Claire Andrzejczak‘s (b. France, 1984) practice is evolving around a meticulous examination of overlooked or imperceptible phenomena. In her approach she coined as ‘active contemplation’ she experiments with different materials to grasp their visual-haptic aspects while she also considers the intangible as the materiality of thoughts also central to her work. Such investigations of the slightly visible and of the invisible imply a paradox: she uses materials to reveal not what disappears, but the very fact that something appears – which can be, at times, the reminder of something latent, uncharted or withdrawn from observation. Claire Andrzejczak had a solo exhibition – Letter 1: To the lighthouse – at Bureau des Réalités, Brussels (2017). Group exhibitions include: Ephemeral permanence, Félix Frachon Gallery (2018); Private Choices Part II, private exhibition space of Frédéric de Goldschmidt (2017); Back Office, Hotel Bloom Penthouse (2017); Encoding the Urban, Kunsthalle de Mulhouse (2016); (A)-curated, Will Kerr Studio (2016); Embodiment, Nationa(a)l (2015); Accidental Colors, Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie (2015).

The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with a text by Romuald Demidenko.

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© Claire ANDRZEJCZAK

After studying architecture, Tanguy Poujol (France, 1990) joins the photography workshop at La Cambre. Starting with a practice of the image and the wider questioning of the latter, he begins working on installations. These large or small scale mechanisms can be immersive or not. Having graduated in 2017, he pursues the same researches whilst trying to transpose them to other areas.
The installation proposed by Tanguy Poujol at CENTRALE.lab takes the shape of a construction that spreads from the existing structure in a process relying on the issue of the body.

© Tanguy POUJOL

For his first personal exhibition, the artist Jérôme Tellier takes over CENTRALE.lab to present a life-sized comic strip, reflecting the world. The paintings, which are both independent and interconnected, tell us a story. This exhibition is the opportunity for Jérôme Tellier to present his personal development and express an intimate vision of the world and its changes.

© Jérôme TELLIER

Photographer Zizi Lazer (Livry-Gargan, 1991) presents her project Futur proche at CENTRALE.lab. Since 2015, most of her production stems from regular visits to Calais’ clandestine Jungle refugee camp, dismantled in October 2016. Using the body as sole anchor, the exhibition engages spectators in a poetic, abstract and fragile attempt to translate a fragment of our era. Zizi Lazer associates plastic sensitivity to social commitment. Her work resonates with the RESISTANCE exhibition.

© Zizi Lazer

In his works created for the exhibition Carrément ! at Centrale Lab, Edward Liddle (1989, Pembury) continues to critically interrogate what it means to create art works, especially objects which can be thought of as paintings. Situated somewhere between painting and sculpture, the site-specific works on show at Centrale continue to question the hierarchies of art objects, in reflection of everyday gestures and acts not considered to be art.

© Edward LIDDLE

On the occasion of the two years anniversary of Le Grand BanKet, a permanent installation and artwork composed of 10 ceramic tables, signed by Brussels artist Françoise Schein, CENTRALE for contemporary art presents an exhibition dedicated to the artist at CENTRALE.lab called D’un BanKet à l’autre. Celebration around Grand BanKet and opening of the exhibition on Wednesday, June 27th.

The summer exhibition presented at the CENTRALE.lab, D’un BanKet à l’autre, recounts Françoise Schein’s ambitious project. The visual artist, born in Brussels, lives and works in Paris while following her projects around the world, especially in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo where she has set up two workshops to create artistic and social projects. Over more than 30 years, Françoise Schein has begun building a worldwide network of monumental works dedicated to themes around democratic issues and human rights. Engaged politically and sensitive to the historical evolution of fundamental rights, she sets up contemporary projects that joined the heritage of cities.

In 2016, CENTRALE initiated Le Grand BanKet, a participatory project born from workshops with residents and users of the Sainte-Catherine district, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of  CENTRALE for contemporary art. Since the festive inauguration on June 26, 2016, the tables have been adopted by residents, city dwellers, tourists, school groups and other passers-by in search of a convivial break, the project thus fitting perfectly into the urban fabric.

The exhibition D’un BanKet à l’autre highlights the work of Françoise Schein while placing it in the continuity of other similar projects in Europe. Plans, videos, photographs and texts document 5 banquets realised between 2012 and 2018 (Les Muraux, Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve, Vienna, Paris). All of these elements highlight the social and political dimensions of projects resulting from a process based on creation as a sharing process.

For Françoise Schein, art embodies the social bond first and foremost.

PRACTICAL INFOS

Wednesday, June 27, from 18:00 à 20:30

Afterwork at Françoise Schein’s Grand BanKet : Place Sainte-Catherine, behind the church, between CENTRALE and the black tower
With the participation of the fanfare Pas ce soir chéri ! starting from 18:30

Opening D’un BanKet à l’autre at CENTRALE.lab: Place Sainte-Catherine 16
The exhibition runs until Wednesday, August 22, 2018

www.centrale.brussels – https://soundcloud.com/brussels_culture/le-grand-banket

(c) Odile LeFur

© Françoise SCHEIN