrative in his/her imagination. Sarah & Charles are
represented by Gallery van der Mieden (stand: 3B-37).
Private collections
ERIC FABRE
/ Les Palissades de Raymond Hains
A unique installation of works by Raymond Hains from the private collection
Venue: Rue des 7 Bonniers 43 - 45, 1180 Brussels / Exceptionally open to the public during
Art Brussels from 10 am - 1 pm / Free access / www. garagecosmos.be
FREDERIC DE GOLDSCHMIDT
/ Works from the collection: Harold Ancart, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Svenja Deininger,
Edith Dekyndt, Michael DeLucia, Yannis Kounelis, Guillaume Leblon, Didier Marcel, Nick
Oberthaler, Jurgen Ots, Benjamin Sabatier, Rosemarie Trockel, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, ...
Venue: 1000 Brussels Given by mail with your reservation / Exceptionally open upon request
during Art Brussels Sat - Sun 10 am - 2 pm / reservation: vip@artbrussels.be
MAISON PARTICULIERE
/ Struggle (s)
Artworks selected from four private collections
Artists selected: Ai Wei Wei, Pascal Bernier, Guillaume Bijl, Louise Bourgeois,
Matthew Brannon, Tony Cragg, Lili Dujourie, Marlene Dumas, Elmgreen & Dragset,
Jan Fabre, Eric Fischl, Kendell Geers, Paul McCarthy, Mondongo, Josep Niebla,
Wilhelm Sasnal, Thomas Shütte, Andres Serrano, Luc Tuymans, Kelley Walker,...
Venue: Rue du Chatelain 49, 1050 Brussels / Open to public / Thu - Sat 10 am - 6 pm /
www.maisonparticuliere.be / Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only
THE LOFT
/ Works from the Servais family collection: Fred Eerdekens, Gilbert&George,
Thomas Houseago, Barbara Kruger, Didier Marcel, Frank Stella, …
Venue: 1030 Brussels / Exceptionally open during Art Brussels to the public Tue - Sun 10 am -
2 pm / rsvpavril2012@hotmail.be
VANHAERENTS ART COLLECTION
/ Sympathy for the Devil – This second collection presentation is curated by Walter
Vanhaerents and Pierre-Olivier Rollin.
Artists: Christian Boltanski, James Lee Byars, Wim Delvoye, Nick Ervinck, Urs
Fischer, Kendell Geers, Jenny Holzer, Matthew Day Jackson, Barbara Kruger, Gabriel
Kuri, Jean-Luc Moerman, Farhad Moshiri, Bruce Nauman, Ugo Rondinone, Sudarshan
Shetty, Yinka Shonibare, Wang Du, ...
/ AES+F. The Feast of Trimalchio (Project Room)
This work retells Petronius’s epic poem from the Satyricon for a twenty-first century
audience.
Venue: Rue Anneessens 29, 1000 Brussels / Individual visits on Sat April 21, 2 pm - 5 pm /
Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only / Guided visits for groups upon reservation:
www.vanhaerentsartcollection.com / Fri April 20, 2012 between 6 pm and 10 pm: Opening of
AES+F. The Feast of Trimalchio / During the opening of AES+F, the exhibition Sympathy for the
Devil will not be accessible.
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