Jean--Luc Moulene sets out to remove the boundaries between heterogeneous worlds, while Sophie Nys brings conceptual and minimalist artistic strategies to their logical and formal limits.
Jean-Luc Moulene
By questioning the conventions and clichés relating to the production and the circulation of the photographic image in our society, Jean-Luc Moulène has taken up resistance to all forms of normalisation, to a universe in which the image is but descriptive and exerts its power by mere fascination.
As an artist, therefore, he sets out to remove the boundaries between heterogeneous worlds: the fine arts and the media, creation-objects and production-objects, utility value and artistic value.
For Moulène each image is a common ground of two kinds of procedures: the technical processes performed by the photographer and the procedures that are necessitated by the photographed subject.
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Sophie Nys
Sophie Nys practice brings conceptual and minimalist artistic strategies to their logical and formal limits by exploiting the broad artistic license possible within the contemporary art milieu.
Her approach often leads to a demystification of the art object and current art practices that form the contemporary art scene object.
Far from being flippant, her installations and video work, though seemingly ironic, maintain their eloquence as poetic reflections on her subjects derived from the every day.
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Opening reception of both the exhibitions 6th of February 2014 from 6pm to 9pm
The Greta Meert Gallery
Vaartstraat 13 Rue du Canal 1000 Bruxelles
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm - 6pm
Admission free