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For its 13th event, the Atelier Jespers has prepared its second external presentation for ART TRUC TROC 2018 at the BOZAR Museum. Itinérance #2 brings together three generations of Belgian and French artists working in all areas of design. At this, the 14th edition of ART TRUC TROC, a 250 m² space is devoted to objects, lighting, furniture and textiles. The Itinérance #2 project focuses on the creation of contemporary design, with curatorship by Jean-François Declercq. The project is part of the work of Atelier Jespers, which endeavours to show the vivacity and creativity of artistic savoir-faire at public events such as exhibitions, trade fairs and cultural events. It’s an opportunity to reach beyond the geographical limits of Atelier Jespers in search of a larger audience. With 14,000 visitors over the three days of the event, ART TRUC TROC gives the Atelier Jespers a unique opportunity to showcase the work of young designers in need of support and exposure. With ART TRUC TROC – and in partnership with Spazio Nobile and the Kolkhoze online platform – the goal of Itinérance #2 is to present a coherent ensemble that mixes harmony and innovation.

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BERGER&BERGER �� 6 – 9 ALAIN BERTEAU �� 10 – 13 DAVID BOUSSIER �� 14 – 17 NICOLAS BREVERS/GOBO LIGHTS �� 18– 21 CASIMIR �� 22 – 25 MAARTEN DE CEULAER �� 26 – 29 FREDERIK DELBART �� 30 – 33 NICOLAS DESTINO �� 34– 37 DESTROYERS/BUILDERS �� 38 – 41 NATHALIE DEWEZ �� 42 – 45 FRÉDÉRICK GAUTIER / FCK �� 46 – 49 DAMIEN GERNAY �� 50 – 53 KASPAR HAMACHER �� 54 – 57 GERARD KUIJPERS �� 58– 61 STUDIO KRJST �� 62 – 65 TIM ONDERBEKE �� 66 – 69 FRÉDÉRIC PELLENQ �� 70– 73 ADRIEN ROVERO �� 74 – 77 NICOLAS SCHUYBROEK �� 78 – 81 BELA SILVA �� 82 – 85 VLADIMIR SLAVOV �� 86 – 89 BEN STORMS �� 90 – 93 MAARTEN STUER �� 94– 97 CONRAD WILLEMS �� 98– 101 CONTACT ��102

BERGER&BERGER www.berger-berger.com

Portrait: © Guillaume Ziccarelli — © Berger&Berger

Laurent P. Berger, visual artist graduated from the National School of Decorative Arts (Paris) and Cyrille Berger, DPLG architect graduated from the National School of Architecture of Paris La Villette, collaborate since 2006 under the identity Berger&Berger. They have participated in numerous exhibitions, in Belgium and abroad, and their work is present in various public collections. This year, they were invited to participate in the 14th biennale of Lyon Floating Worlds by Emma Lavigne curator of the exhibition. They take part in many international architectural competitions and realized, among others, the extension of the International Center of Art and Landscape of the island of Vassivière and the extension of the Lambert Collection in Avignon.

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CHAISE LAMBERT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2015 Sycomore wood coated metallic structure 83 (H) x 36 (D) cm

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Berger&Berger Chaise Lambert - Avignon Image de SynthĂ¨se-Septembre 2014

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Berger&Berger Chaise Lambert - Avignon Image de SynthĂ¨se-Septembre 2014

ALAIN BERTEAU www.alainberteau.com

Portrait: © Miles Fischler Fauteuil © Objekten – Alain Berteau

A Brussels-based practice founded in 2002 by architect Alain Berteau, looking for new behavior patterns, functional flexibility, and typological relevance. Working through architecture, interiors, furniture and product design fields, it has won many awards and gained extensive experience in residential and commercial fields. Alain Berteau design products for clients like Bulo, Montis, Vange, Wildspirit, Feld, Van Marcke, Rvb. He is teaching furniture design at La Cambre school of arts in Brussels.

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NIGHT CLUB SOFA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Objekten, 2016 Cotton, Felt, Polyester, 66,50 (H) x 80-85 (L) cm

ALAIN BERTEAU

NIGHT CLUB SOFA

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DAVID BOUSSIER

Portrait: ÂŠ 345 photographer

After leaving the School of Architecture in Nantes, I decided to turn to furniture and learn the craft of cabinetmaking. It will be the start of an indefatigable learning of forms, to which the mastery of tools and techniques will be wisely subordinated. In the Windmill Furniture workshops in London I have the chance to work on the reproduction of the ISOKON furniture designed by Marcel Breuer. My passion for modernity is not incompatible with the academic practice in which I learned ornamental sculpture in Paris. I am convinced that an object finds its durability when, nourished by what has preceded, it is the reflection of a critical vision of its time. Every functional object must also find its equilibrium and its proportions in a natural influx which cannot be only the result of intellect. The hand must be given free rein in order to achieve the ideal design. For the past two decades I draw and realize in my workshop furniture for a private clientele, as well as prototypes of personal expression.

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CODE 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2010, Multiplex & Scotch pine 81 (H) x 36,5 (L) x 33 (D) cm

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NICOLAS BREVERS / GOBO LIGHTS www.nicolasbrevers.com

Through his creations, Nicolas Brevers delivers his vision of the design: a playful kinetic art which results from research on the aestheticism, the harmony and the balance. This lover of figures and perfected proportions cheek with the timeless laws of the geometry crowned to dress the space of its atomic forms. Forms in the pure, light and contemporary lines which evoke the essence of the natural elements. They testify of a new language where the rational and functional dialogue with the emotional to create a hypnotic and soothing universe appropriate to the designer.

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SNOWDROP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gobo Lights, 2016 Brass, translucent amber slate, concrete 120 (L) X 100 (l) X 100 (H) cm deployed 150 (L) X 50 (l) X 50 (H) cm closed

NICOLAS BREVERS / GOBO LIGHTS

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CASIMIR www.casimir.be

Portrait: ÂŠ Jean van Cleemput

Casimir was born in Koersel (Belgium) in 1966. He studied Industrial Design at SHIVKV Genk (Belgium). It was never a conscious choice of his to focus on design. Casimir was just looking for a versatile direction that would include theory and technique as well as creativity. While training as an Industrial Designer, he discovered that designing industrial products was not for him, as an industrial product is an accumulation of compromises and rarely the expression of a personal emotion or the personal vision of the designer... During his studies, he did, however, design a number of items of furniture that expressed his own vision of design. He established himself as a furniture designer and went on to develop this vision into a personal style.

SCHRAAG 1 + KIST3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2015 solid oak (natural/no finish)

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SCHRAAG 1 + KIST3

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MAARTEN DE CEULAER www.maartendeceulaer.com

The pieces in this series look like they weren’t made by hands, but have grown to their present form organically. They might be the result of a mutation in cells, or the result of a chemical or nuclear reaction. Perhaps it’s a virus or bacteria that has grown dramatically out of scale. The Mutation pieces make you look at furniture in a different way. Maybe one day we would be able to grow a piece of furniture like we breed or clone an animal, and manipulate it’s shape like a bonsai tree. On the other hand, the project can be seen as an experimental review of classic furniture upholstery. Instead of upholstering springs and foam with leather or textile, these pieces are created by carefully composing patterns with cut-offs of foam spheres of various sizes, and applying them onto a structure. In the end the entire piece gets coated, with a durable rubber or tactile velvet-like finish. It is hardly impossible to ever recreate such a specific pattern, so every piece is completely unique.

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ORGANIC STOOL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2012 Foam, rubber & textile, 45 x 45 x 45 cm

MAARTEN DE CEULAER

ORGANIC STOOL

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FREDERIK DELBART

Portrait: © Patricia Goijens © Frank Gielen

Frederik Delbart Design Studio is an independent creative office located in Brussels and Hasselt, Belgium, active in product design, strategic design management and consultancy. Inspired by textures and structures, the main purpose of the studio is creating honest and simple objects. By having a critical approach on the way objects are used and look, every step of the “design process” is deeply analysed and regarded with respect for the user, the manufacturer and the editor. As we live in a critical environmental situation, respect for nature is always present in the choice of materials, the assembly methods and a strict selection of suitable production plants. Passionate by raw and pure materials such as wood, glass, metal, porcelain and paper, the studio tries to find new limits for each by using those materials in a mix of respect for tradition and sense of innovation.

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ARCHIDUC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Recor Home, 2017 Exterior: Leather, fabric, metal Interior: foam, metal, wood 98 x 88 x 80 cm

FREDERIK DELBART

ARCHIDUC

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NICOLAS DESTINO www.nicolasdestino.be

Portrait: ÂŠ KĂŠvin Louage

Located between Brussels and Paris, Nicolas Destino stands out for his collections of themed objects and for his vision of what he calls a conceptual design. Believing that beauty is equal to sobriety, the designer combines function and aesthetics, creating objects with pure lines, characterized by geometric shapes. The light.ladder is the most representative object of his approach of product design. Pushing back the limits of creation, Nicolas Destino sees design as a means of expression. He frees himself from industrial constraints thanks to the elaboration of unique pieces of hand-made paintings which he particularly affectionates. His work is generally presented in the form of collections. These artistic and personal projects bring to life a surprising and out-of-the-ordinary universe in which the object is de-functionalized to leave more space to imagination.

HEAD LIGHT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2011 Epoxi tainted, natural hair 160 x 40 x 40 cm

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HEAD LIGHT

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DESTROYERS/BUILDERS www.destroyersbuilders.com

Portrait: ÂŠ Linde Freya Tangelder

Destroyers/Builders is a Brussels based design studio, founded by Linde Freya. With a focus on materiality the studio strives for sensory relevance in detail and bigger scale. Linde Freya highlights the field between industrial and human methods, and translates this into primary form language. Studio Destroyers/Builders makes objects and interior projects with a conscious material use and aims to bring daily objects closer to our senses. Our projects that range from commissions to self-initiated projects, and extends across the realms of both product and interior design. Product and material designer Linde Freya Tangelder (1987), based in Brussels, has been raised with Brazilian-Dutch background. Her interest for materiality and wealth in cultural objects became alive at young age. After her work experiences at the Campana Brothers in Sao Paulo and Studio Unfold in Antwerp, she started Studio Destroyers/Builders together with her work/life partner Jo Groven.

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ARCHETYPING DAYBED â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2017 Chipwood dark aubergine pigment, varnish, textile, 6 (H) x 160 (L) x 60 (B) cm limited edition of 10 pieces

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ARCHETYPING DAYBED

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NATHALIE DEWEZ www.nathaliedewez.com www.spazionobile.com Portrait: © Julien Renault

Nathalie Dewez is a designer whose main medium is light and whose materials vary between metal, glass and other long-lasting medium. Whether designing light fixtures, objects, furnishings or large-scale sculptures, she also works as consultant in lighting for several architecture offices such as 51N4E or Archi2000. Nathalie’s designs reveal her passion for sculptural shapes and high end craftsmanship. Some of her iconic pieces can be found in the best collections and were several times awarded such as the Balance Light, nominated Best Product at the London Design Festival in 2010. Established in 2002, ND Design studio is based in Brussels where Nathalie trained as an interior architect at La Cambre Visual Arts School. In 2011 she received the ‘Design Pierre Bergé Foundation’ Award and the same year was nominated Belgian Designer of the Year.

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BALANCE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spazio Nobile, 2009 aluminium, 95 (H) x 4 (W) x 73 (D) cm

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BALANCE

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FRÉDÉRICK GAUTIER www.fck-frederickgautier.com

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Eat The River by Please Do Not Enter with generous support of: Frost/ Chaddock Developers, RedCar Properties, RAC Design Build and Industry Partners FCK Frederick Gautier thanks to: Grace Ha, Albine Jaubert, Sylvie Labosse, Vincent Le Bourdon, Lila Torquéo and Pancake Epidemic Frogtown COPYWRITE FCK THANKS TO ALBINE

At the intersection of art and design, FCK’s ceramics explore the themes of necessity, utility, shape and form. Through his art, Frédérick Gautier establishes a dialectic between the constructed form and the organic, the made and the found, the object and the space, the feeting and the permanent. By using a repertoire of simple shapes, the artist is influenced by Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and Mallet Stevens.

CORNE D’ABONDANCE — FCK, 2016 Sandstone, 45 (L) x 28 (H) cm

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DAMIEN GERNAY www.damiengernay.com

Damien Gernay’s work is highly experimental, driven by his desire to challenge boundaries between art and design. To date, his practice spans furniture, lighting, and accessories. His pieces often reflect a reverence for nature and the enigmatic; his larger oeuvre focuses on materiality, texture, and ambiguity. Close to the considerations of a painter or a sculptor, the imponderable plays a decisive role in his practice. The error is accepted and assimilated, making each piece unique with its own history, complexities, and intimate paradoxes. He combine control with spontaneity, mixing the smooth with the rough.

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MER NOIR — Cliff Edition, 2016 Leather, steel, broken marble 70 x 40 x 38 cm

DAMIEN GERNAY

MER NOIR

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Kaspar Hamacher (1981, Eupen, BE) is graduated from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten of Maastricht, Netherlands. Taking nature as his basis, he is focused resolutely on physical rather than conceptual design. As he says himself, he feels more craftsman than designer. The things he can do with wood appeal to the imagination: whether it is a tree stump or a piece of leather, the key is authenticity in every step of his design process. Hamacher’s working method always results in a unique, personal piece. A piece of design with a deeper meaning and a soul. His work is somewhere in between art and design.

STOOL — Spazio Nobile, 2017 Fired sculpture, solid oak, 83 (H) x 28 (ø) cm

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STOOL

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For thirty years Gerard Kuijpers, autodidact, has been researching the essential qualities of steel, stone glass and wood. In this way he meets the core of his materials, whereafter he uses the power of their interaction. Glass becomes even more transparent, steel even stronger; while wood obtains more warmth, stone becomes eternal. Moreover, even more fundamental opposites arise: resistance versus movement, severity versus organic, and usability versus poetry, which then merge into the magical harmony of the present. In all their simplicity the works are timeless.

Represented in France by Yves Gastou Gallery. Portrait: ÂŠ Tim van de Velde ÂŠ Stijn Van Hulle

GERARD KUIJPERS www.gerardkuijpers.be

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THE BLACK SHRINE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2016 Steel & belgian black marble (noir de Mazy) 170 x 54 (W) x (D) 48 cm

GERARD KUIJPERS

THE BLACK SHRINE

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KRJST STUDIO www.studiokrjst.com

KRJST Studio’s story started in 2012 launched by Erika Schillebeeckx (KR) and Justine de Moriamé (JST), both graduated in Stylisme at La Cambre (Belgium) where they developed their knowledge for textiles, colors and shapes. KRJST Studio became a world dedicated to plastic research and development based on a quest for spirituality. Through their creative process, they reinvent iconographies from the past, crystallizing their research on protection, symbolism and the Sacred. Their strong identity, close to neo-baroque, incorporates pictural and technical exploration. Painting, drawings, 3D works and results of our alchemic experiments are filling the studio. The translation of the research into clothes and weaving represents the heart of their creative approach. KRJST Studio takes its root in the unexpected symbiosis between fashion and art, mixing works in colors, 3D, technology, textile and craft.

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SAGITTA, collaboration N. VROUYR, textile, wool, cotton, 165 x 180 x 1 cm

KRJST STUDIO

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RECOLLECTION III, textile, wool, 110 x 330 x 1 cm

TIM ONDERBEKE www.timonderbeke.com

The work of the artist Tim Onderbeke (Belgium, 1983) is based on negative sp ace, the space between different objects. His photos, videos, sculptures and pain tings are produced in a mechanical way. He lets materials speak for themselves. After this physical creation and through associative connotations, a mystical per ception imposes itself on the viewer. The unification of these two processes represents the core of his oeuvre. With in this grid he approaches applied arts and creates a Gesamtkunstwerk..

DOOR HANDLE 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2017 Steel & bone, 40 x 10 cm

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TIM ONDERBEKE

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FRÉDÉRIC PELLENQ www.fredericpellenq.fr

Frédéric Pellenq comes from the mountains. From the Hautes-Alpes, in Southern France. He grew up there. Between nature, snow and sun. He studied at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB) to become an architect but also saw it as an opportunity to grow his sensitivity to the concepts of space, light and materials. His love of architecture comes from his will to work on interior designs, to think their drawing and comfort in order to have an impact on daily life. At the same time he took several woodworking workshops to understand and tame this material and its techniques. Since June 2016, he is an architect. Today, he chooses the furniture scale, going from the spread of the city to the detail of a chair. This smaller scale allows him to bring together two sides of creation : design and production.

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CHAISE JOSIE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kolkhoze.fr, 2017 Solid oak and hazelnut tree branches 87 (L) x 35 (D) cm

FRÉDÉRIC PELLENQ

CHAISE JOSIE

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ADRIEN ROVERO www.adrienrovero.com

Born in Switzerland, Adrien Rovero lives in Lausanne. 2006 – Graduated from the ECAL Lausanne, 2006 – Created his own studio, 2007 – Received the Swiss Federal design prize, 2011 – Received the swiss federal design prize, Worked with clients such as Cité du Design of Saint-Etienne, Mudac, Grand Hornu Images, Hermès or Nanoo

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LAYERED MIRROR, 2016 Two rounded mirrored glass panels with a solid surface core andÂ base, 53 (H) x 48 (W) x 32 (D) cm

ADRIEN ROVERO

LAYERED MIRROR

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NICOLAS SCHUYBROEK www.ns-architects.com

The Belgian architect Nicolas Schuybroek began his career in Montreal, working for Intégral Jean Beaudoin. He then returned to Belgium and joined the office of Vincent Van Duysen in Antwerp as project director, handling high-end architecture projects in Belgium and beyond. In 2011, Nicolas Schuybroek started his own practice based in Brussels, with a well defined purpose: create and produce architecture, interiors and objects characterized by an acute sense of detail, craftsmanship and intuition, while retaining a feeling of warmth. The search for timeless minimalism and apparent simplicity are central in his work, as well as the love of unassuming, tactile and raw materials.

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HH BOWL, Iranian travertine marble, Egyptian sandstone and perforated bronze

NICOLAS SCHUYBROEK

HH BOWL

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Bela Silva is born in Lisbon, Portugal, and studied at both the Porto and the Lisbon Fine Arts Schools in Portugal; ArCo, Lisbon; Norwich Fine Arts in the UK; School of The Art Institute of Chicago in the USA. She currently lives between Lisbon and Brussels, Belgium. She has created several public art pieces, namely tile panels for the Alvalade subway station in Lisbon; panels for the Sakai Cultural Center’s gardens in Japan; and panels for the João de Deus School in the Azores Islands.

SIENNA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spazio Nobile, 2017 Stoneware with clay slips 35 (D) x 49 cm

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BELA SILVA

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VLADIMIR SLAVOV www.dimatelier.com

Driven by the passion for art, design, and craftsmanship Vladimir Slavov creates unique, limited edition, and custom made lighting fixtures. The simple and elegant, yet functional and expressive designs by Vladimir are meticulously hand crafted in his workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, under the brand DIM atelier. The minimalistic designs with fine outlines, and the exceptional attention to detail and finish are the main distinguishing characteristics of his exclusive lighting objects. Before devoting himself fully to DIM atelier in the summer of 2013, Vladimir worked on sculptures and light and kinetic installations. He has been featured in numerous exhibitions and art festivals across Belgium.

Vladimir Slavov + dieter vander SHELL PENDANT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cast Brass, 165

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(BG) velpen architects DIM atelier, 2017 x 38 (W) x 17 cm

VLADIMIR SLAVOV

SHELL PENDANT

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BEN STORMS www.benstorms.be

Ben Storms is a Belgian designer who thinks in terms of matter. He tends to assemble form, material and technique in a way that is both innovative and compelling. By probing its boundaries to and beyond the limits, he creates a rather surprising language of form.

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INVEIN, marble, steel, leather, mirror made of polished stainless steel, 100 x 200 x 73 cm (W x L x H)

BEN STORMS

INVEIN

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MAARTEN STUER www.maartenstuer.net

Graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he specialized in graphic arts, drawing and lithography, Maarten Stuer moved to Barcelona in the 1990s, where he learned to work with clay. In 1995 he moved to the Gers, France, where he still lives. A lover of nature and landscapes, he turned to clay to develop his art. In his hands, the clay is not so dense, not so heavy, not so lifeless… It becomes aerated and pierced, coils up and takes air, space, life and movement, apparently sensitive to weather conditions, to time passing and to the looks that it receives. Through his different series his works increase in scale. However, the shapes that emerge from a made-to-measure kiln remain inspired by the natural world, seeds, shells, waves, coiled fibres : a powerful, subtle world that combines archaism and spirituality.

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STUUL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kolkhoze.fr, 2017 Clay, 48 (H) x 37 (l) x 38 (L) cm

MAARTEN STUER

STUUL

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CONRAD WILLEMS www.conradwillems.com supported by Potier Stone N.V.

My art practice shifts between sculpting, drawing and performance. Their origin is found in my interest in construction, deconstruction and architecture, often tracing back to the basic shapes of wooden toy building sets. Body movement functions as an intermediate between my two and three-dimensional works. My sculptures are constructed rather than sculpted in the classical sense of the word. I work with freestanding pieces that are stacked on top of each other, remaining unfixed to each other. These modular installations are often constructed for a live audience. The building process thus becomes a performance, the resulting construction an installation work.

CONSTRUCTION IV — 2017 Borrèze stone from France 275 x 120 cm x 130 cm

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CONSTRUCTION II â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2015 1006 Belgian Fossil building blocks 210 x 112 x 112 cm

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Over twenty years ago, a passion for design filled the world of Jean-François Declercq. In September 2015, he decided to transform his home into a centre for the arts dedicated to cultural exchanges and exhibitions. The 400 m² Atelier Jespers renews this mission: showing art. The modernist setting of the building hosts artistic projects of all varieties – design, visual arts, sound – with the humble ambition of creating a dialogue between Victor Bourgeois’s architecture and new art forms. Allowing himself complete freedom, Jean-François Declercq opens his doors to various forms of expression, provided they are in line with his own minimalist and conceptual choices: “I like things simple and beautiful!”.

CONTACT Erfprinslaan 149, Avenue du Prince Héritier Brussel 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium Jean-Francois Declercq +32 475 64 95 81 Elsa Sarfati +33 6 10 84 27 48 jf@itinerance-project.com www.itinerance-project.com

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