On view until 8 November
Sat - Sun
14:00 - 18:00
'The Monochrome Conspiracy' brings together works by Marc Angeli, Willy De Sauter, Jus Juchtmans, Sophie Ko, Dirk Vander Eecken, Wout Vercammen, Stefaan Vermuyten and Marthe Wéry.
Drawing on very different practices, these artists explore colour, matter, light, space and perception. In doing so, they also expand the monochrome beyond its classical form, the painted field of colour. A single colour can just as readily manifest itself as matter, object or spatial form, or as a collage constructed from one colour alone.
The exhibition takes its title from a work by Stefaan Vermuyten. With 'The Monochrome Conspiracy', he questions
the particular fascination and admiration that the monochrome commands within the art world. This specific work
introduces a voice that is both critical and ironic into the exhibition: why do we attribute so much meaning to an image that, on the face of it, reveals so little? Why has the monochrome come to occupy such a distinctive place in art history? And at what point does a work cease to be a monochrome?
These questions are not answered, but instead seem to be passed on to the other works. It is precisely through their
differences that it becomes apparent how difficult it is to reduce the monochrome to a single idea.
1. © Installation view of ‘The Monochrome Conspiracy’ in Watou, featuring Marthe Wéry’s installation Peinture Montréal 84 (1984).
2. © Stefaan Vermuyten
The Monochrome Conspiracy, 2026, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 60 cm