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Xavier Hufkens
Belgium
Registrace 30. 09. 2011
Xavier Hufkens is one of Europe’s leading contemporary art galleries. Founded over three decades ago, the gallery maintains a diverse programme with solo exhibitions by multiple generations of leading artists and estates, with three locations in Brussels.
Joan Semmel and Diana Campbell | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Joan Semmel discusses her exhibition, An Other View (25 April-22 June 2024), with curator Diana Campbell.
“It’s difficult to find ways to deal with ageing that don’t conform to the popular concept of a ‘poor thing’. I don’t want any ‘poor things’ in my paintings. I want a sense of power that age gives one, a sense of knowledge one gets. I want to be contained in that image in some way, and I want it to resonate in some way that is not pedantic.”
Joan Semmel's inaugural exhibition with the gallery, 'An Other View' spans a period of five decades, showcasing the major developments in the artist’s oeuvre. The eight large-format oil paintings and two works on paper on display, created between 1971 and 2018, collectively attest to Semmel’s decades-long commitment to the representation of women, largely through the medium of her own body.
Joan Semmel (b. 1932, New York) lives and works in New York and East Hampton. She was recently the subject of a large-scale retrospective Skin in the Game that opened at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2021 and toured to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, in 2022. She presented A Lucid Eye at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, in 2013. Public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, NY; Tate, London, United Kingdom; and Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, among others.
Diana Campbell Betancourt (b. 1984, Los Angeles) is a Princeton educated American curator who has been working in South and Southeast Asia since 2010, primarily in India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. Since 2013, she has served as the Founding Artistic Director of Dhaka-based Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh and Chief Curator of the Dhaka Art Summit, leading the critically acclaimed 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 editions.
More information: www.xavierhufkens.com/exhibitions/joan-semmel
“It’s difficult to find ways to deal with ageing that don’t conform to the popular concept of a ‘poor thing’. I don’t want any ‘poor things’ in my paintings. I want a sense of power that age gives one, a sense of knowledge one gets. I want to be contained in that image in some way, and I want it to resonate in some way that is not pedantic.”
Joan Semmel's inaugural exhibition with the gallery, 'An Other View' spans a period of five decades, showcasing the major developments in the artist’s oeuvre. The eight large-format oil paintings and two works on paper on display, created between 1971 and 2018, collectively attest to Semmel’s decades-long commitment to the representation of women, largely through the medium of her own body.
Joan Semmel (b. 1932, New York) lives and works in New York and East Hampton. She was recently the subject of a large-scale retrospective Skin in the Game that opened at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2021 and toured to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, in 2022. She presented A Lucid Eye at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, in 2013. Public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, NY; Tate, London, United Kingdom; and Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, among others.
Diana Campbell Betancourt (b. 1984, Los Angeles) is a Princeton educated American curator who has been working in South and Southeast Asia since 2010, primarily in India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. Since 2013, she has served as the Founding Artistic Director of Dhaka-based Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh and Chief Curator of the Dhaka Art Summit, leading the critically acclaimed 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 editions.
More information: www.xavierhufkens.com/exhibitions/joan-semmel
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Thierry De Cordier and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 533Před měsícem
Thierry De Cordier discusses his exhibition, Passe-montagne, with curator, Anne Pontégnie in this new video. “I simply strive to make things as clear and general as I can, so they resonate with as many people as possible. While my work may emphasise “the self”, it’s not about me; it’s about the self-you, anyone in the world.” Simply put, his œuvre is a philosophy expressed in images. De Cordi...
Nick Cave and Philippe Van Cauteren I In Conversation I Xavier Hufkens
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Nick Cave discusses his exhibition, The Devil - A Life (5 April-11 May 2024), with the artistic director of S.M.A.K., Philippe Van Cauteren. “I think the Devil gave me a kind of disguise. Even though I didn’t really know at the time of making them, it was ultimately a way of coming to certain realisations about things happening in my life. So, it was never me, but it was in the end very much so...
Zhang Enli | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 797Před měsícem
In this new video, Zhang Enli discusses his exhibition, 'A Traveller', which unveils a new series of gestural abstract portraits, marking the evolution of his oeuvre since 2019. “My goal is not to distinguish between Eastern and Western traditions. I am more interested in finding their shared characteristics. I believe this could be a direction for us in the future.” Zhang's distinctive style-f...
Colin Wiggins on Leon Kossoff | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 3 měsíci
In this new video, curator Colin Wiggins discusses Leon Kossoff's solo exhibition, 'Close Encounters: Paintings and Drawings' (2 February-30 March 2024). “Leon is an artist about making discoveries and that’s why he drew from artists like Rubens, Veronese, Goya, Cézanne and Constable so often. Because he wanted to discover in these art works what made him attracted to them.” - Colin Wiggins 'Cl...
Sayre Gomez | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
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In this new video, Sayre Gomez discusses his solo exhibition, Heaven ‘N’ Earth (12 January 2023-2 March 2024). “I’ve always been interested in the technicality of it or trying to learn how to do a certain thing. The type of painting I attach myself to is really rooted in trade - rooted in commercialism.” In Heaven ‘N’ Earth, his second exhibition at Xavier Hufkens, the Los Angeles-based artist ...
Lesley Vance and Ilse Roosens | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 612Před 4 měsíci
In this new video, Lesley Vance discusses the exhibition, "Fired and painted" (23 November 2023-3 February 2024) with curator Ilse Roosens. “I think what activates Ken Price’s work is gesture. It is that feeling of his hand over different parts of the sculpture. Certainly, that’s a connection I feel with his work - the importance of gesture on something that feels so finished and controlled.” "...
Sterling Ruby on "DROWSE MURMURS" | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 6 měsíci
In this new video, Sterling Ruby discusses his solo exhibition, "DROWSE MURMURS" at the gallery (27 October-16 December 2023). “Having all these works at the same time - you are inevitably going to have each thing bleed into one another. It’s a natural occurrence and is special to me because it matches my personality.” "DROWSE MURMURS" is Sterling Ruby’s most comprehensive exhibition with the g...
Jareh Das on Ulala Imai | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 731Před 7 měsíci
In this new video, curator and art critic Dr. Jareh Das discusses Ulala Imai's solo exhibition "MEMORY" at the gallery (21 September 2023-4 November 2023). “There's usually quite a distinct separation between the home and the studio, between being an artist and being part of a family or a mother. But in Ulala's works, all of these worlds collide. There’s a complete collapse and a non-hierarchic...
Nathanaëlle Herbelin and Anaël Pigeat | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 3,5KPřed 8 měsíci
Nathanaëlle Herbelin in conversation with art critic Anaël Pigeat, on the occasion of the exhibition 'Undivided Attention' at Xavier Hufkens (25 August -21 October 2023). "When I paint someone from observation, it's almost the only moment during which time neither is looking at their phone, listening to music, or a podcast, just doing nothing. We are really there, looking into each other's e...
Dianne Benson, Charlie Porter, Jack Walls on Robert Mapplethorpe | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 476Před 10 měsíci
On the occasion of the online exhibition 'Robert Mapplethorpe: Fashion, Clothes, People, Pictures' [20 July-10 September 2023], curator Charlie Porter discusses Mapplethorpe’s relationship with fashion alongside the artist’s collaborators, Dianne Benson and Jack Walls. Dianne Benson was a maverick 1980s retailer, who has contributed to establishing New York City’s Soho neighborhood as a prime f...
Walter Swennen | In the Studio | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 4,3KPřed 11 měsíci
Walter Swennen discusses his ideas on painting and his sixth exhibition at the gallery, "What the body can do," which includes new paintings and both recent and earlier works on paper. On view at Xavier Hufkens from 9 June to 5 August 2023. “This game with surfaces, that’s what painting is about. We’re talking about depth or not and all that. In a way, there’s no depth in my paintings, but that...
Paul McCarthy, Julien Bismuth and Mike Bouchet | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 11 měsíci
On the occasion of Paul McCarthy's latest exhibition at Xavier Hufkens (26 May-22 July 2023), three films by the artist were screened at Flagey Brussels. The film screenings were accompanied by Paul McCarthy in conversation with Julien Bismuth and Mike Bouchet. American artist Paul McCarthy (b. 1945, Salt Lake City) is known for his wide-ranging and often provocative and disturbing œuvre, which...
Roni Horn and Danh Vō | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 7KPřed rokem
Roni Horn and Danh Vō in conversation on the occasion of their concurrent exhibitions at Xavier Hufkens (17 March-6 May 2023). Since the late 1970s, Roni Horn (b. 1955, New York, USA) has produced drawings, photography, sculpture and installations, as well as works involving words and writing. Horn’s work, which has an emotional and psychological dimension, can be seen an engagement with post-M...
Constantin Nitsche and Anaël Pigeat | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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Constantin Nitsche in conversation with Anaël Pigeat, on the occasion of the exhibition 'Oranges et Lavande' at Xavier Hufkens (3 March-8 April 2023). www.xavierhufkens.com/exhibitions/constantin-nitsche
Michel François and Thierry de Duve | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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Michel François and Thierry de Duve | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Nicolas Party on "Cascade" | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
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Nicolas Party on "Cascade" | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
Evan Holloway and Julia Friedman | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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Evan Holloway and Julia Friedman | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Evan Holloway, Scry if you want to [Music Video] | In Focus | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 558Před rokem
Evan Holloway, Scry if you want to [Music Video] | In Focus | Xavier Hufkens
Antony Gormley and Diana Campbell | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 960Před rokem
Antony Gormley and Diana Campbell | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
McArthur Binion and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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McArthur Binion and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Sophie J Williamson on Giorgio Griffa | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
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Sophie J Williamson on Giorgio Griffa | In the Gallery | Xavier Hufkens
Joe Bradley and Melanie Deboutte | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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Joe Bradley and Melanie Deboutte | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Joe Bradley | In the Studio | Xavier Hufkens
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Joe Bradley | In the Studio | Xavier Hufkens
Frank Walter’s Chessboard | In Focus | Xavier Hufkens
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Frank Walter’s Chessboard | In Focus | Xavier Hufkens
Christopher Wool and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 10KPřed rokem
Christopher Wool and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Cassi Namoda and Diana Campbell | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 2 lety
Cassi Namoda and Diana Campbell | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Wyatt Kahn and Daniel S. Palmer | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
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Wyatt Kahn and Daniel S. Palmer | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Josh Smith and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 2 lety
Josh Smith and Anne Pontégnie | In Conversation | Xavier Hufkens
Fascinating, insightful, and intelligent dialogue. It is refreshing and unexpected to see art made using Hermetic theory yet devoid of the cliché iconography which would identify it as such.
She's a brilliant artist :)
What a wonderful talk. Thank you, Mr Wiggins, this was a real treat.
💔❤🩹♥
he should auction off that lot for Gaza
I am in awe. This is so inspiring ❤
That should do it.
I love your painting Joe. Crace
when a stupid man asks an idiot !
Extraordinary set of figurines! Great work Nick cave. I’d love to see them in exhibition sometime.
some nice comments by joe, but the host, snooz
Respect for Nick, a man who works in mysterious ways…..
supervachementcool!!! Bruce'KASK'B
I hope Nick is OK... to me it sometimes feels like he is screaming at the top of his lungs for help through his work, while people are politely clapping and stroking their beard. After all the grief the man has gone through I just hope he is alright.
Nick’s alright. I’m sure as an artist he feels things deeply. We all suffer with loss. Some suffer in greater ways because they don’t have an outlet. Nicks outlet is his art. He’s a lucky man that he can express himself in such a pleasing way
After walking through the exhibition in Montreal, and seeing a couple of these at the end, I immediately thought the devil was Nick (Old Nick ;)). I felt that in dealing with intense grief Nick perhaps became alienated from an image of himself that had come about through his life as a writer and performer.
josh smith is so next level we should all be so thankful that he has the time and humility to put up with us mere mortals he is the greatest painter of our time thank you Josh
"Captain' is, for me, the strongest work here, due to its immersive atmosphere and evocative spectral, perhaps tragic, colours and implied presences. A dense visual spectral soup, you might say, and one where the dynamic loops wavering and weaving between the surface and in depth, keep the work alive and prevent it from feeling like large doodles on canvas. The masterwork of the show.
stunning work, hope to get to see these someday
Yet sickness, devil’s work
My front porch and garage need to be scraped and painted is Joe available?
Funny how stupid people begin to sound as soon as they don't have explained in words what they're looking at.
I don't think these are a better direction for his neo-Cobra work. The older work was lighter on its feet. These are too direct.
Nightwatchmen should be the name of Joe's next show.
The Devil question, made Nick squirm ... 'the silent gifts he gives' ... really beautiful work, I think his art is ever as good as his music....
If someone said that Nick Cave of all people collects ceramic figurines you would not believe it. After you see these figurines though, it makes perfect sense.
Fascinating interview and equally fascinating to hear how the sculptures revealed their true meaning to Nick. I loved the part where Nick said they are ‘mostly comic until they are not’. I find this sentence to be the essence of Nick. When you get to the ‘not’, it’s like a bowling ball has hit you in the guts, but until then, the comedy was very enjoyable 😂.
Hmmm...interesting...I wonder what the OTHER famous Nick Cave, the American artist, thinks about this? 💥🔥🎶🎨🔥💥
what another nick cave artist.? American? For sure. My name is Joe Blow.
Also interesting: what might the famous actor who is ALMOST named Nick Cave (except for the v) think about this?
👏👏👏👏🙌
Incredible. I love this!
Was a beautiful reason to visit a beautiful city.
A thoroughly engaging conversation. I hope I get to see these ceramic figurines.
😐
These are good paintings! I dig them.
Quel noitabrutsaM 🍩🍆
I love him!
"All the people who I don't like went inside" This made me laugh! I'm grateful to have discovered this artist. Josh speaks honestly and echos what a lot of people probably feel but won't dare to say. He obviously doesn't care about being socially acceptable, and that attitude shows up in the liberated style of his work. His philosophy is refreshing.
He looks happy don’t you all think?
I think he likes to think about what he does!
Excellent and captivating talk, thank you.
yesssssssss what a powerful painter and powerful story by mr. wiggins - "i have to start again...." damn!
When you paint but don’t know what it’s really about ,your going nowhere fast ,in one direction ,nowhere .
We’re humans ,we think in terms of memories of things ,not colour shapes ,looks like a Braque still life .
This has more of a playground feel for me rather than still life.
Amazing work truly
I love Sayre's work, it's an amazing artist I publish frequently on WUM NEWS!
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Is the floor really that interesting?
What a wonderfully authentic, genuine woman ♥
Most of the paintings look like two balls with a thin erected dick.
Yum
great paintings
The flowers are some of his best work
I almost stayed awake until the end
Good job!
Well done