Fred&Ferry Gallery 2022-2023

Antoine Waterkeyn

As a result, the light clashes. Is it reflected? Absorbed? Or is it in fact burning from behind the image? The iridescent paint initially might outshine everything else on the surface, at a glance, but, as Marcel Duchamps said in a 1966 interview, “the retina is only a door that you open to go further.”

Antoine Waterkeyn, “Ein bisschen Goethe, Ein bisschen Bonaparte”, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (03.09-01.10.2022)
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Maxime Brigou

Passing life pulsates in her ongoing series of large-scale sculptures. Each work is an
evocative glimpse into a seemingly unfathomable world. An elusive coup d’oeil, quickly
remarked, yet only slowly unraveled. An image in the corner of an eye, however real it might be, that nestles into memory.

Maxime Brigou, “Aleph”, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (15.10-19.11.2022)
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Thé Van Bergen

Dear Thé,
(…)
First and foremost, I want to thank you for something you did unwittingly. On the way to our appointment, plagued by profane unpleasantries, I contemplated: “Is what I say true? Do I still like this? A quoi ça sert?” And then I stepped into your studio. The autumn light fell through the windows; paintings and drawings hung, stood, lay everywhere; on thick carpets you had arranged your brushes and tubes; a paint-splattered chair took center stage in the space; thunderous Bach completed the scene. Curiosity sprang into my eyes, air shot into my lungs. Yes, yes, yes.

Thé Van Bergen, “toujours en route”, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (26.11.2022-14.01.2023)
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Anne Van Boxelaere

In the hermetic system of everyday life, no one feels at home anymore; escaping from the restless noise, from the “laws and practical encumbrances”, is almost impossible. Mesmerized, Van Boxelaere observes the schizophrenic social systems and oppressive developments in densely populated, densely built Belgium. In her deeply felt canvases, she fillets the insane grid that was supposedly constructed to provide something to hold on to, but that turns out to be a submission hold.

Anne Van Boxelaere, “A Minute, A Day”, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (21.01-18.02.2023)
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