What's in an artwork? is the third in the series of HISK alumni exhibitions and highlights the versatility and diversity of the alumni. Curator Bert Ghysels titles the exhibition What's in an artwork? in analogy with the expression 'what's in a name'.
Participating artists: Geert Goiris (HISK alumnus 2000), Cathérine Claeyé (HISK alumnus 2001), Carlos Aires (HISK alumnus 2003), Philip Metten (HISK alumnus 2003), Kris Verdonck (HISK alumnus 2003), Marc Claes (HISK alumnus 2004), Anneke Eussen (HISK alumnus 2005), Christian Noirfalise (HISK alumnus 2005), Adam Leech (HISK alumnus 2006), Ante Timmermans (HISK alumnus 2006), Max Sudhues (HISK alumnus 2007), Filip Vervaet (HISK alumnus 2007), Niklaus Rüegg (HISK alumnus 2009), Maarten Vanden Eynde (HISK alumnus 2009), Assaf Gruber (HISK alumnus 2010), Femmy Otten (HISK alumnus 2010), Paulien Föllings (HISK alumnus 2012), Patrick Wokmeni (HISK alumnus 2013), Kasper Bosmans (HISK alumnus 2014), Leyla Aydoslu (HISK alumnus 2015), Flurin Bisig (HISK alumnus 2015), Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir (HISK alumnus 2015), Marie-fleur Lefebvre (HISK alumnus 2015)
Opening:
Thursday 16.06.2022, 18:00 > 23:00
Open:
16.06.2022 > 17.07.2022
Thursday > Friday, 14:00 > 18:00
Saturday > Sunday, 11:00 > 18:00
HISK Gosset site, Building A (first floor)
Rue Gabrielle Petitstraat 4-6, 1080 Brussel
What’s in an artwork? is the third in the series of HISK alumni exhibitions and highlights the versatility and diversity of the alumni. I title this exhibition What’s in an artwork? in analogy with the expression ‘what’s in a name’.
To maximize the differences between the artworks, they are displayed in metal frame compartments. These are constructed out of frames traditionally used for Gyproc walls, yet here without Gyproc wall cladding. The artworks are hanging on, and standing between, the frames. They are illuminated by general hall lighting, the same lighting for everyone. In this way, all the works of art are displayed in the same way, without being enhanced by their surroundings. Visitors can experience the work of art in all its purity, from all sides, front and back. Video works are of course shown in a closed darkened environment, so as not to affect their quality.
As a retired production manager of the HISK, it is a great pleasure for me to have been able to select these 23 artists among the many other distinguished alumni. I have mentored them for years and have worked with them on the realisation of their artworks.
Bert Ghysels,
Curator of the exhibition