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Alex Verhaest, Cho Moon Ki: The Absence of Paterfamilias

Past exhibition
June 1 - August 6, 2017
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Overview
Alex Verhaest Table Prop - Peter , 2013 Animation loop 29.5 x 24.5 Ed. 5 + II
Alex Verhaest
Table Prop - Peter , 2013
Animation loop
29.5 x 24.5
Ed. 5 + II

        The exhibition, The Absence of Paterfamilias, offers the possibility to compare the two artists’ dissimilar methodologies as they approach family portraits that may reflect reality though appear nonetheless strange. Respectively using painting and interactive film in the distant and quite dissimilar cultural spheres of South Korea and Belgium, these two artists are nevertheless very similar in questioning the myth of the family and in borrowing the symbolism of religious paintings to illustrate it.

 

        Both artists communicate in expressing contemporary anxiety, that stems from contradictions in the social system, with the family, the smallest unit of society, as the main topic. Through this, the uncontrollable violence and severed communications in the closest human relationships manifest themselves as negative emotions and in situations such as conflict, anger, derision, and bewilderment.

 

        Just as the rigid iconography of model religious paintings is revived in contemporary artists’ works and continues the connection in The Absence of the Paterfamilias, the exhibition implies that the desire to be united with others through communication and the desire to remain an independent subject constitute a conflict that goes on beyond time.

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Installation Views
  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    The Absence of Paterfamilias, 2017, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

Works
  • Alex Verhaest The Dinner, 2013 Animation loop 50 inch screen
    Alex Verhaest
    The Dinner, 2013
    Animation loop
    50 inch screen
  • Alex Verhaest Table Prop - Peter , 2013 Animation loop 29.5 x 24.5 Ed. 5 + II
    Alex Verhaest
    Table Prop - Peter , 2013
    Animation loop
    29.5 x 24.5
    Ed. 5 + II
  • Alex Verhaest Character Study - Peter , 2013 Animation Loop 29.5 x 24.5 cm
    Alex Verhaest
    Character Study - Peter , 2013
    Animation Loop
    29.5 x 24.5 cm
  • Alex Verhaest Character Study - Hélène , 2013 Animation loop 29.5 x 24.5 Ed. 5 + II
    Alex Verhaest
    Character Study - Hélène , 2013
    Animation loop
    29.5 x 24.5
    Ed. 5 + II
  • Alex Verhaest Table Prop - Angelo , 2013 Animation lopp 29.5 x 24.5 Ed. 5 + II
    Alex Verhaest
    Table Prop - Angelo , 2013
    Animation lopp
    29.5 x 24.5
    Ed. 5 + II
  • Alex Verhaest Table Prop - Hélène , 2013 Animation loop 29.5 x 24.5 cm Ed. 5 + II
    Alex Verhaest
    Table Prop - Hélène , 2013
    Animation loop
    29.5 x 24.5 cm
    Ed. 5 + II
  • Cho Moon Ki, The House of Mourning, 2014, oil ond acrylic on canvas, 112.1 x 193.9

    Cho Moon Ki, The House of Mourning, 2014, oil ond acrylic on canvas, 112.1 x 193.9

  • Cho Moon Ki, Offence and Defense, 2013, oil on canvas,162.2 x 130.3

    Cho Moon Ki, Offence and Defense, 2013, oil on canvas,162.2 x 130.3

  • Cho Moon Ki, Grace, Acrylic on canvas, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 97.0 x 162.2,

    Cho Moon Ki, Grace, Acrylic on canvas, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 97.0 x 162.2,

Press
  • KOR | Ironic "Gif" Animations of Old Master Paintings, Speaks About the Anxiety of the Modern Family

    The Hankyoreh, Hyungseok Noh, August 2, 2017
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  • KOR | Family, That Word That Even If You Love Sometime is Challenging

    Joongang Sunday, Hyungmo Chung, June 4, 2017
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  • KOR | Who Asked Me For a "Family"

    Herald Business, Hanbit Lee, June 1, 2017
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