Sebastien Marcq | Three times lucky !

                    
Sebastien was the very first artist (photographer, Mons BE) accessing the, than, temporary gallery to show his series Ab Ovo. He came back later in the year for a second show.  We kept in touch and I invited him to participate in the upcoming summer exhibition 'Handpicked'.  Leaving soon for several months in Japan, he will send us weekly new images from which we will select several to exhibit. Wonderful work - especially his landscapes and urban scenes !  Above some pics of Sebastien showing his work to Loek and yes, Christine ! Loek said : vu et approve ! 

Anton Cotteleer / visit to his studio in Antwerp, BE

                                                  

Loek and I traveled to Antwerp's hippest neighborhood to visit Anton at his studio. Spacious and well lit but verrry cold.  A quick tour revealed several well wrapped works waiting to leave and a large mould (we are talking a ± 2-3 mtr high sculpture) - in parts and drying - ready to cast.  This is serious work !Anton uses new and innovative materials to produce light and weatherproof outdoor sculptures.  

We warmed up with a cuppa at the Hopper.       

                                                  

Our exhibition 'Handpicked' (summer 2009) will feature some of his newest works.

Affordable Art Fair - Brussels edition - VIP openingnight

Well, what can I say....a lot of well intended 'art' works on sale in a bazar-like atmosphere.  Its funny how the Affordable in AAF creates the impression that the art is priced low in relation to the quality. I would argue that the prices (although all below 5.000 Euro) are not necessarily representing fair value.  Helped by bubbles, some red wine and finally vodka, we managed to work our way through the corridors.  Pretty busy although many of the visitors are often seen at 'normal' gallery openings.  Could that indicate that the AAF is not (yet) accessing a new public by lowering the gallery' fear-of-entry-factor' ?   

Locuslex - isn't that a spelling error ?

It's not !  Locuslex ('lex', latin for law, statute / covenant / text, agreement) is the title of our new regular gallery publication. The title Locuslex was conceived by Klaus Berend (our official name & title provider !).

Content will vary but is under editorial control of the honorable Loek Grootjans.   In our first issue we expect contributions by our gallery artists, outside critics and others.

Cover & lay-out will be by Ton Homburg (Opera Ontwerpers, Breda). Locuslex will consist of 16 color pages, will be in print and published on line (using technology by Issu). The first one is due in March/April. 

Watch the wire for more info.

Christine de Schaetzen joins the gallery and will handle press activities for '...Stands for Attitude'

We have asked Christine de Schaetzen (Foundation pour l'Architecture, Brussels, BE) to head up our press planning for the main exhibition later in the spring.   Christine speaks fluently French, Dutch and English - that will make our publicity truly multilingual ! Christine can be reached on her own email address on our server : christine.deschaetzen@locuslux.com.