Bozar de l'Abattoir

 

This weekend some of my works were in Tamines, Belgium, at the Bozar de l'Abattoir, the smallest art fair in the world. It was a pleasure to share the show with such a big group of talented artists

A new atelier to work properly

I'm moving to a new bigger and proper atelier, almost 300 m2 in Caldes de Montbui (not far from home). Moving is a hard work but I'm also excited... I'll have a lot of space to work properly.

Global Village group show, Bergen, Holland

Some images of my work at the past Global Village group show in Bergen Holland. During the big art festival Kunst 10-daagse in the costal village of Bergen, the Netherlands the international art show Global Village was present with a small selection.

Exhibition " Light, Art and Living" in Biberach

Under the title " Light, Art and Living", the Interior Design Studio Heinzel, Biberach exhibits from 10.10 till 7.11.2014 a selection of wellknown classical furniture, together with paintings and sculptures from young artists of the Gallery Marc Decoene.

What does a classical design like the Lounge Chair of Charles Eames or the LC2 armchair of Le Corbusier have in common with the obstinate and dancing creations of some young spanish painters and sculptors?

The border between design and art has always been flowing. Both creative forms search for fascination through expressiveness, innovation and visionary audacity.

The Exhibition goes from 10.10 till 7.11.2014

Einrichtungsstudio Heinzel
Zeuggasse 3
88400 Biberach

Tel 07351 188 28 80

Mailing: info@heinzel-einrichtungsstudio.de

Junge spanische Kunst . Ausstellung vom 19.07 - 13.09.2014

Exhibition young spanish art

Marc Decoene Art Gallery in Erolzheim shows from 19.07 till 13.09.2014 around 25 works of some young promising spanish painters and sculptors :

- Ramon Clapers Pladeval, Barcelona : sculptures

- Alejandra Corral, Madrid : paintings

- Jose Luis Serzo, Madrid : paintings

- Joan Priego, Barcelona : sculptures

- And Jesus Zurita, Granada : paintings

Although the show doesn't lay any claim to being complete, it wants to provide a good insight into the to day's very active spanish artistic scene.

Opening hours:
Friday: 15.00 - 19.00 h
Saturday-Sunday : 10.00 - 14.00 h
By appointment : Tel : 07354 28 21

Leutkircher strasse 3
88453 Erolzheim

Vernissage: Friday 18.07 at 19.00 h

www.marcdecoene.com

selfportrait of an artis as trying to emerge

Trying to emerge in the art market it's quite a tough thing. Like if I was caught under an avalanche it's so difficult to know if I'm really digging the way up.
Accept precarious jobs in order to survive and dedicate your free time to the major glory of your art... you're digging up and when you think you're reaching the surface you realize you are still under the ground, under-ground.
I've been spending so many years trying to emerge that I'm starting to feel comfortable under the ground so I'm not going to consider me an emerging artist anymore, from now on I'll call  myself an underground artist.
As a matter of fact my art looks pretty underground, and I have quite an underground taste myself ( I love garage and psychobilly music, B and Z movies, underground comic...)
So I'm not digging up anymore I accept my underground Self.

Global Village Landshut, Germany

 

Some pics of my works at Global Village group exhibition, in Landshut, Germany. I'm so proud to be a part of such a great event. After Landshut the exhibition will move to Danemark

 From 27 June to 6 July 2014 I participate with a couple of works (great capitalist selfportrait and little Martyr) in the group show GLOBAL VILLAGE 2014 – an exhibition IRL – in Landshut, Munich, in Germany.

Global Village 2014 is an international group show of contemporary art with 60 artists from around the world.
Read more about this exciting project here

I look so much forward to exhibiting with these great artists:

Alain Poussot (Switzerland) - Albert van Loon (Netherlands) - Aleksandra Striapunina (Russia/Netherlands) - Amir Zainorin (Malaysia/Denmark) - Amira Al-Sharif (Yemen) - Ana Carvalho (Portugal) - Angel Miov (Rep. Macedonia) – Aniqa Fatima (Pakistan) - Arno Rollenberg (Netherlands) - Aysel Amirova (Azerbaijan) - Bea Peter (Switzerland/Netherlands) - Bente Bundsbaek (Denmark) - Bjorn Eriksen (Denmark) - Carly Schmitt (USA/Germany) - Carmen Heemels (Netherlands) - Catriona Stanton (Australia) - Chloe Coomans (Belgium) -Christine Fössmeier (Germany) - Cora de Lang (Argentina/Germany) - Danny Germansen (Denmark) - Denise Frechet (France) - Diane Meyer (USA) - Edth van Campfoort (Netherlands) - Elio Rodriguez (Cuba) - Evelien de Jong (Netherlands) - Frans Vendel (Netherlands) - Fred Michiels (Belgium) - Genevieve Holloway (USA/Netherlands) - Grietje Bouman (Netherlands) - Irene Anton (Germany) - Iris Perez (Dominican Republic) - Jaap Borgers (Netherlands) - Jan van Well (Netherlands) - Jelili Atiku (Nigeria) - Jeroen Molenaar (Netherlands) - Jeroen van Paassen (Netherlands) - Joan Priego (Spain) - Joe Bochynski (USA) - Jonna Pedersen (Denmark) - Jos Poeder (Netherlands) - Jouni Vesanen (Finland) - Kashmiri Khosa (India) - Katrine van Klaveren (Netherlands) - Kim Demane (Sweden/Netherlands) - Lakisha Fernando (Sri Lanka) - Li Lihong (China) - Maartje van den Heuvel (Netherlands) - Madina Abova (Russia) - Maja Kirovska (Rep. Macedonia) - Manish Strestha (Nepal) - Mansoor Chitzen (Iran) - Maria Wolfram (Finland) - Marko Gavrilovic (Serbia) - Markus Wimmer (Germany) - Mikko Snellman (Finland) - Monika Loster (Germany) - Niki Hare (UK) - Norbert Wille (Netherlands) - Odine Lang (Germany) - Orhan Rashtana (Belgium) - Pike Räsänen (Finland/Netherlands) - PJ Bruyniks (Netherlands) - Robert Roelink (Netherlands) - Sabina Shikhlinskaya (Azerbaijan) - Serge Hamad (France/USA) - Shamsia Hassani (Afghanistan) - Teppo Korte (Finland/Netherlands) - Tom Hughes (USA) - Uli Schmid (Germany) – Wrongpong (UK) - Zara Alexandrova (Bulgaria/Austria) - Zindzi Wijminga (Netherlands)

The exhibition will travel to Denmark in August 2014.

Contortionists of Siam #6

 This is CONTORTIONISTS OF SIAM #6 carved in wood. 107x61x49cmts

Contortortionists and Siamese contortionists is a main topic in my work. In our west society dominated by the way of prodution of the postfordist capitalism work has become a way of virtous performance that has no longer the production of valuables as a result
As the philosopher and semiologist Paolo Virno argues the charasteristics of the virtuous performer - pianist, dancer, actor...- such as improvisation, comunication, are nowadays in the foundation of the interllectual mass work.
A new kind of work that is structured in the same way of a public sfere were all of us as workers we are countinously exposed to the presence and the look of the Other
I think that because of the demands of flexibility and constant training. And due of the deep crisis the figure of the contortionist has become the paradigm - among all performers- of the new social precariat
As contortionists we twist and turn following the working market requirements
As Siamese contortionists our intellectial work faces us to the look of the Other, that is just another Self, twisting and mixing with us in our everyday's pirouette since we no longer know where the Self finishes and where the Other starts.
As fragmented contortionists we adquire new skills and we remove our useless organs.
Flexibility, constant training, precious employment...
to look at the grotesque figures of 'the secret life of a contortionist' it's to look at ourselves