Inloggen
Registreren
NL
Marc De Blieck 1958
Woont in Gent (BE). Werkt in Gent (BE).
Vertegenwoordigd door:
Annie Gentils Gallery
Marc De Blieck: I do think the question of how my painting work led me to photography is an interesting one. Everything I painted was heavily informed by the process of perception, but at a certain point I had this feeling that it was primarily being read as an expression of painterly skill. And that bothered me to some extent, because for me it was an experiment in looking at the world. Then it turns out there’s this machine capable of easily resolving that issue; one that, moreover, was specifically understood to be an instrument for replicating human perception of the world as faithfully as possible, for effectively representing what we can optically perceive. That transition to photography was definitely related to that optical, mechanical view of the world and not to the effect of light on light-sensitive material or the chemical component, which you could experiment with in entirely different ways and use to build an oeuvre. My question was more about the degree to which the photographic image corresponds to my original optical perception of the world.
Yet, in quitting painting, I traded one problem – the risk of a skilful hand – for another – how my enthusiasm for pure seeing provokes a certain resistance in the viewer. An important point here is that notion of ‘pure seeing’. Something I hadn’t originally realized was that the viewer attempts first and foremost to read the photo, tries to figure out what I, as a photographer, meant to convey with that photo. Why had I positioned myself at that spot, framed it in that way, and so on. Anyone looking at a photo attempts to force it into a coherent image (a readable picture), whereas for me, it was all about the unreadable, at best traceable, details. So, the driving force behind my work became the question of how to transform that quest for sense, for meaning, on the part of the viewer, into an act of pure seeing. That’s why I’m so interested in 19th-century photogrammetry. In that strictly defined practice, the photographer is nothing more than an instrument: he operates expertly according to a preconceived system. In this situation, the question of the sense or meaning of the image never arises: the meaning of the image is not to be found
in the photographer’s intentionality, but in the system that produces the image. The photographer thus disappears, in a certain sense, into the anonymity of the procedure. His images do not represent an expression of something, of a feeling or a concept, but are rather the outcome of a process. And because the image is no longer loaded with the photographer’s programmatic content, it starts to draw all the attention to itself. Those photogrammetric images often do look somewhat strange, of course, or at least unconventional – because we cannot immediately identify them in terms of composition, for instance, but also because they do not seem to fit the rules of familiar photographic genres or practices. What makes such images so interesting is this very tension between their tremendous recognizability and the inevitable abstraction caused by the photographic optics. (Steven Humblet : Questions for Marc De Blieck, in: Off Camera,Ed. Roma Publications, Amsterdam, 2021
Yet, in quitting painting, I traded one problem – the risk of a skilful hand – for another – how my enthusiasm for pure seeing provokes a certain resistance in the viewer. An important point here is that notion of ‘pure seeing’. Something I hadn’t originally realized was that the viewer attempts first and foremost to read the photo, tries to figure out what I, as a photographer, meant to convey with that photo. Why had I positioned myself at that spot, framed it in that way, and so on. Anyone looking at a photo attempts to force it into a coherent image (a readable picture), whereas for me, it was all about the unreadable, at best traceable, details. So, the driving force behind my work became the question of how to transform that quest for sense, for meaning, on the part of the viewer, into an act of pure seeing. That’s why I’m so interested in 19th-century photogrammetry. In that strictly defined practice, the photographer is nothing more than an instrument: he operates expertly according to a preconceived system. In this situation, the question of the sense or meaning of the image never arises: the meaning of the image is not to be found
in the photographer’s intentionality, but in the system that produces the image. The photographer thus disappears, in a certain sense, into the anonymity of the procedure. His images do not represent an expression of something, of a feeling or a concept, but are rather the outcome of a process. And because the image is no longer loaded with the photographer’s programmatic content, it starts to draw all the attention to itself. Those photogrammetric images often do look somewhat strange, of course, or at least unconventional – because we cannot immediately identify them in terms of composition, for instance, but also because they do not seem to fit the rules of familiar photographic genres or practices. What makes such images so interesting is this very tension between their tremendous recognizability and the inevitable abstraction caused by the photographic optics. (Steven Humblet : Questions for Marc De Blieck, in: Off Camera,Ed. Roma Publications, Amsterdam, 2021
Kunstwerken
Articles
Media
Highlights
Over de kunstenaar
In collectie van
Tentoonstellingen
Marktpositie
CV
Aangeboden kunstwerken van Marc De Blieck
Highlights
Tentoonstellingen
CV
Marc De Blieck
°1958, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Lives and works in Ghent .
EDUCATION
2019 PHD in the Arts, publication Save as image, Luca School of Arts Ghent
1999 Master degree “Photography” KASKA, Antwerp, BE
1984 Pedagogical certificate (art)
1984 Degree: advanced high education in the arts (painting), NHISK, Antwerp, BE
1981 Degree: high education in the arts (painting), KASKA, Antwerp, BE
1977 Degree: high school “Human Sciences”, Sint-Niklaas, BE
TEACHING
1999 - present LUCA School of Arts, Campus Gent, BE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Traces, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp
2019 Save as Image, Sofam, Brussels
2018 Pentecost Counterpoint, Galery EL, Welle, BE
2014 Standards, Netwerk, Aalst, BE.
2013 The Mapping of Institutional Legitimation onto a zigzag Trail, Loods 12, Wetteren, BE.
2010 Red – Blue, Experimental Intermedia, Gent, BE.
2008 The Meydenbauer Legacy, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussel, BE
Home -One man show, De Markten, Brussel, BE
2003 File under Ricochet, Galerie Mercator, Antwerp, BE
The mapping of psychoanalytical onto historical legitimation #2, Het Kabinet, Gent, BE
2000 Besites, Muhka, Antwerp, BE
Chapter 0, Galerie db–s, Antwerp, BE.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Marc De Blieck, Serge Haelterman, Philip Van Isacker, -Wals-, Herzele (BE)
2020 The Beginning of the 21st Century, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp
2017 - Frame, Play, Pause, SASK, De Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, BE
- Land van Fotografie - 120 photographers in 120 houses in Land van Waaslaan Gent, BE
- The Photographic I, SMAK, Museum of contemporary Art, Gent, BE.
- Spurensicherung, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, NL
- Robert De keersmaecker & …, Oud-Gemeentehuis, Willebroek, BE.
2016 - One more Take, Abtenhuis, Geraardsbergen, BE.
- The Perfect Shot - Ricochet II, Screening and Artists’ Talk, Off-Off cinema, Gent, BE
- Scotomata, Gallery Joey Ramone, Rotterdam, NL
2015 - Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful), Loods12, Gent, BE
- Tabula Rasa, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, BE
2014 - The Divided Body, Predikherenkerk, Leuven, BE
- Punctum, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT
2013 - If only When… - Marc De Blieck & Kurt Du Tré - Work in Progress, Orpheus Institute, Gent, BE
2013 - The Prélude Pathétique, University Library, Leuven, BE
- Ik wordt, Voorkamer, Lier, BE
2012 Sans Gène, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, BE
2011 - Edmond Sacré, Portrait of a City, STAM, Gent, BE
- De Saedeleer revisited / Landscape in contemporay art, Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Aalst, BE.
2010 - Collected Stories, Kunstenfestival, Watou, BE 2009
- Pittoresk, Marta Herford, Herford , DE
- Best General View, Kunsthaus Essen, DE
2009 - Beyond the Picturesque, SMAK, Gent, BE
- The Mountain Show, Wilfried Lentz Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2008 Screen Worlds, Vlaams Parlement, Brussel, BE
2007 - The Projection Project, Curators Mark Kremer and Edwin Carels, Budapest, HU
- Fotocollectie, (C-print), Gent, BE
2006 - Collection Allemande, KikIRPA, Brussel, BE
- Heilige Geest, Voorkamer, Lier, BE
- The Projection Project, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
2005 - Wrong exposure’ Error#2, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE
- From Shady Grove’ Error#1, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE
2004 - The Naked City, Archilab, Orléans, FR
- Onufri, The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL
2003 - Belgrado-den Haag, de onmogelijkheid van het plannen, Stroom, Den Haag, NL
- Beeld in het park, Curators Rik De Boe and Peter Morrens, Etterbeek, BE
2000 - Fototheek, Galerie db-s, Antwerp, BE
- Short Circuit, Flemish photography, Curator Pool Andries, Tallinn, EE.
PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / SEMINARS
2021: The Absentee Photographer, by Steven Humblet in: Trigger, ed. FOMU, Antwerp.
https://fomu.be/trigger/articles/the-absentee- photographer
2019: Save as Image, PHD Luca School of Art
2019: Photobook Belge - A selection of most important photobooks in Belgium
"Z.T." Wim Cuyvers / Marc De Blieck. Yves Gevaert Publisher, Brussels, 2002 Fotomuseum Antwerp, BE
2017: Compact Discours , “Image” LUCA, De Singel, Antwerp, BE
2017: - About Looking, SMAK and Thinking Tools (Antwerp), SMAK, Gent, BE.
- The Photographic I - exhibition magazine published by Roma Publications Amsterdam
- Turning Photography - website: http://www.turningphotography.be
2016: Optic Nerve - symposium, Curated by Edwin CarelsPiet Zwart Institute and The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2015: Afterschool – Images, Education and Research, EDS Nancy Vansieleghem, Joris Vlieghe, Pieter Vertstraete, Leuven University
Press (ISBN 978 94 6270 049 9)
2014: Prix Fernand Baudin 2013, Book with Text describing the publication “SWIM”
2013: Shame! (Hide & Show), Errorone, Publisher, Antwerp, BE
2012: Zien, Doen, Denken / Jacques Rançières en de kunstpraktijk, AR Mer, Publisher, Gent, BE (ISBN 9789490693770)
Radicale Gemeenplaatsen – Europese architectuur uit Vlaanderen, Publisher: VAI. (Flemish Institute for Architecture)
Photography in Times of Progress, Organised by Univerity of Gent en University of Leuven, Cinematek, Brussel, BE
BookShowBookShop, Curators Johan Pas and Vaast Colson, Be-Part, Waregem, BE 'Cahier #3, Openbaarheid' Vlaams
Bouwmeester, portfolio and text “Photography in Times of Progress”, Published by Vlaams Bouwmeester
Best General View, Curator Dirk Braeckman, Published by Kunsthaus Essen, DE
2011 Save as Image, Lecture, Seminart #4 “Researching Space”, Brussel, BE
2009 Nerveuze pixels, Photography after 1999, Johan De Vos, uitgegeven Mets en Schilt, NL.
Pittoresk - Catalogue of exposition, Marta Herford, DE
Beyond the Picturesque - Catalogue of exposition, SMAK, Gent, BE
2008 Proposities #1 – Book, ACCO publisher, Leuven, BE, with support from Ivok Home – Book, Photos Marc De Blieck, text Ger
Groot, Inge Henneman, Jan Knops, Book design Joris Kritis en Julie Peeters, Mens en Cultuur uitgevers
2006 Projection - Book and catalogue, Edwin Carels, Mark Kremer, Dieter Roelstraete, NAI publishers, Rotterdam
2004 Archilab 2004, The Naked City – catalogue, Concept Bart Lootsma, Editions HYX, Orléans
2003 File under Ricochet, Book, 3D photos Marc De Blieck, Beograd-Den Haag – Book, Concept Wim Cuyvers, Filiep Tack,
Book design Michael Bussaer and Andrea Martins, Stroom, Den Haag
2002 Zonder titel – Book, Yves Gevaert, publisher, Brussels
°1958, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Lives and works in Ghent .
EDUCATION
2019 PHD in the Arts, publication Save as image, Luca School of Arts Ghent
1999 Master degree “Photography” KASKA, Antwerp, BE
1984 Pedagogical certificate (art)
1984 Degree: advanced high education in the arts (painting), NHISK, Antwerp, BE
1981 Degree: high education in the arts (painting), KASKA, Antwerp, BE
1977 Degree: high school “Human Sciences”, Sint-Niklaas, BE
TEACHING
1999 - present LUCA School of Arts, Campus Gent, BE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Traces, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp
2019 Save as Image, Sofam, Brussels
2018 Pentecost Counterpoint, Galery EL, Welle, BE
2014 Standards, Netwerk, Aalst, BE.
2013 The Mapping of Institutional Legitimation onto a zigzag Trail, Loods 12, Wetteren, BE.
2010 Red – Blue, Experimental Intermedia, Gent, BE.
2008 The Meydenbauer Legacy, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussel, BE
Home -One man show, De Markten, Brussel, BE
2003 File under Ricochet, Galerie Mercator, Antwerp, BE
The mapping of psychoanalytical onto historical legitimation #2, Het Kabinet, Gent, BE
2000 Besites, Muhka, Antwerp, BE
Chapter 0, Galerie db–s, Antwerp, BE.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Marc De Blieck, Serge Haelterman, Philip Van Isacker, -Wals-, Herzele (BE)
2020 The Beginning of the 21st Century, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp
2017 - Frame, Play, Pause, SASK, De Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, BE
- Land van Fotografie - 120 photographers in 120 houses in Land van Waaslaan Gent, BE
- The Photographic I, SMAK, Museum of contemporary Art, Gent, BE.
- Spurensicherung, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, NL
- Robert De keersmaecker & …, Oud-Gemeentehuis, Willebroek, BE.
2016 - One more Take, Abtenhuis, Geraardsbergen, BE.
- The Perfect Shot - Ricochet II, Screening and Artists’ Talk, Off-Off cinema, Gent, BE
- Scotomata, Gallery Joey Ramone, Rotterdam, NL
2015 - Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful), Loods12, Gent, BE
- Tabula Rasa, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, BE
2014 - The Divided Body, Predikherenkerk, Leuven, BE
- Punctum, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT
2013 - If only When… - Marc De Blieck & Kurt Du Tré - Work in Progress, Orpheus Institute, Gent, BE
2013 - The Prélude Pathétique, University Library, Leuven, BE
- Ik wordt, Voorkamer, Lier, BE
2012 Sans Gène, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, BE
2011 - Edmond Sacré, Portrait of a City, STAM, Gent, BE
- De Saedeleer revisited / Landscape in contemporay art, Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Aalst, BE.
2010 - Collected Stories, Kunstenfestival, Watou, BE 2009
- Pittoresk, Marta Herford, Herford , DE
- Best General View, Kunsthaus Essen, DE
2009 - Beyond the Picturesque, SMAK, Gent, BE
- The Mountain Show, Wilfried Lentz Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2008 Screen Worlds, Vlaams Parlement, Brussel, BE
2007 - The Projection Project, Curators Mark Kremer and Edwin Carels, Budapest, HU
- Fotocollectie, (C-print), Gent, BE
2006 - Collection Allemande, KikIRPA, Brussel, BE
- Heilige Geest, Voorkamer, Lier, BE
- The Projection Project, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
2005 - Wrong exposure’ Error#2, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE
- From Shady Grove’ Error#1, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE
2004 - The Naked City, Archilab, Orléans, FR
- Onufri, The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL
2003 - Belgrado-den Haag, de onmogelijkheid van het plannen, Stroom, Den Haag, NL
- Beeld in het park, Curators Rik De Boe and Peter Morrens, Etterbeek, BE
2000 - Fototheek, Galerie db-s, Antwerp, BE
- Short Circuit, Flemish photography, Curator Pool Andries, Tallinn, EE.
PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / SEMINARS
2021: The Absentee Photographer, by Steven Humblet in: Trigger, ed. FOMU, Antwerp.
https://fomu.be/trigger/articles/the-absentee- photographer
2019: Save as Image, PHD Luca School of Art
2019: Photobook Belge - A selection of most important photobooks in Belgium
"Z.T." Wim Cuyvers / Marc De Blieck. Yves Gevaert Publisher, Brussels, 2002 Fotomuseum Antwerp, BE
2017: Compact Discours , “Image” LUCA, De Singel, Antwerp, BE
2017: - About Looking, SMAK and Thinking Tools (Antwerp), SMAK, Gent, BE.
- The Photographic I - exhibition magazine published by Roma Publications Amsterdam
- Turning Photography - website: http://www.turningphotography.be
2016: Optic Nerve - symposium, Curated by Edwin CarelsPiet Zwart Institute and The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2015: Afterschool – Images, Education and Research, EDS Nancy Vansieleghem, Joris Vlieghe, Pieter Vertstraete, Leuven University
Press (ISBN 978 94 6270 049 9)
2014: Prix Fernand Baudin 2013, Book with Text describing the publication “SWIM”
2013: Shame! (Hide & Show), Errorone, Publisher, Antwerp, BE
2012: Zien, Doen, Denken / Jacques Rançières en de kunstpraktijk, AR Mer, Publisher, Gent, BE (ISBN 9789490693770)
Radicale Gemeenplaatsen – Europese architectuur uit Vlaanderen, Publisher: VAI. (Flemish Institute for Architecture)
Photography in Times of Progress, Organised by Univerity of Gent en University of Leuven, Cinematek, Brussel, BE
BookShowBookShop, Curators Johan Pas and Vaast Colson, Be-Part, Waregem, BE 'Cahier #3, Openbaarheid' Vlaams
Bouwmeester, portfolio and text “Photography in Times of Progress”, Published by Vlaams Bouwmeester
Best General View, Curator Dirk Braeckman, Published by Kunsthaus Essen, DE
2011 Save as Image, Lecture, Seminart #4 “Researching Space”, Brussel, BE
2009 Nerveuze pixels, Photography after 1999, Johan De Vos, uitgegeven Mets en Schilt, NL.
Pittoresk - Catalogue of exposition, Marta Herford, DE
Beyond the Picturesque - Catalogue of exposition, SMAK, Gent, BE
2008 Proposities #1 – Book, ACCO publisher, Leuven, BE, with support from Ivok Home – Book, Photos Marc De Blieck, text Ger
Groot, Inge Henneman, Jan Knops, Book design Joris Kritis en Julie Peeters, Mens en Cultuur uitgevers
2006 Projection - Book and catalogue, Edwin Carels, Mark Kremer, Dieter Roelstraete, NAI publishers, Rotterdam
2004 Archilab 2004, The Naked City – catalogue, Concept Bart Lootsma, Editions HYX, Orléans
2003 File under Ricochet, Book, 3D photos Marc De Blieck, Beograd-Den Haag – Book, Concept Wim Cuyvers, Filiep Tack,
Book design Michael Bussaer and Andrea Martins, Stroom, Den Haag
2002 Zonder titel – Book, Yves Gevaert, publisher, Brussels
Gratis Online Magazine
Artikelen, interviews, shows & events. Wekelijks bezorgd in uw mailbox.