Exhibition extended until 14 July. By appointment only.
Eva Steynen Gallery presents the duo exhibition 'tiptoe' by Wannes Lecompte (°1979, B) and Ken'ichoro Taniguchi (°1976, JP). Both Lecompte, as a painter, and Taniguchi, as a sculptor, have developed a very personal visual language, that show a lot of similarities in their concept of lightness, rhythm and form.
The exhibition can be visited freely from Thursday to Saturday until June 15. From 16 to 30 June by appointment only.
WANNES LECOMPTE, works and lives in Brussels, celebrates the essence of painting itself. His new series of 'Symphonic Poems' are playful compositions of form, colour and texture. By convoking and provoking chance, Lecompte waits, in a voluntary slow process, until abstract figurations of colour present themselves, surrounded by the emptiness of the canvas.
On Sunday 19 May, during an interactive performance, Lecompte will be creating an edition of 'kiesvormen', based on the templates he used for his paintings.
KEN'ICHIRO TANIGUCHI, working and living in Berlin and Sapporo, presents a new series of his light and poppy 'hecomi' sculptures. These yellow so-called 'hecomi’ are based on found cracks fissures, and damage created by nature on roads, walls, and other man-made surfaces in the Antwerp urban space. The larger ‘city-scape’ is based on the Antwerp city map. These transformations, through craftsmanship, represent the attempt to change the negative being of the Japanese verb 'heko-mu' to something light, pop, and positive.
Taniguchi is artist in residence from 10 May - 18 June, doing fieldwork for the future Antwerp Hecomi Map, focusing on the Brialmont forts.
Both artists will be present during the opening.