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The next few weeks’
agenda fi llers
01. Old and new
� You get a sense,
when looking at Adrian Ghenie’s
work, of an artist split between
two worlds: the past or the
present, the old or the new, the
explicit or the abstract. Indeed,
the painter approaches his
subject with all the nostalgia
of old masters, depicting what
appear to be contemporary
situations in a decidedly uncontemporary
fashion. Some
might say you’d be forgiven
for thinking that Rembrandt’s
darker side came back to life and
decided to make a career out of
it. The resulting body of work is
somber and subdued, sometimes
even unsettling – consider, for
example, the canvas showing
Hitler, backed by his German
Shepherds, watching over what
seems to be a woman fast asleep.
Adrian Ghenie
� Until 16 th January 2010
☞ Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
� www.timvanlaeregallery.com
02. Gloom
and doom
� American photographer
Debbie Fleming Caffery’s
lens always seems to be gazing
rather than full-frontal facing,
more of a sneak peek than a
close-up look. With something
of a feminist streak to her work,
Fleming Caffery’s photographs
are gentle yet evocative, indirect
yet explicit. Before anything
else though, despite somber
settings and gloomy situations,
she always manages to capture
a luminosity which would
otherwise have been lost. With
this exhibition at Brussels’
Box Gallery, entitled Timeless
South, the artist presents a body
of work close to her heart: the
South is where she hails from,
and what she knows best.
Debbie Fleming Caffery –
Un Sud Intemporel
� Until 9 th January 2010
☞ Box Galerie, Brussels
� www.boxgalerie.be
03. Boot camp
� McCorkle’s work
sits between that of a craftsman
and a nutty professor.
His minute attention to detail,
combined with his ability to see
subject matters where others
would merely see everyday life,
makes for compelling viewing.
Consider March, his 10 minute
movie on the Knickerbocker
Greys, America’s oldest after
school activity for New York’s
Manhattan elite. In it, the artist
takes the necessary distance to
reveal an unobstructed account
of one of the country’s oldest
routines – namely, the disciplining
of Park Avenue’s rich
and famous. Contrasting the
stiffness of the video, McCorkle
also presents Seven Woods, a
collection of seven gold-plated
wooden canes.
Corey McCorkle
� Until 9 th January 2010
☞ Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp
� www.stellalohausgallery.com
04. Glass candy
� Glass never ceases
to amaze, such are the myriads
of possibilities it provides. And
this is exactly the premise of
Artonivo’s exhibition: to celebrate
the intrinsic versatility of
this most supple of wares, contextualising
it within other practices,
namely ceramics and textile
design. Drawing on the works
of experts in the field – from
Finnish professor Oiva Toikka’s
Birds collection to Italian artist
Giorgio Vigna’s schizophrenic
creations – the showcase attempts
to inject some youthful exuberance
into an art form otherwise
relegated to artisans’ workshops
and grandma cabinets. Added
to the mix are works by Belgian
ceramist Crien Van Looy and
textile designer Ria Bosman.
Infinity – The Sky Within Reach
� From 5 th December 2009
to 17 th January 2010
☞ Gallery Artonivo, Bruges
� www.artonivo.be
Belgium
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© Artonivo Gallery © Stella Lohaus Gallery
© Debbie Fleming Caffery
© Tim Van Laere Gallery