ABOUT
LIEBAERT PROJECTS
“Liebaert Projects” vzw is een stichting voor Hedendaagse Beeldende Kunst in Kortrijk en tegelijkertijd een “Open Monumentenvereniging”. Deze ietwat bizarre combinatie groeide uit het feit dat de vzw een oud-industrieel pand in verval aankocht aan de Liebaertlaan met de bedoeling deze om te vormen tot ‘kunsthal”. Het pand, eigendom van de CV Muybrug, Kortrijk, vormde een ideale plek om actuele beeldende kunst te tonen, om in situ projecten te laten realiseren door ‘emerging’ artists. De graad van verval van het gebouw noopte “Liebaert Projects” het te laten klasseren als monument om, via subsidies, de basic renovatiewerken te kunnen bekostigen en ‘klaar’ te maken voor de uiteindelijke herbestemming van het pand, een kunsthal.
De site zelf is adembenemend mooi in al haar eenvoud, verdoken achterin gelegen, en leent zich perfect voor projecten beeldende kunst, groot en klein. De hal zelf is een geweldige open ruimte, waar kunstenaars dor geïnspireerd kunnen worden en er een plaats geven voor hun werk. Het kleinere voorgebouw bevat een “floor” voor projecties, performances, tentoonstellingen. De kelderverdieping geeft weer andere mogelijkheden. Op lange termijn wil ‘Liebaert Projects’ de grote hal laten innemen door installaties en permanente ingrepen van kunstenaars, als een platform dat het midden houdt tussen een beeldentuin binnen, overdekt en beschermd.
Hierin zit ook de ‘mission statement’ van ‘Liebaert Projects’ vervat: als onafhankelijke vereniging van 17 kunstliefhebbers en collectioneurs de ruimte van de hal ‘organisch’ laten innemen door installaties/ingrepen van verschillende kunstenaars, die zich door het gebouw, het bestaande werk, laten inspireren, beïnvloeden of ermee in discussie gaan. LP inviteert regelmatig kunstenaars om de ruimte te bezoeken, in de huidige toestand, en samen werken we dan een interessant en haalbaar project uit. Terwijl de kleinere ruimten plaats bieden voor art events, tentoonstellingen en zelfs een residentie voor kunstenaars, wil Liebaert Projects een dynamiek op gang brengen in hun eigen site, waar zeer flexiebel op voorstellen uit diverse hoeken van de beeldende kunst kan worden ingespeeld. LP geeft zó een platform met een context aan beeldende kunstenaars, performance artiesten e.a. om op deze manier een erg levendige omgeving te creëren midden in de stad Kortrijk.
LP heeft van het begin een internationale context willen maken door kunstenaars uit binnen- én buitenland te contacteren. De realisaties zelf fungeren ook als katalysator om het pand zelf als monument voor het publiek open te stellen, de inhoud en de vorm vallen dan perfect samen.
HET PAND
Geschiedenis
De familie Destoop liet in 1898 het pand bouwen aan de Minister Julien Liebaertlaan. Er kwam een coating- en weefbedrijf. Weverij Destoop was een succesvol bedrijf dat onder andere de passagierszetels produceerde voor de eerste P&O ferryboten. Het pand stond vanaf het einde van de jaren ’60 vijfentwintig jaar lang leeg. Het werd gekocht door Pol Geysen, een kroostrijke apotheker. Hij stelde voor om het pand voor Liebaert Projects te gebruiken. Het meubelbedrijf Lerouge kocht het deel van het pand dat aan hun bedrijf grenst en een ander deel werd aan Restaurant Boxys verkocht (later overgekocht door advocatenbureau Lafilli, Vancrombrughe & partners).
Kunsthal
Liebaert Projects kocht in 1999 een deel van het pand (het stuk tussen het advocatenbureau en Lerouge) met als doel er een kunsthal van te maken waar regelmatig tijdelijke tentoonstellingen en projecten worden georganiseerd. Liebaert Projects wou er geen gewoon museum van maken met een vaste collectie. Het idee om een kunsthal te starten in Kortrijk lijkt interessanter. Een kunsthal is multifunctioneel en biedt dus meer mogelijkheden dan een gewoon museum (bijvoorbeeld video-installaties, logeermogelijkheden voor de kunstenaars, ateliers voor kunstenaars,…).
Subsidies
Het pand aan de Liebaertlaan is een waardevol gebouw en krijgt subsidies van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor de renovatie (“Monumenten en Landschappen”). Dit was een lange en omslachtige weg. In 1998 classeerde Luc Martens, de toenmalige minister van monumenten, landschappen en cultuur het pand met een subsidie van 80% voor de renovatie maar een nieuwe coalitie kwam aan de macht.
De volgende minister, Johan Sauwens, besliste dat Liebaert Projects slechts voor 40% in aanmerking kwam omdat het pand wel waardevol was maar er een waardevol interieur ontbrak. Liebaert Projects koopt het pand in 1999.
In 2001 verandert de wet:, door toedoen van “Liebaert Projects” ,om ook waardevolle gebouwen met een waardevolle herbestemming meer gesubsidieerd worden. Liebaert Projects heeft door deze verandering in het wetboek toch recht op 80% subsidies.
Herbestemming
Liebaert Projects vindt de waarde van dit oud-industrieel pand belangrijk om voor de latere generaties te bewaren en open te stellen voor het grote publiek. Liebaert Projects wil van deze site een actief centrum maken rond hedendaagse beeldende kunst. Via deze herbestemming komt de locatie en het monument terug tot leven dankzij de werken van jonge en interessante kunstenaars die er kunnen verblijven en aan producties, installaties en tentoonstellingen kunnen werken, waarna deze aan het grote publiek getoond worden. Ook de theoretische kant van de kunstwereld zal aan bod komen via bijvoorbeeld workshops en dialoogdiscussies. Het laten produceren van jonge kunstenaars en het tonen van hun werk zijn de belangrijkste doelstellingen van Liebaert Projects. Het pand leent zich uitstekend voor deze herbestemming omdat het grootste deel ervan bestaat uit een grote industriële hal die in functie van de kunst (video, installaties,…) modulair kan benaderd worden.
Renovatie
De eerste fase van de renovatie is aangevat in 2005. Een deel ervan (20%) wordt door de aandeelhouders van Liebaert Projects zelf gefinancierd. Ook zelf meewerken aan de renovatie brengt natuurlijk financiële voordelen met zich mee. De vereniging bespaart veel geld door zelf in het pand te werken. Het is ook goed voor het ‘team gevoel’ van Liebaert Projects. Iedereen werkt in zijn vrije tijd samen in het pand. Zo leert iedereen elkaar beter ,en op een andere manier kennen.
Bij de eerste fase wordt de ruwbouw en het dak afgewerkt. Eind april 2006 wordt deze eerste fase beëindigd.
Ligging
Het pand aan de Minister Liebaertlaan is zeer centraal gelegen in de stad, waardoor de kans op toevallige bezoekers ook hoger is. Er is geen belemmering op gebied van transport, wat bij veel gelijkaardige sites in de stad wel een probleem is. Het pand ligt midden in Kortrijk, dichtbij de pleinscholen, het plein zelf (een mooi groen park in het midden van de stad). Het is vanuit de stadskern makkelijk te bereiken voor voetgangers en ligt dicht bij de Leie, bij het Buda eiland en bij de Budatoren.
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Peter Baert
Geert Behaegel
Jean Pierre Decanniere
Bart Defraeije
Leopold Dekeyser
Luc Depuydt
Lieven Descamps
Patrick Despiegelaere
Geertrui Despiegeleire
Rita Garreyn
Jan Govaere
Christophe & Mia Hoorens
Peter Lambaere
Els Potteau
Marc Vandecandelaere
Paul Vanhonsebrouck (voorzitter)
Francis Vanhoonacker
Curator: Joachim Coucke
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Athena Papadopoulos - The Apple Nun
Curated by: Joachim Coucke
Date: October 23 – November 24, 2019
Photography: Alexandra Colmenares / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist, Liebaert Projects and Emalin
The Artist as Dr. Frankenstein
For her first solo exhibition in Belgium, Canadian artist Athena Papadopoulos (b. 1988) presents a new body of work specifically conceived for the context of Liebaert Projects. Papadopoulos has transformed the space into a complex narrative that intermingles sculptures that sing – with sound derived from the artist’s book The Apple Nun – painting and installation.
The central hall of Liebaert Projects features the keynote text that informs the exhibition’s narrative at large. A hand-written and sewn, painted and dyed, sculptural and oversized book titled The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns) sits atop a kneeling church lectern. The text takes as its point of departure the autobi-ography of the artist’s 94-year old grandfather. Papadopoulos hones in on the marginalised story of her great aunt Magdalina: a beautiful, young Greek woman, whose small portraits are integrated on the front page of The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns).
Coveted by all the men in the village, Magdalina fled a life of lust and instead sought solitude as a nun. One of her duties at the nunnery was to pick apples during the harvest season. One day her life took an unexpected turn as she fell from her ladder while trying to pick too many apples. The consequences were devastating: she was paralysed and, no longer being able to fulfil her duties, was expelled from the monastery. The tension between lust and celibacy, fight and flight as well as acceptance and rejection weaves itself throughout the exhibition. Alongside this, the artist layers this narrative with references to earlier bodies of work: interrogating the positionality of different groups of women in society, the Biblical predicament of Adam and Eve as well as the history of Liebaert Projects itself.
The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns) takes on a ubiquitous presence in each room of the exhibition. Papadopoulos alters the space with a newspaper reproduction of the text explosively scattered throughout. Like yesterday’s news – a stand-in for the fallen woman – the pages constitute the binding framework that unites the rooms of the exhibition and the characters that inhabit them. A tornado of au-tumnal leaves, at first beautiful and fun to play in but ultimately a nuisance to get rid of, this abundant distribution brings to mind the destructive and toxic misrepresentations of women’s transforming complexities as potentially high-maintenance chores. Historically, these women – branded witches, lunatics or jezebels – have systematically been swept from society’s view.
In a casual conversation with the artist, she mentions that, when she was a little girl, she desired to become a plastic surgeon. Fortunately, Papadopoulos became an artist – otherwise her patients would have birds beaks for noses and purple, pink and green stitched up skin. But it’s a beautiful metaphor: she cuts through layers of various textiles, making up and dying these bodies using hair-dye and other products – adding further material cues and clues to tell her multi-layered story. Like a crooked surgeon, Papadopoulos tends to the wounds (through stitching) that she herself inflicts upon these anthropomorphic sculptures. They are visually sumptuous upon first glance but continue to
grow in complexity and meaning as we explore them through repeated viewings, thereby assuming further psychological significance and visual complexity with the passing of time.
The five central sculptures (Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight) are figurative abstractions, each singing one of five songs from The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns): tree-like, twisted instruments that take on the characteristics of a musical choir. They each have their own unique character and voice. Like Dr. Frankenstein, Papadopoulos creates the skeletons of the sculptures by dissecting furniture and medical equipment, bending, curling, gluing and welding the metal back together. The Leaves that Talk Dirty… are then wrapped in Papadopoulos’ own personal clothing. Like a tornado sweeping up its casualties, the artist saturates these bodies in meaning by blending object, material and text. And like bodies, the skeleton and bones find a counterpart in the furniture framework, with skin made of makeup-stained medical gauze. Sitting atop – or rather growing out of – the sculptures are small cartoonish birds whose eyes have been stolen from stuffed toys and whose beaks are constituted by gynaecological speculums. This detail is also a tribute to the spirit of gynaecologist, Gery Van Tendeloo, the former curator and driving force behind Liebaert Projects who passed away last year.
In one of the side rooms, we encounter Infertility Orchestra Cries in D-Minor. A small choir of organically shaped creatures congregate around a music stand holding the newspaper version of The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns). In another, the biblical theme of apple as a moniker of sin makes a reappearance in The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi): a light-bathed sculpture sprouts from a janitor’s bucket, incorporating Hooters waitress pins, cheerleading pompoms, teen-age miniskirts and string-tied chicken bones. In the details, the hand-painted faces of a cast of fallen women morph into animals such as bobcats and long-beaked birds.
Next door, a ghostly couple, entitled Former Selves, recall some of the art-ist’s earlier anthropomorphic sculptures. Domestic objects and furniture frequently come to life in Papadopoulos’ practice, embodying the qualities and social situations in which the artist’s characters find themselves embroiled. The same inseverable tension that connects the Former Selves, is doubled in the work FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), where two lovers find themselves emotionally and materially entangled. A lyrical song sung by a young girl’s voice plays out of a broken telephone, setting the scene for a relationship shifting between symbiosis and parasitism.
The editions at the entrance were given the title Hardest Harvest. A head-less chicken, duck or turkey – or “churduckens,” as the artist refers to them. Here, Papadopoulos has looked back to her childhood favourites, including Jim Henson, Tim Burton and family traditions such as Thanksgiving Day. The artist associates these familiar rituals with the autumnal holidays and an appreciation of their grotesque reciprocal carnivalesque manifestations. The editions are displayed on gas station shelving and presented as we would encounter them at a carnival fair stall where visitors shoot at figurines to win their prize. Hardest Harvest acts as the exhibition’s miniature mascot and usually a mascot has connotations of being rather ridiculous, running around like a headless chicken, perhaps again playfully commenting on the allegory of the fall of Adam and Eve. Like sitting ducks to the evil snake unable to see his tricks, ultimately leading them to become self-conscious beings (unlike any other animal) who therefore gain subjectivity through their messy lives full of both tumultuous conflict and deep joy and awakening.
The editions are for sale (each €950) in support the artist and the program of Liebaert Projects. Be sure to take a copy of The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns) newspaper home with you on departure to read and please do return to rediscover the multi-layered world of Papadopoulos’ The Apple Nun.
Athena Papadopoulos was born in Toronto, Canada in 1988 and lives and works in Hull. She completed her MFA at Goldsmiths, London in 2013. Recent exhibitions include Holy Toledo, Takotsubo!, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon; A Tittle-Tattle-Tell-A-Tale Heart, Humber Street Gallery, Hull; The Smurfette, Emalin, London; Belladonna‘s Muse, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, CURA Basement Roma (Rome, IT, 2017); Wolf Whistles, Shoot the Lobster NY (NYC, USA, 2017); Streams of Warm Impermanence, David Roberts Art Foundation (London, UK, 2016); Wild Style, Pe-res Projects (Berlin, DE, 2016); Bloody Life, Herald St., London, UK, 2016). Group shows include Bloomberg New Contemporaries, World Museum, Liverpool and ICA, London, 2014/15; AWAY, Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, 2014; Push and Paint, Touch and Display, Vitrine Gallery, London 2013/14. Upcoming solo shows include Supportico Lopez, Berlin, May 2015 and Annarumma, Gallery, Naples, October 2015. In 2020 Papadopoulos will have a solo exhibition at MOSTYN, Wales.
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Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, (Book of Hymns), 2019, Kneeling church lectern, faux dalmation fur, thread, felt, fleece, pva glue, coloured hairspray, product packaging, poster board, Puffy paint, ribbon, newsprint/chip shop paper, epoxy glue, varnish, underwear, image transfers, biro and tipex on photo paper
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (The Apple Nun), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, Leaves that Talk Dirty Making Curlies Stand Straight, (A Disaster You May Want to Avoid), 2019, Steel/metal house and medical furniture, epoxy glue, wire, stuffing, clothing, gauze, hair dye, coloured hairspray, pva glue, varnish, stuffed animals, taxidermy feathers, dollhouse furniture, gynecological instrument, photographs, thread, ipod shuffle, speaker, sound piece
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, Infertility Orchestra Cries in D-Minor, 2019, The Apple Nun (book of songs) newspaper with glitter hairspray and varnish, music stand, newspapers with pva glue, bathmats with hair dye, extra strong white plaster, crayon, makeup coloured hair spray, varnish, childrens, stools and chairs
Athena Papadopoulos, Infertility Orchestra Cries in D-Minor, 2019, The Apple Nun (book of songs) newspaper with glitter hairspray and varnish, music stand, newspapers with pva glue, bathmats with hair dye, extra strong white plaster, crayon, makeup coloured hair spray, varnish, childrens, stools and chairs
Athena Papadopoulos, Infertility Orchestra Cries in D-Minor, 2019, The Apple Nun (book of songs) newspaper with glitter hairspray and varnish, music stand, newspapers with pva glue, bathmats with hair dye, extra strong white plaster, crayon, makeup coloured hair spray, varnish, childrens, stools and chairs
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, Abstinent Heart Fodder, (The Apple Nun Painting), 2017-2019, Bedsheet, cotton fabric, image transfers, medical gauze, gesso, coloured hairspray, pins, photographs, eyelashes, varnish, lycra mesh, thread, book pages, miniature broomstick, spoon, church candles, biro and tipex on photo paper, hypodermic needle wrappers, dehydrated, preserved apples, glue, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, FF&BB (BoomBOOMWoom), 2019, Epoxy clay, acrylic paint, men’s ties, fishing hooks, varnish, various childrens’ chairs, epoxy glue, spray paint, men’s shirts, girl’s school uniforms, finger puppets, image transfers, oil paint marker, thread, fleece, safety pins, fabric glue, wire, tomato cans, string, wool tartan scarf,t-shirt, speakers, mp3 player, sound piece, party can lights, glitter hairspray, hair dye, lipstick
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Tree, (Mary Magdalexxxi), 2019, Lightbulbs, led heart lamps, watering can pvc purse, skirts, string, wire, glue, lipstick, hair dye, coloured hair spray, varnish, cheer pom poms, wood, acrylic paint, felting wool, stuffing, pvc, felt, thread, image transfers, safety pins, hooter badges and pins, cement, janitor bucket, extension cable, oil paint on jesmonite, fake cigarette, screws
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, Former Selves, 2019, Cement, spray paint, glitter hair spray, bedsheets and various bedding, veils, lace, tulle, coloured hairspray, coloured silicone paint, battery powered garden lights, laserjet on vinyl, safety pins, crayon on handmade paper in brass frames, dollhouse chairs, rebar (steel), synthetic hair, pva glue, self tanner, religious relics with charcoals, gynecological instruments, makeup, underwear bands, fabric glue
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, The Apple Nun, Exhibition view at Liebaert Projects
Athena Papadopoulos, Hardest Harvest, 2019. Edition of 20 + 1AP, Faux fur, fox fur, fleece, felt, stuffing, cotton baby bibs, image transfer, thread, fabric paint, label, puffy paint, chicken roasting pan
Athena Papadopoulos, Hardest Harvest, 2019. Edition of 20 + 1AP, Faux fur, fox fur, fleece, felt, stuffing, cotton baby bibs, image transfer, thread, fabric paint, label, puffy paint, chicken roasting pan
Athena Papadopoulos, Hardest Harvest, 2019. Edition of 20 + 1AP, Faux fur, fox fur, fleece, felt, stuffing, cotton baby bibs, image transfer, thread, fabric paint, label, puffy paint, chicken roasting pan
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6 Degrees
In the spirit of comradery, consensual curation and collective action, young galleries from Brussels; Ballon Rouge Collective, Harlan Levey Projects, Stems gallery, Super Dakota and Waldburger Wouters Gallery, collaborate to present the exhibition “6 Degrees" at Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk.
In the exhibition, different types of work explore common questions central to contemporary society and civic rights, which represent the dotted lines and red threads that represent the core of contemporary art today.
Exhibition postponed until further notice.
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