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Ivan Henriques (BR, º1978)

3′ Installation, 2012 Ivan Henriques’ work centres on questions related to time and memory. 3′ is a time difference between the present moment of Goldfish’s existence and its past moments produced with the use of camera and picture signal-delaying apparatus. Therefore, thanks to modern technology, the fish is given a unique opportunity to face its [...] Read More

Jan Henderikse (NL, º1937)

Bottle Wall Wooden beercrates and beerbottles, 1962 (reconstruction 2008) Website: Jan Henderikse Read More

Happy Famous Artists (BE)

ART MACHT FREI metal, 2002 Collection of the Verbeke Foundation Blessed are the peacemakers, suicide commando mixed media, 2007 Collectie Verbeke Foundation This group of artists works in a conceptual and multimedia way. They make “bad art for bad people”. Their inspiration comes from science, philosophy and psychology, of political and social phenomena, and of [...] Read More

Peter Greenaway (UK, º1942)

No title props from the opera The death of a composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama, 1999 Collectie Verbeke Foundation Website: Peter Greenaway Read More

Wim Gijzen (NL, º1941)

A visit to all 863 municipalities of Holland – 1972 Collection Verbeke Foundation In every Dutch municipality Wim Gijzen photographed himself, with a panorama camera on a tripod, at the Town Board. It is therefore a picture registration of Netherlands in one year, 1972. In the village or city he bought two postcards, one sent [...] Read More

Sven Fritz (NL, º1983)

Gastroliths photo-installation, 2011 Collection of the Verbeke Foundation 1 bird 1088 gastroliths This is the stomach contents one capercaillie. This is a bird that lives in coniferous forests. Most herbivorous birds pick up stones on to seeds and buttons that they eat to be able to grind. These stones come from a capercaillie that is [...] Read More

Zoro Feigl (NL,º1983)

Loop Installation, 2007 Collection of the Verbeke Foundation Swingwings Installation, 2015 Collection of the Verbeke Foundation Website: Zoro Feigl Read More

Jef Faes (BE, º1972)

9 – k e t o – t r a n s – 2 Installation – Work in progress, 2009-2010 In collaboration with Prof. Jacobs, UGent Collection of the Verbeke Foundation Jef Faes develops the concepts of space-filling, connection, fusion, and bridging. The artist draws inspiration from high-tech photos of scientific phenomena as well as [...] Read More

Jan Fabre (BE, º1958)

I spit on my grave (hommage to Boris Vian) installation, 2006 Collection of the Verbeke Foundation I spit on my grave (hommage to Boris Vian) comprises 416 granite tombstones, from Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Das Eismeer. The birth and death dates under the names of insects, make it possible to associate the wall. Instead of [...] Read More

Maarten Vanden Eynde (BE, º1977)

Taxonomic trophies assemblages, wood, trophy plate, brass nameplate, 2005-ongoing Collection Verbeke Foundation Taxonomic Trophies is a growing collection of branches, saved and presented as endangered or extinct species. The collection includes ‘trophies’ from among others: Birmingham (GB), Death Valley, Malibu and Grand Canyon (VS), Tajimi (Japan), Rotterdam and Almere (NL), Chaumont devant Damvillers (FR), Tbilisi [...] Read More

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