Brussels Flamingo : Contemporary art and new media

Exhibitions

Alessandra Sanguinetti

Sanguinetti

28/03/09 – 30/05/09

The Adventures of Guille and Belinda
and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams
“is the first solo exhibition of color photographs by the award winning US artist Alessandra Sanguinetti in Europe. This ongoing series of photographs follows the lives of the cousins Guillermina and Belinda as they grow up on their family’s farm outside Buenos Aires. Ms. Sanguinetti has collaborated with the girls since 1998, cultivating an intimate relationship with the pair and-, capturing images inspired by the expectations, fantasies, and fears that accompany the psychological and physical transition from childhood to adulthood ...

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Martin Lorenz

Martin Lorenz

29/01/09 – 14/03/09

Monowesen
Martin Lorenz is executing a serial self-questioning that affords a glance into the best hidden secrets of his inner soul. His photography is (as are his films) an intellectually radical expression of his outlook as a social and artistic critic. ...

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Michaël Pycke

Michaël Pycke

04/12/08 – 24/01/09

In flux
The Belgian sculptor Michaël Pycke accomplishes a crossover between Art and Biology. Only at first glance do his organic-biomorph structures seem to be affected by the vocabulary of the Classic Modern, and here especially Giacometti’s. In fact, it is biological processes, reactions and metamorphosis...

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Galić and Gredig

Galić and Gredig

16/10/08 – 29/11/08

Photographers in Conflict
The Swiss artist duo Goran Galić and Gian-Reto Gredig have been working together since 2002. Their latest work ‘Photographers in Conflict’ deals with renowned photojournalists whose images form our daily perception of conflicts and disasters around the world.

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Nico Roicke

Nico Roicke

26/06/2008 - 11/10/2008

The Metal Years
Nico Roicke critically reflects on motifs and aesthetics of pop culture, media and mass consumption. He uses found footage, so parts and scenes from pre-existing film as working material...

Rémy Russotto

Rémy Russotto

11/09/2008 - 11/10/2008

Twilight
The young Belgian artist Rémy Russotto likes to leave the objects of his photographies in the vague and the foggy twilight. In both series, ‘Faces’ and ‘Abstracts’, it is up to the viewer to make out what Russotto actually captured in his photographs...

Ruhland

Ruhland

24/01/08 01/03/08

Recent paintings
Sebastian Ruhland excels as a Hyper-realist. His paintings resemble a digital photograph and yet, though photographic in essence, they often entail a softer and much more complex focus on the subject, presenting it as a living tangible object...

Felix Reinecker

Felix Reinecker

20/03/2008 - 02/08/2008

Empathy
Portraits and self-portraits
The young painter Felix Reinecker is a master of the psychological portrait...

Martin Lorenz

Martin lorenz

20/03/2007 - 19/06/2008

Viewpoints
Two video works
The video artist Martin Lorenz has a remarkable eye for the allegedly ordinary details in life....

goldbach

goldbach

24/01/2008 - 15/03/2008

Unterholz
Goldbach, who sees himself as a hunter, gatherer and poet, manages to transfer a landscape inspired by the painting “Gehölz im Schnee” by Caspar David Friedrich with tremendous accuracy inevitably evoking a trompe l’oeil effect.

He jia

He jia

06/12/2007 - 15/03/2008

Übergang
The Chinese woman painter, He Jia, questions concepts of beauty and aesthetics of both eastern and western cultural backgrounds.

Ulu Braun

Ulu Braun

09/11/2007 - 01/03/2008

An ever increasing number of world-wide screenings corroborate the impression that ULU BRAUN is a master in striking an amazing balance between the creative elements included in his works.

Claudia Fahrenkemper

Claudia Fährenkemper

09/11/2007 - 19/01/2008

Untiringly curious by nature, Claudia Fährenkemper follows the tradition of typological photography and comparative study.

Zhe li

Zhe li

06/12/2007 - 01/02/2008

Fluid Music - A Hybrid Interactive Installation
Zhe Li belongs to a new generation of creators, who are dealing with object, virtuality and the interface between them. He creates multimedia installations that can be experienced through space, light and acoustics.