The Bible book of Genesis has always been a source of inspiration for artists. For many contemporary artists, these old stories are still current and relevant. The exhibition of the Eden arts festival consists on the one hand of a thematic selection from several important private collections: Verdec, Paul & Marie-Rose Declercq-Benoot, Michel and Julie Espeel-Vandenbroucke and Bruno Vermeersch. On the other hand, the exhibition features work by Belgian artists, who were invited to participate with mainly new work.

with works from: Adar, Michael Aerts, Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Helena Almeida, Richard Avedon, Joseph Ayerle, Isabelle Azaïs, Alexander Bossuyt, David Bruneel, Frederik Buyckx, David Claerbout, Caroline Coolen, Tony Cragg, Jo De Smedt, Jan De Vliegher, Peter Defurne, Ronny Delrue, Christophe Denys, Karien Deroo, Greet Desal, Christian Dotremont, Sarah Eechaut, Nick Ervinck, Bendt Eyckermans, Frans Gentils, Bart Gielen, Daan Gielis, Isidoor Goddeeris, Nan Goldin, Gésine Hackenberg, Leen Hermans, Thomas Hirschhorn, Bert Huyghe, Regina José Galindo, Sanam Khatibi, Gideon Kiefer, Karel Lambert, Thomas Lerooy, Paul Madeline, Malvine Marichal, Kris Martin, Enrique Marty, Märta Mattsson, Karl Mechnig, Frank Missant, Geert Monteyne, Sofie Muller, Lennart Nilsson, Karel Noyez, Hans Op de Beeck, Irving Penn, Steven Peters Caraballo, Karl Philips, Max Pinckers, Martine Platteau, Tom Poelmans, Laure Prouvost, Marc Quinn, Antoine Roegiers, Kristof Santy, Andres Serranno, Kiki Smith, Saskja Snauwaert, Virginie Suriano, Koen Therry, Roeland Tweelinckx, Peter Van Ammel, Nele Van Canneyt, Aline Vandeplas, Nelly Van Oost, Daniëlle van Zadelhoff, Hans Vandekerckhove, Herbert Vandendriessche, Lydie Vandermeersch, Tinus Vermeersch, José Vermeersch, Stijn Verstraete, Sabine Victor, Bart Vinckier, Vadim Vosters, Joel-Peter Witkin, Cindy Wright, Jiang Zhi, Dirk Zoete.