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M – Museum Leuven announces Geert Goiris exhibition

M – Museum Leuven presents Geert Goiris a solo exhibition on view February 14–May 19, 2013.


Geert Goiris, Suspension, 2006. Framed Lambda print, 100 x 127 cm. Courtesy Art:Concept Paris and Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels.

Geert Goiris’s (b. 1971, Belgium) photographs reflect on the fundamental tension between perception and reality. In his work, time and space disappear in the interplay of form, abstraction, light and depth. Primarily using photography, Goiris’s practice documents strange sites and unusual encounters with subjects that appear distinctly out of place, whether a rock formation, an abandoned house or a deformed lamb. His technique reflects the unnaturalness of the situations he registers, using prolonged photographic exposure to lend his pictures a surreal quality. Constantly traveling in search of images to complement his singular lexicon, Goiris has evolved a body of work, which he describes as ‘Traumatic Realism.’ His images of melancholic architectural spaces and utopian landscapes with traces of human presence are often very alienating and seem to be fictitious spaces.

The exhibition brings together both existing and new work by Geert Goiris. It is his most comprehensive solo show until now. For M, Goiris has selected the new slide projection Monolith and photographs from the new series Adieu and Fragments. Curator: Eva Wittocx.

Goiris’s work has been widely exhibited and has also been included in many group exhibitions. He is represented by Art:Concept Gallery, Paris and Catherine Bastide Gallery, Brussels. Parallel to this exhibition the monograph Geert Goiris – Lying Awake, published by Roma, will be presented.

M – Museum Leuven
L. Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven, Belgium
www.mleuven.be

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