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| Type 42 (Anonymous), Denise Nicholas, mixed media on polaroid, 1960s - 1970s, 8,3 x 10,8 cm. Courtesy of Delmes & Zander, Berlin + Cologne. |
Last week saw the very first edition of New York’s Independent art fair
abroad, breathing some fresh air into Brussels’ art fair landscape with
an edgy and laid-back approach. With a much more breezy set-up than the
traditional “booth-after-booth, hallway-after-hallway” structure, the
Independent experience felt more like visiting a curated biennale show
than a capitalist shopping spree. The democratic attitude was also
reflected in the fair’s non-existent entry price, and the combination of
heavy hitters such as David Zwirner and Gladstone with up-and-coming spaces as for instance Dürst Britt & Mayhew, which opened in The Hague only last year. The overall openness even extended to after-fair hours when a party at Jan de Cock’s Brussels Art Institute
was publicly communicated through Instagram and Facebook for everyone
to come. Here are five outstanding shows that truly made Independent
Brussels an unforgettable experience, as selected by Evelyn Simons.
Writer Evelyn Simons
1. Delmes & Zander – Cologne/Berlin
Delmes & Zander
presented “OTHER/one – Portraits”, a sequence to “ONE/other – Self
Portraits” exhibited at Independent New York earlier this year. The
selection of works offered a remarkable and intimate view of
subject-object relationships by exploring obsessive artists’
uncontrollable desires towards their muses. “Sleeping Beauties” by Paul Humphrey for instance pictured vulnerable women with their eyes shut, an attempt to take control over the objects of his desire."
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