From 31st May to 5th July, Lee Bauwens Gallery: Peaux Fragiles brings together fourteen artists from seven countries whose practices, as diverse as paper itself, converge toward a single intuition: the fragility of a material can carry the strength of a gesture.
A collective exhibition dedicated to artistic practices that place paper, in all its plurality, at the heart of a questioning on the ephemeral, the trace and vulnerability.
Ode Bertrand (b. 1930, France), Guénaëlle de Carbonnières (b. 1986, France), Chun Kwang Young (b. 1944, South Korea), Louise Dumas (b. 1983, France), Hanane El Farissi (b. 1990, Morocco), Jungwoo Hong (b. 1981, South Korea), Birte Horn (b. 1972, Germany), Aurélie Nemours (1910 – 2005, France), Gustavo Riego Maidana (b. 1983, Belgium), Jean-Philippe Roubaud (b. 1973, France), Simon Schubert (b. 1976, Germany), Carole Solvay (b. 1954, Belgique), Renie Spoelstra (b. 1974, Netherlands), Sophie Zénon (b. 1971, France).
Photo’s by Sebastian Schutyser
Through collage, drawing, cutting and installation, the works gathered here explore our relationship to what does not last: organic bodies, precarious architectures, archives destined for oblivion.
The exhibition does not celebrate fragility as a weakness. It explores it as a condition, a philosophy of the artistic gesture. What is fragile is also what touches us, what speaks of the intimate, the mortal, the living.
The exhibition is part of Volxem, Art in Forest event. On June 6, fourteen spaces dedicated to contemporary art invite you to celebrate contemporary art in the Volxem neighbourhood for a day of exhibitions, workshops, performances, and guided walks. Explore venues at your own pace, or join a guided walk to discover the neighbourhood’s history and its art scene.