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| Anonymous, Obsession, aprox 1870, collage, photography, mixed media, 24 x 29 cm. Courtesy Delmes & Zander, Berlin + Cologne. |
"Conversation and community: Independent art fair lands in Brussels
As in New York, the Independent art fair's Brussels edition looked to complement the city's buzzing art scene, strategically choosing the week(end) of Art Brussels for the inaugural iteration of its trademark fair model on European soil.
The team chanced upon the 50,000 sq ft Vanderborght building, a
former department store in the heart of the city. 'We had the
extraordinary fortune of this amazing space, right in the centre, with a
wonderful architecture that’s almost perfect for presenting art,'
explains creative advisor Matthew Higgs about the six-floor structure,
replete with a glass façade and glass-walled atrium that allowed natural
light to emphasise the building’s transparencies.
On the ground floor, the progressive concept became immediately
clear: New York powerhouse David Zwirner rubbed shoulders with the
not-for-profit White Columns, who in turn neighboured with Delmes &
Zander, a gallery based in Cologne and Berlin that focuses on outsider
art. 'What’s important to us is that every kind of gallery is
represented,' notes Higgs. 'We make sure there is no hierarchy – a
wealthy gallery doesn’t take precedence over a smaller project. At a lot
of fairs, the younger galleries are all together; the blue chip
galleries are all together. We’re interested in trying to dissolve
that.'
It made for a diverse viewing experience that, after getting a sense
of the set-up, was conducive to discussions on transitions and
juxtapositions. Carlier | Gebauer placed Laure Prouvost’s monochrome
slogan paintings together with Tarik Kiswanson's fine sculptures,
creating a tension between dark, heavy words and lightweight steel.
Elsewhere, Kasper Bosmans’ wayward work in media ranging from
silver-plated bronze to gouache and pencil in wood, showcased his
unfettered ability to create at Marc Foxx Gallery.
'You get really interesting dialogues between individual artworks,
which you wouldn’t with a more conventionally structured fair,' Higgs
concludes. 'There has been a great response. Hopefully it’s a dialogue
that will continue.'"
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