HIGH FIRED, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL, September 01>October 15, 2022

HIGH FIRED A groupshow HIGH FIRED at Galerie Franzis Engels: Anne Marie Laureys Ceramics, Deirdre McLoughlin, Eileen Cohen Sussholz, Joke Raes, Marga Knaven, Marja Kennis, Nathalie Campion en Reinier Lagendijk.

On Saturday 03.09.2022, Wendy Gers (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Ceramics, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof) will officially open the exhibition at 16.00 hrs. You are welcome!

Ceramics is hot! And not only because it is fired so hot, but especially because it is such a fantastic material with almost inexhaustible possibilities for making a sculpture. Techniques and forms of expression are almost limitless. From white as snow to ink black and all the colours in between, matt or glossy, figurative or abstract, traditional, rough or very delicate, whatever an artist dreams up (and these are often very exceptional sculptures) everything seems possible with clay and porcelain. Clay and porcelain are magical materials that, under the hands of the artist, transform from an unformed lump into wonderful sculptures.

SOLID SOIL, duoshow with Stefan Peeters Galerie 10a, Otegem, Belgium til June 19, 2022

From May 14 to June 19, we invite you to the expo Solid Soil where we present clay sculptures by Anne Marie Laureys Ceramics along with paintings by Stefan Peters.

It is the first time that the Hasselt-based painter Stefan Peters can be seen at Gallery 10a. Anne Marie Laureys Ceramics previously had a duoshow with photographer Nick Geboers during the expo Høst.

The primal element of earth in the title Solid Soil is easily connected to both artists. Anne Marie Laureys literally starts from earth and transforms thrown clay vessels into sculptures with a very special texture. Through various firing phases, the sculptures acquire a granular and distinct structure with shifting color tones that never fail to amaze.

This tactility for the material is also present in the paintings of Stefan Peters. Through the intensity of the brushstrokes you get a suggestion of recognizable natural elements.

IN THE ROUND, Unit London, UK til April 23,2022

Unit London is excited to present its first group exhibition dedicated solely to visual art in three dimensions. In The Round places the mediums of sculpture and ceramics at centre stage, drawing on a vast global and cross-cultural history. Human beings have crafted sculptural objects for many millennia, and these objects have come to slip between practical, domestic, religious, cultural and artistic definitions. The exhibition aims to showcase these diverse sculptural mediums, which have perhaps played a secondary role to works on canvas in the contemporary artworld.

In The Round decisively brings sculpture to the fore, championing the physicality of the medium and demonstrating its continuing pertinence for modern audiences. In this sense, In The Round celebrates the fluidity of sculpture and ceramics. The exhibition questions the rigidity of past canonical sculptural parameters by emphasising the freedom of process and material that three-dimensions can allow. In The Round strives to chart the flexibility of sculptural materials that can metamorphose from something tactile and malleable into something durable and solid, while still maintaining a sense of movement and mutability.

SYNONYMES D’OBJETS, ELEVEN STEENS, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, til April 10, 2022

Dans le cadre de l’exposition “Matières premières”, le Centre d’art contemporain ELEVEN STEENS invite BeCraft a occuper le troisième plateau pour y exposer ses artistes membres.

 

Les courants passent, évoluent. Toujours, les artistes s’imprègnent de ce qui a été. Ils reformulent, regardent autrement, proposent un “ce qui semble” mais qui n’est plus – ou qui est, différent. Ils repensent, recyclent, détournent, ennoblissent.

C’est là toute la puissance des Arts appliqués contemporains. Baignés dans les – lointaines – racines du fonctionnel, les artistes s’en libèrent ou s’en inspirent pour parfaire le monde, le questionner, le défier. Par la diversité de matières, de techniques, et le riche héritage des métiers d’Arts, c’est un univers vaste et en constante évolution qui s’offre au regard de tous.

Les artistes membres de BeCraft, issus de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, démontrent ici des savoir-faire contemporains dans les domaines de la céramique, du verre, du textile, du bijou, du papier, jusqu’aux matériaux non-conventionnels.

Abstraites, organiques, subtiles, leurs œuvres exposées détournent pour mieux voir, réinventent pour mieux penser. 

 

Ils exposent : 

Myriam A. Goulet, Mylène Auquière, Studio Biskt, Aurore de Heusch, Chantal Delporte, Dolorès Gossye, Anne Goy, La Gadoue, Laure Kasiers, Machteld Lambeets, Anne Marie Laureys, Claire Lavendhomme, Jean-Claude Legrand, Myriam Louyest, Antonino Spoto, Nelly Van Oost et Clémentine Vaultier

 

DISTORTED DUETS, USINE KUGLER, GENEVA, CH, October 7>17, 2021

Distorted Duets showcased the work of five contemporary photographers alongside sculptural works by Taste Contemporary gallery artists.

Since its establishment in 2012, Taste Contemporary has championed ceramic and glass art. In this exhibition, presented at the industrial setting of Fonderie Kugler, we introduced audiences familiar with each genre to the possibilities that exist within the others. 

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PRIVATE COLLECTION SELECTED BY #3 HANS VANDEKERCKHOVE, TATJANA PIETERS GALLERY GHENT, BELGIUM til August 29, 2021

Tatjana Pieters Gallery Ghent, Belgium 

Private Collection Selected by #3 / Hans Vandekerckhove selects from the collection of Paul & Marie-Rose Declercq – Benoot from June 18 – August 28, 2021

Closing Drink Saturday, August 28, 2-6 pm.

Interested in the process of collecting as a reflection/expression of the owner’s identity, we are pleased to present the third edition of ‘Private Collection Selected By’, a collaboration where gallery artist, Hans Vandekerckhove, selects works from a collection of which he is also a part to bring it into an ensemble with available works of its own. This time we invited Hans Vandekerckhove (BE, 1957) to select works from the collection of Paul & Marie-Rose Declercq- Benoot, which focus on historical as well as emerging and contemporary Belgian art.
Gallery view.

THIS IS THE SOUND OF C, Curator Kris Campo, CC ZWANEBERG, HEIST O/D BERG, BELGIUM til May 30, 2021

Curator Kris Campo has a reputation for making idiosyncratic choices and surprising combinations. In ‘This is the sound of C’, she brings together the work of eight contemporary artists from Belgium and abroad, averse to any ‘pigeonholing’. She combines figurative sculptures with whirling ceramic pottery and textile and painting in expressive scenes. In doing so, she indicates that the conventional classification of art forms on the basis of discipline or material is of little importance. What counts is the expression and the impact of the sculptures created by the artist.

Participating artists: Johannes Nagel, Anne Marie Laureys, Babs Haenen, Clémence van Lunen, Coline Rosoux, Klaas Rommelaere, Michel Gouéry and Robin Vermeersch.

INFO: CC ZWANEBERG 

 

SHAPES FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, til August 29, 2021

 

 

Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection celebrates an extraordinary gift of 125 modern and contemporary ceramics from Robert A. Ellison Jr., made to The Met in honor of the Museum’s 150th anniversary. The exhibition will present a selection of over 75 works from this unparalleled collection that charts the evolution of abstraction in clay from the second half of the twentieth century through the present. Info: MET, NY

Book launch & Exhibition

Published on the occasion of an exhibition highlighting a recent transformative gift of 125 works from the New York City-based collector Robert Ellison to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, beautifully presents this deeply personal pursuit and is a fitting coda to his commitment to sharing these works with the public.
Info August Editions

DESIGN MIAMI with Jason Jacques Gallery NY, USA, November 27-December 6, 2020

Design Miami 2020 Jason Jacques gallery :

We are happy to announce that we’ll be participating in the 16th edition of Design Miami/. This year we will be bringing a selection of works by each of our contemporary artists, designers, and craftsmen.

This year, the fair is moving back to it’s historic location in the Miami Design District’s historic Moore Building, accented by Zaha Hadid’s monumental interior installation, Elastika. Design Miami/ is the global forum for design, each year bringing together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators, and critics from around the world in celebration of design, culture, and commerce. Occurring alongside Art Basel in Miami, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, the Design Miami/ fairs have become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating collectible design.

Both the fair coordinators and staff are working together to ensure a safe environment for collectors, visitors, critics, exhibitiors, and members of the press. If you plan to attend and would like us to hold a pass for you at will-call, please email info@jasonjacques.com.

It is important to note that this year the fair has moved from the Convention Center to the Moore building in Miami’s Historic Design District.

THE 16TH EDITION OF DESIGN MIAMI/ WILL BE HELD IN THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT’S HISTORIC ZAHA HADID ELASTIKA MOORE BUILDING.