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30.09—02.10.2022 20:00

Femmy Otten, Pei Hsuan-Wang, Ben Benaouisse, Theo De Meyer & Olivier Goethals

Pay what you can

Openingsweekend:
3 tentoonstellingen – nieuwe bar

Autumn gets underway at Kunsthal Gent with no fewer than three openings. Over the next few months, we will host Femmy Otten, Pei-Hsuan Wang and Ben Benaouisse with new work. We also present a brand new bar, Sheela's, designed by Theo De Meyer and Olivier Goethals.

On Friday 30 September, we will throw open the doors from 20:00.

See you then!

FEMMY OTTEN - 'WE ONCE WERE ONE' 

30.09 — ∞

We Once Were One is de titel van een houten sculptuur, speciaal gecreëerd voor de context van Kunsthal Gent.

Tussen november 2021 en september 2022 transformeerde de Nederlandse kunstenaar Femmy Otten een lindehouten boomstronk langzaam tot het lichaam van een vrouw. “De boom is een vrouw, gevormd door ringen. Elk jaar één”, zegt ze daar zelf over.

PEI-HSUAN WANG — 'GHOST EAT MUD'

30.09.22 — 18.12.22

Jaren geleden maakte de moeder van Pei-Hsuan Wang de oversteek van Taiwan naar de Verenigde Staten. Pas later zou Pei-Hsuan haar volgen, om na haar studies door te reizen naar Europa. Wang botste op jonge leeftijd al snel op de onzekerheden die de verschillen tussen ‘het Oosten’ en ‘het Westen’ met zich meebrachten.

De tentoonstelling Ghost Eat Mud put uit haar trauma’s, herinneringen, familiegeschiedenis en aspiraties. Ze onderzoekt de kwetsbaarheid, tegenstrijdigheden en schoonheid die verbonden zijn met de identiteitsontwikkeling van een Aziatische vrouw in diaspora.


BEN BENAOUISSE — 'DE NIEUWE ORGANISATIE'

30.09.22 — 29.01.23

De Nieuwe Organisatie, een multipolair project onder impuls van Ben Benaouisse, wil optreden als een soort NGO voor beeldend kunstenaars.

Tussen 30 september 2022 en 29 januari 2023 ontwikkelt De Nieuwe Organisatie zes tentoonstellingen in het Oud Huis van Kunsthal Gent. Jorgé Manilla is de eerste kunstenaar in de rij. Meer informatie over het volledige programma volgt binnenkort.

THEO DE MEYER & OLIVIER GOETHALS — EEN NIEUWE BAR VOOR KUNSTHAL GENT

Gentse kunstenaars Theo De Meyer en Olivier Goethals creëerden samen een geheel nieuwe ruimte aan de ingang van de grote zaalkerk van Kunsthal Gent. Met de bar als centraal element wordt dit een plek voor ontmoeting en ontspanning, die de werk- en tentoonstellingsruimtes van het gebouw vervolledigen.

In hun praktijk tasten De Meyer en Goethals de grenzen van architectuur, kunst en design af. Het resultaat is een natuurlijke samenvloeiing van twee uiterst persoonlijke beeldtalen.

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