Joris Ghekiere
Subtitle: journey on paper = reizen op papier 1990-91
By: authors = auteurs Ulrich Loock, Ilse Roosens, Katharine Stout, Liesje Vandenbroeck, Thibaut Verhoeven ; translation = vertaling Richard Humphrey [and 2 others]
Contributors: Roosens, Ilse, author; Loock, Ulrich, author; Stout, Katharine, 1973- author; Vandenbroeck, Liesje, author; Verhoeven, Thibaut, author; Humphrey, Richard (Translator), translator; Kunstmuseum aan Zee
Publisher: Mu.ZEE
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Oostende, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9789074694407
Subjects: Gouache painting; Belgian Drawing; Pen drawing; Belgian Art; Modern Art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Journey on paper; Reizen op papier
Description: Journey on paper' examines the years 1990-1991 in which Joris Ghekiere spent a year traveling through Asia. No fewer than 170 autonomous works of art were created during this months-long journey. Mu.ZEE is the first museum to display a large selection of this collection of works on paper. With 'Joris Ghekiere - Traveling on paper', Mu.ZEE is the first to present an exhibition with a wide selection of works on paper by this Belgian artist. It was as a painter that Joris Ghekiere (1955-2016) gained fame and appreciation. With his thorough research into and experimentation with the possibilities of the medium, he managed to take an idiosyncratic position within painting. What is hardly known, however, is that in addition to an extensive painting oeuvre, Joris Ghekiere also left behind an incredibly rich corpus of works on paper. The artist carefully kept hundreds of sketches, collages, drawings and watercolors in a chest of drawers in his studio, from the early 1980s until shortly before his death. More than 600 works, in different formats, made with various techniques and created over a time span of more than 35 years, form a surprising collection that can be divided into two categories. Exhibition: Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium (02.07.- 27.11. 2022)

Journey on paper' examines the years 1990-1991 in which Joris Ghekiere spent a year traveling through Asia. No fewer than 170 autonomous works of art were created during this months-long journey. Mu.ZEE is the first museum to display a large selection of this collection of works on paper. Met 'Joris Ghekiere - Reizen op papier' brengt Mu.ZEE als eerst een tentoonstelling met een ruime selectie werken op papier van deze Belgische kunstenaar. Het was als schilder dat Joris Ghekiere (1955-2016) bekendheid en waardering verwierf. Met zijn doorgedreven onderzoek naar en experimenteren met de mogelijkheden van het medium wist hij een eigenzinnige positie in te nemen binnen de schilderkunst. Wat echter nauwelijks geweten is, is dat Joris Ghekiere naast een uitgebreid schilderoeuvre ook een ontzettend rijk corpus aan werken op papier naliet. Zorgvuldig bewaarde de kunstenaar honderden schetsen, collages, tekeningen en aquarellen in een ladekast in zijn atelier, van de vroege jaren '80 tot kort voor zijn overlijden. Meer dan 600 werken, in verschillende formaten, vervaardigd met diverse technieken en gecreëerd over een tijdspanne van meer dan 35 jaar vormen een verrassende verzameling die in twee categorieën opgedeeld kan worden. Exhibition: Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium (02.07.- 27.11 2022)
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Ostend, Belgium from July 2 - November 11, 2022

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