The 2017 edition of the Brussels Gallery Weekend (former Brussels Art Days) marks the event’s 10th anniversary and we have many reasons to celebrate. It offers a dynamic program available throughout the European capital from the 7th to the 10th of September. The participants include 41 galleries that present us with some of the season’s most expected shows, which focus mostly in Contemporary Art, but also in Modern Art, Design, and African Art.
To navigate the city with ease, visitors can use the map and shuttle service provided by the event’s organization. Apart from the gallery circuit, we highlight the Art Book Fair that will take place at WIELS during the weekend and a noteworthy opportunity to attend an entire day of talks, readings, and performances at Boghossian Foundation (titled ‘MONDIALITÉ: Readings’, hosted by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Asad Raza on Saturday).
There is a particular variety of proposals in this edition of the Brussels Gallery Weekend – the impact of major artists such as Constantin Brancusi (Vedovi Gallery), Tracey Emin (Xavier Hufkens), Michael Krebber (dépendance); a survey of Belgian Sculpture (La Patinoire Royale); the pleasant unexpectedness of the connection between Hans Bellmer, Sascha Braunig, and Matthew Ronay (Office Baroque); the hidden recurring social and political issues behind violence in football matches, by Marcin Dudek (Harlan Levey Projects); the sensuous but uncontrollable animality of the human being in the work of Sanam Khatibi (Rodolphe Janssen); the ‘Purification’ by Bill Viola, witnessed in an actual chapel space (Aeroplastics); the dilemmas and axis of perception explored by Jitish Kallat (Galerie Templon); the views of contemporary female painters (Albert Baronian). After visiting so many great shows, we listed 10 in no particular order:
Office Baroque
Hans Bellmer, Sascha Braunig, Matthew Ronay
7 Sep – 21 Oct
Office Baroque, Brussels, 2017.
Courtesy Office Baroque.
Oil on linen over panel, 111,8 × 35,6 cm (44 × 14 in.)
Courtesy Office Baroque.
Tirage argentique vers 1949, colorié à l’aniline, 14,5 × 13,9 cm (5 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Courtesy Office Baroque.
Harlan Levey Projects
Marcin Dudek ‘Steps and Marches’
7 Sep – 28 Oct
Courtesy Harlan Levey Projects.
Courtesy Harlan Levey Projects.
Courtesy Harlan Levey Projects.
Rodolphe Janssen
Sanam Khatibi ‘Rivers in your mouth’
7 Sep – 28 Oct
Courtesy of the artist and rodolphe janssen, Brussels
Photography: Hugard & Vanoverschelde photography.
I can’t wait till I taste your skin, 2017
Oil and pencil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm, 39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in.
Courtesy of the artist and rodolphe janssen, Brussels
Photography: Hugard & Vanoverschelde photography.
C L E A R I N G
Sebastian Black ‘My Interests’
8 Sep – 21 Oct
Courtesy C L E A R I N G Brussels.
Courtesy C L E A R I N G Brussels.
Almine Rech Gallery
Anselm Reyle ‘Laguna Sunrise’
dépendance
Michael Krebber
8 Sep – 14 Oct
acrylic on canvas, 198 x 150 cm, 77.95 x 59.05 in.
courtesy the artist and dépendance, Brussels
photocredit © Kristien Daem.
acrylic on canvas, 198 x 150 cm, 77.95 x 59.05 in.
courtesy the artist and dépendance, Brussels
photocredit © Kristien Daem.
Galerie Templon
Jitish Kallat ‘Covariances’
7 Sep – 28 Oct
mixed-media and collage on paper
50 x 40 cm // 19 5/8 x 15 ¾ in.
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon.
17 x 205 x 33 cm // 6 5/8 x 80 3⁄4 x 13 in.
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon.
Albert Baronian
‘Artemisia’ works by Marina Adams, Ilse D’Hollander, Amy Feldman, Fiona Mackay, and Leen Voet.
8 Sep – 28 Oct
Courtesy Albert Baronian.
Xavier Hufkens
Tracey Emin ‘The Memory of your Touch’
8 Sep – 21 Oct
acrylic on canvas, 183 x 152,4 x 3,4 cm, 72 × 60 × 1 1⁄4 in.
Photo credit: HV-Studio. Courtesy the Artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels.
Irène Laub
Rui Calçada Bastos ‘Spectateur Éternel’ Curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues
8 Sep – 21 Oct
Courtesy Irène Laub Gallery.
