Geert Koekoeckx’ paintings resemble collage-like theatre pieces – with a baroque twist - in which the painter, as the director, plays with the pictorial possibilities.
The artist is questioning the artist's role. What are his options? How do the artist’s decisions relate to those of the beholder? Are small errors and little ambiguities not the most telling? He places odd objects on shaky, stacked pedestals while fluffy animals are jumping through hoops on multicolored stages. Often the depicted animals are deformed or have amputated limbs. Although it's never really grim. These contradictions are part of Koekoeckx' work. Scale differences are kaleidoscopically intertwined and elaborated details alternate with blurry zones, as a result of which the reality will unfold as a spectacular backdrop.
KALEIDOSCOOP in TaLe Art GALLERY
02/02/2024 – 25/02/2024
Friday – Saturday 14:00–18:00
Sunday 11:00–17:00
Artists
Geert Koekoeckx
Laurent Dierckx
Matthieu Claus
Wim Baes
Vernissage
Friday 02/02/2024 18:00-22:00
19:30 reception and introduction artists by Yves Joris, art critic
Aperoconcert/performance ‘Umami’
Sunday 11/02/2024 10:30-11:30
Florestan Bataillie, pianist
Finissage
Sunday 25/02/2024 14:00-17:00
In the presence of the artists