Guillaume Bijl 1946

Lives in Antwerpen, Belgium. Works in Antwerpen, Belgium.

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Lumen Travo Galerie

Guillaume Bijl (Antwerp, BE, 1946) plays a delicate game with reality. In his installations and compositions he creates an everyday situation which appears to be completely familiar to us. Whether it’s a travel agency or a dog beauty parlour, he’s copied them so perfectly that fiction and reality have become inseparable. In this way, Guillaume Bijl makes us take a good look at ourselves: if things just seem to be what we think they are, we’re satisfied. We want to believe what we see.

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Weten wat je ziet: a conversation with writer and publisher Alex de Vries

Alex de Vries (1957) is a well-known figure in the Dutch contemporary art world, not only as an art lover and connoisseur, but also as a publisher and writer. Weten wat je ziet was recently published, a co-production with Mr Motley. The magazine’s editors selected 30 conversations from a total of 130 studio visits with artists such as Guillaume Bijl, Monika Dahlberg, Kees Goudzwaard, Keiko Sato and Zaida Oenema.

Manuela Klerkx

The gallery of... Frederick Keteleer

In the section 'The gallery of' we talk to a selection of gallerists from the Netherlands and Belgium. In this part: Frederick Keteleer (Keteleer Gallery)

Oscar van Gelderen

Guillaume Bijl: Forever Young

When I walk into Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp-born and based artist Guillaume Bijl (1946) is still having lunch. The exhibition is getting ready for the opening the next day.

Manuela Klerkx

The studio of... Guillaume Bijl

What does the ideal studio look like? How much time does an artist spend in his studio? Is it a sacred place? We kick off the new 'The studio of...' series with an artist without a studio: Guillaume Bijl (76), who currently has a solo exhibition at Keteleer Gallery in Antwerp.

Oscar van Gelderen

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Compositions and Sorry's

Guillaume Bijl

12 may - 2 jul 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2020

Guillaume Bijl, Matea Bakula, Milena Naef, Thierry Oussou, Joseph Sassoon Semah

6 feb - 9 feb 2020, Rotterdam, Nederland

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Bijl's first installation was a driving school, set in a gallery-space in Antwerp in 1979, accompanied by a manifesto calling for the abolition of art centres, and replacing them with 'socially useful institutions'. This installation was followed in the eighties by a billiards room, a casino, a laundromat, a centre for professional training, a psychiatric hospital, a fallout shelter, a show of fictitious American artists, a conference for a new political party and a rural Belgian model house. A more recent show was at the Berlin’s Center for Opinions in Music and Art. Bijl is also an artist at the Mulier Gallery, has displayed at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and has been reviewed by the New York Times.

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