12 may 2022, Flor Linckens
Preview Art Rotterdam: Kévin Bray
During Art Rotterdam, you will see the work of hundreds of artists from all over the world. In this series, we highlight a number of artists who will show remarkable work during the fair.
In his practice, the young French artist Kévin Bray explores the boundaries of different disciplines, such as video, (3D) photography, (digital) painting, computer graphics, animation, sculpture, graphic design and sound design. He then looks for ways to stretch these boundaries. He makes an effort to experiment and to apply the implicit and explicit codes and rules of one medium to another medium. How do they influence each other and how do they change the meaning of the artwork?
Kévin Bray, It looks both ways, 2019, Stigter van Doesburg
In his practice, Bray seems to refer in equal measure to art history, apocalyptic and dystopian stories and science fiction. He is also fascinated by fiction as a construct. When you watch a film, you often don't realise how many factors have to come together perfectly to create a credible whole: from sound and art direction to visual language, camera work and special effects. Bray hopes to alert us to the fictional elements in his work. He makes us aware of the underlying materials, manipulations and technologies that he has used to arrive at the end result. He mixes eerie and surrealistic elements and plays with the boundaries of the analog and the virtual. This creates a certain discomfort for the viewer, which makes for an exciting viewing experience.
Kévin Bray, Chauderon, 2020, Stigter van Doesburg
Bray trained as a graphic designer at L'Ésaab in France, followed by a period at the design department of the Sandberg Institute and a residency at the prestigious Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He has exhibited his work at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Foam Amsterdam, the Dordrechts Museum and the K Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, among others.
During Art Rotterdam, the work of Kévin Bray will be on show in the booth of Galerie Stigter van Doesburg in the Main Section.
