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In the spring of 2012 the FoMu will start a series of exhibitions focusing on young Belgian photographers. The series opens with Sarah Carlier (BE, °1981) and Lara Mennes (BE,°1982), two photographers who are fascinated with how the past is visualized in present society. Carlier focuses on how people cling to tradition, Mennes carries a magnifying glass in her search of traces of the past in aban...   [more]

Capture the past. That was the assignment photographers Bruno Vandermeulen and Danny Veys were given at the archaeological site of Sagalassos in Turkey. How does a photographer approach the past? When photographing the ancient city, Vandermeulen and Veys decided not just to record the archaeological finds, but to question the very objectivity of the lens itself. This was the starting point for Imaging His...   [more]

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) is sometimes considered the most eccentric English Pre-Raphaelite artist. He was one of the main representatives of this British movement, which combined a socially engaged modernism with an interest in medieval art and religious traditions. This peculiar mix led to the creation of such masterpieces as 'Work' and 'The Last of England'. Brown also painted phenomenal landscapes, l...   [more]

Opening: February 25th, 2012   10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

With SCHAAK SHOW S.M.A.K. will be presenting Belgium's first solo presentation of Sarah Ortmeyer (b. 1980). This project was specially created for the Kunst NU space. In SCHAAK SHOW Ortmeyer examines marble sculpture, chess boards and the looks of contemporary female chess grandmasters. This exhibition brings together seven sculptures in an installation in which chess and attraction play a central ro...   [more]

Opening: February 25th, 2012   10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

For thirty years now the Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov (1957, Cherven Briag) has formulated witty and ironic critiques of society and the world of art, through layered stories and concise, endearing drawings, paintings, texts, objects, installations and videos. In 2012 S.M.A.K. will literally present a 'retrospective' exhibition on the artist, with a selected work from each year from 1981 to 201...   [more]

Opening: February 25th, 2012   10:00 AM - 6:00 PM