06 > 09.10.2022
12:00 > 19:00
Invited by CENTRALE for contemporary art, Charlotte Beaudry intervenes at the occasion of the Brussels Drawing week on the walls of the Vanderborght space, continuing her project StandUp.
A project in development by the artist since 2019, StandUp invites young Brussels-based women to take their place in the public space.
The appropriation and organisation of public space with, by and for women remains a major societal issue in Belgium and throughout the world. Although more and more legal measures are being taken, they remain complex to apply and still marginal. A recent study showed that in France, 94% of street names were dedicated to men. The situation is much the same in Belgium.
StandUp presents female silhouettes evoking adolescence. Isolated, oversized and out of context, they question the posture as an expression of the self. Assertive, they bring to mind resistance and taking a stand.
Evoking as much a homage as the manifestation of a tension ready to explode, Coeur de pavés (Heart of Cobblestones) brings together actresses, authors, visual artists, musicians, philosophers, all of them resistance figures and feminists.
Brussels Drawing Week celebrates the vitality and diversity of drawing through a rich and varied programme in the heart of Brussels.
Launched in the framework of the Art on Paper fair, in dialogue with leading institutions, art centres and art schools in Brussels, Brussels Drawing Week enables a very large Brussels-based audience – as well as national and international – to (re)discover drawing, its history, its actors and its practices during an intense week of programming.
From 3 to 9 October, Brussels Drawing Week brings together various events such as guided tours, workshops, conferences, meetings, exhibitions and performances.
Exposition
VANDERBORGHT Building
Rue de l’écuyer 50
1000 Brussels
