Curatorship of the exhibition En quelques mots (In a few words...),
texts of the exhibition and catalogue,
Maison des Arts, Brussels, 2022.
With Lucile Bertrand, Pierre Buraglio, Marcelline Delbecq, Eirene Efstathiou, Sylvie Eyberg, Barbara Geraci, Florian Kiniques, On Kawara, Daniel Locus, Stefana McClure, Chantal Maes, Godelieve Vandamme.
Description of the works: download pdf.
The exhibition brings together twelve visual artists (sculptures and installations, photos and videos, drawings, books and performances) who have a specific relationship with words and with text. If they each have their specific practice, words are certainly their favorite object, their research material; they question them, weight them, manipulate them...
In each case, conscious of the scope of words, they choose them with precision to reveal, in certain cases, their value and their strength, and in others, their weakness and their lack of consistency. While questioning what words can make the image say, some disrupt their use to provoke the gaze. For others, words replace images: the words themselves become images. Sometimes, the meaning appears in a subtle equilibrium between text and image: the meaning of words as well as those of images is often at the intersection of the two. Finally, inversely, some images manifest the impotence of words, or even, in some cases, their disappearance.
Daniel Locus, Jérusalem and Roland, 2019.
Video projection in the former dining room.
Courtesy of the artist.
locusdaniel.be
Daniel Locus, Jérusalem, 6'.
© Daniel Locus.
Daniel Locus, Roland, 2'13''.
© Daniel Locus.
Marcelline Delbecq, Daleko, 2008.
Installation in the veranda.
Audio CD 5'58'', framed print 66,8 x 111 x 4 cm, banch 45,5 x 140 x 50 cm.
Collection FRAC Franche-Comté.
villalabrugere.fr/auteurs/marcelline-delbecq/
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Marcelline Delbecq, Daleko.
Marcelline Delbecq, Daleko.
© Marcelline Delbecq
Two showcase tables presenting
Stefana McClure and Sylvie Eyberg artworks in the small salon.
Stefana McClure, Silenced Voices: Forough Farrokhzad, 2021.
Moleskine notebook, inkjet print on perforated archival paper, pearls, 25 x 38 x 3 cm.
Courtesy of the artist, Bartha Contemporary Ltd., London, and Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner, New York.
www.bienvenusteinbergandpartner.com/artists/stefana-mcclure
Sylvie Eyberg Asger Taiaksev, the she, 2014.
Two books, 21,6 x 13,6 cm uncut: one bound, one unbound.
Offset printing Cultura Wetteren.
123 copies.
Courtesy of the artist, and Gevaert Editions.
www.gevaerteditions.be/eyberg-taiaksev-pub
Sylvie Eyberg Asger Taiaksev, the she.
Detail.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Florian Kiniques, installation of glass slats in the large salon.
Sans titre (NO-ON), 2022.
Glass, both sides sandblasted, goldleaf gilding 23 3/4 carats, 96 x 3 x 0,6 cm.
Sans titre (MU-ET), 2022.
Two slats: glass, one side sandblasted, 166 x 3 x 0,6 cm and 168 x 3 x 0,6 cm.
Sans titre (B-A-L-A-D-3), 2022.
Glass, both sides sandblasted, 168 x 3 x 0,6 cm.
Courtesy of the artist.
www.instagram.com/florian.kiniques/
Florian Kiniques, Sans titre (NO-ON).
Detail.
Florian Kiniques, Sans titre (B-A-L-A-D-3).
Detail.
In the library, several showcase tables presenting
On Kawara and Daniel Locus books, and a video by Godelieve Vandamme.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
On Kawara, I Went, 1968-1979.
Series of 12 books, 21 x 14,8 cm each (4740 pages) in a wooden box.
Offset printing on Phoenix Motion Xantur paper 150 gr.
Ed. 40/90.
Editions MFC Michèle Didier, Brussels.
Collection Musée des Arts contemporains at the Grand-Hornu,
property of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
© One Million Years Foundation.
www.micheledidier.com/fr/oeuvre/details/29/on-kawara-i-went-1968-79-2007#oeuv-10
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On Kawara, One Million Years, 1999.
Case containing two books 2006 pages each:
Past — For all thos who have lived and died;
Future — For the last one.
Offset printing sur genuine bible paper 28 gr/m²,
and black leather cover.
16 x 12 x 9 cm each book.
Ed. 112/570.
Publisher Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp (BE), 1998.
Collection Musée des Arts contemportains at the Grand-Hornu,
donated by Galerie Micheline Szwajcer in 2003.
© One Million Years Foundation. © Galerie Micheline Szwajcer.
www.micheledidier.com/fr/artistes/oeuvres/31/on-kawara
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Daniel Locus, Histoires d'histoire, 2009.
Box, 20 unbound sheets, 27 x 46 cm open.
20 copies.
Courtesy of the artist, and Editions 100 Titres, Ligne de tête.
Godelieve Vandamme, Frontière visuelle, 2004-2021.
Installation on the 1st floor's landing.
Letters frozen on papier, 300 x 150 cm
+ filmed installation.
Courtesy of the artist.
www.godelievevandamme.eu/fr/1_/1_frontiere-visuelle
Godelieve Vandamme, Frontière visuelle.
Photo G. Vandamme
Godelieve Vandamme, Frontière visuelle, after the letters have melted...
Lucile Bertrand, Question de perspective, 2016.
On the 1st floor's landing.
Graphite, felt pen and paper on Steinbach paper, 73 x 110 cm.
Courtesy of the artist, and Irène Laub Gallery.
lucilebertrand.com/fr/drawings/question-de-perspective.html
Sylvie Eyberg, to script (123), 2014.
In the 1st bedroom.
Heliogravure, grayscale and black.
Prints on Somerset 300gr/m² paper, by Bleu Acier Inc.
Copy 1/3.
43,5 x 35,5 cm framed.
Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Greta Meert.
galeriegretameert.com/artists/sylvie-eyberg
Sylvie Eyberg Asger Taiaksev, the she, 2014.
Unfolded sheet on the wall.
Barbara Geraci, POUR REMONTER À LA SURFACE, 2021.
Installation in the large bedroom.
Slanted wooden table, 404 x 72 x 100 cm and 120 cm height,
print on paper, 404 x 72 cm,
digital photography in wooden box on the ground, 87,2 x 62,2 x 9 cm,
framed print 42,8 x 29,5 cm.
Courtesy of the artist.
barbarageraci.be
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Barbara Geraci, POUR REMONTER À LA SURFACE.
Facsimile of one of the notebooks of the artist' grandfather.
Barbara Geraci, POUR REMONTER À LA SURFACE.
Printed paper on large table.
Barbara Geraci, POUR REMONTER À LA SURFACE.
Printed paper, detail.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Chantal Maes, Take a Look From The Inside : Lecture poétique, Christian Dotremont, 2004.
Installation in the dressing-room.
Video 4'26''.
Collection Musée des Arts contemporains at the Grand-Hornu,
property of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
turningphotography.be/#profile/chantal-maes
Chantal Maes, Take a Look From The Inside.
Pierre Buraglio, Memento épigraphe, WHAT'S NEW, 1990.
In the 3rd bedroom.
Serigraphy and “redaction” on paper, 82 x 72 cm.
Tirage 4/24.
Municipal collection of the Ville de La Louvière,
on deposit at the Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée.
© Adagp, Paris.
www.centredelagravure.be/works/memento-epigraphe-wats-new
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Pierre Buraglio, Memento épigraphe, WHAT'S NEW.
Détail.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Eirene Efstathiou, When the Revolution Comes, 2014.
In the 3rd bedroom.
Installation and slide projection on the bottom of the wall.
Mural shelf, printed text, cassette player.
Courtesy of the artist, and Irène Laub Gallery.
eireneefstathiou.com
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Eirene Efstathiou, When the Revolution Comes,
slide projection on the bottom of the wall.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Stefana McClure, A certain Slant of Light; Invisible, as Music; The stars about my Head I felt; I could not see to see; My business is circumference, 2021.
Installation in the 3rd bedroom.
Invisible hairnets, cut paper, 7 x 9 x 3 cm each.
Courtesy of the artist, Bartha Contemporary Ltd., London, and Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner, New York.
Stefana McClure, A certain Slant of Light; My business is circumference.
Florian Kiniques )( 2022.
Installation in the 4th bedroom.
Gold 18 carats, 2,2 x 0,7 cm and 1,8 x 0,7 cm.
Courtesy of the artist.
Pierre Buraglio, 4 AOÛT, 1989.
In the 4th bedroom.
Lithography, pochoir and “redaction” on tar paper, 124 x 91,3 cm.
Collection du Fonds national d'Art contemporain,
on deposit at the Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée.
© Adagp, Paris.
www.centredelagravure.be/works/4-aout-estampes-et-revolution-200-ans-apres
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Pierre Buraglio, 4 AOÛT.
Detail.
Photo Candice Athenaïs
Lucile Bertrand, perpetratio, 2008.
Installation in the 4th bedroom.
Series of 15 collages and inkjet print on paper, 24 x 31 cm each.
Collection Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels.
lucilebertrand.com/fr/works/perpetratio.html
Lucile Bertrand, perpetratio.
Sequences 8, 9 and 10.
Lucile Bertrand, perpetratio.
Sequence 8.