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Exhibition “Angel Vergara. Dans l’instant”

23/04/2023 h 08/10/2023 F Rajouter au calendrier 2023-04-23 2023-10-08 Europe/London Exhibition “Angel Vergara. Dans l’instant”

Fifteen years after the exhibition El pintor, where Angel Vergara notably revealed the series Les Voisins, nos amis,14 animated portraits of neighbours of Grand-Hornu that he created for the MACS’s 5th anniversary, this time the unclassifiable work of this extraordinary artist is being presented in the wider context of a retrospective of his paintings. Beginning with his ‘tableaux’, produced by a group of partially-sighted children during workshops devised by the artist, the show traces the evolution of his artistic practice from his first ‘painted films’ produced in Super 8 in the 1980s, to his video devices that recorded his painting in progress, along with a more classical gallery of large canvases. Through performance, installation and video, Angel Vergara has always placed ‘the act of painting’ at the heart of his works and asserted its presence in the public space by working under a sheet, which serves as a portable studio. In this way, the artist—alias Straatman—has for over thirty years brought painting ‘out onto the street’, saturating it with the constant flow of life, reproducing its syncopated rhythms like a jazz musician, and its movements like a film director. The fiction he introduced from an early stage into his practice established him as a descendant of Fluxus, similar to the poetic and political art of Marcel Broodthaers. His ‘painted films’ on the other hand, obtained through the combined use of the camera, glass plates and touches of colour, enabled him above all to reconcile art and life by synchronising painting and the world through a never-ending game of opacity and transparency. Because he remains above all a ‘painter at work’, Angel Vergara is forever chasing his dream of a constantly evolving painting, whose completion he is always delaying, whilst promising us its imminent emergence.

Angel Vergara was born in Spain in 1958, and has lived in Brusselsince 1964.

Photo: © Angel Vergara – Les belles idées reçues

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MACS – Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Rue Sainte-Louise 82 7301 Hornu MACS – Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

Fifteen years after the exhibition El pintor, where Angel Vergara notably revealed the series Les Voisins, nos amis,14 animated portraits of neighbours of Grand-Hornu that he created for the MACS’s 5th anniversary, this time the unclassifiable work of this extraordinary artist is being presented in the wider context of a retrospective of his paintings. Beginning with his ‘tableaux’, produced by a group of partially-sighted children during workshops devised by the artist, the show traces the evolution of his artistic practice from his first ‘painted films’ produced in Super 8 in the 1980s, to his video devices that recorded his painting in progress, along with a more classical gallery of large canvases. Through performance, installation and video, Angel Vergara has always placed ‘the act of painting’ at the heart of his works and asserted its presence in the public space by working under a sheet, which serves as a portable studio. In this way, the artist—alias Straatman—has for over thirty years brought painting ‘out onto the street’, saturating it with the constant flow of life, reproducing its syncopated rhythms like a jazz musician, and its movements like a film director. The fiction he introduced from an early stage into his practice established him as a descendant of Fluxus, similar to the poetic and political art of Marcel Broodthaers. His ‘painted films’ on the other hand, obtained through the combined use of the camera, glass plates and touches of colour, enabled him above all to reconcile art and life by synchronising painting and the world through a never-ending game of opacity and transparency. Because he remains above all a ‘painter at work’, Angel Vergara is forever chasing his dream of a constantly evolving painting, whose completion he is always delaying, whilst promising us its imminent emergence.

Angel Vergara was born in Spain in 1958, and has lived in Brusselsince 1964.

Photo: © Angel Vergara – Les belles idées reçues

Practical information

MACS – Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

UNESCO-site

The MACS, located on the former mine site of Grand-Hornu, high place of European industrial heritage, is classified as World Heritage since 2012. Since its opening, the museum has welcomed nearly a million visitors, produced over 75 exhibitions and promoted many artists from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

Thanks to the great international artists who, like Anish Kapoor, Christian Boltanski, Giuseppe Penone and Tony Oursler, have set up their first major exhibition in Belgium, the MACS now enjoys a reputation that goes far beyond our borders.

LPeople with specific needs

Concerned to be everyone’s museum, MACS develops a humanist policy with the help of specialized associations that guide it in its approach. For example, a specific mediation approach has been developed for blind and partially sighted people. It is based on specific material tools such as models, thermoforms, musical fragments, Braille lyrics and the sensitive commentary of the guide accompanying the group. The museum also organizes guided tours adapted for the mentally handicapped.

JSchools

Immerse your students for a visit to contemporary art. The MACS cultural services team researches, invents and implements the most appropriate forms of mediation for each new exhibition. Don’t forget that the museum is free to the school crowd every 1st Wednesday of the month.

MEntreprises

Are you looking for an original and special place for organising a conference, team building, working day …? The Grand-Hornu is for you! Former mining site classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage of Humanity, now converted into a place entirely dedicated to contemporary creation, Le Grand-Hornu offers many formulas with or without an exhibition visit. On site you also benefit from a restaurant, a park of more than 4 hectares and a large parking lot.

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The MACS invites you to take a dip in contemporary art, in the heart of the historic site of Grand-Hornu, classified as a World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Discover all our offers for groups and book your visit.

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MACS – Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

Rue Sainte-Louise 82
7301 Hornu

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