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12.05.2023 19:00

Book launch Dieter Durinck

Pay what you can

Vrijdagavonden: boekpresentatie 'Bootleg Paintings'

  • The bar is open from 19:00
  • Program starts at 20:00
  • Entrance: Pay What You Can
Book launch 'Bootleg Paintings'

From 17 February to 14 May the exhibition 'Bootleg Paintings' by Ghent artist Dieter Durinck runs at Kunsthal Gent. With a series of more than 40 green works from recent years, he pays critical homage to different eras and movements within 20th-century painting.

This Friday evening sees the launch of the book "Bootleg Paintings," published by Posture Editions. It is an overview of this collection of paintings, with texts by Céline Mathieu, Gabriela González, Alex Deforce and Simon Delobel reflecting on Durinck's series in a green/black duotone book. It is not only an ode to painting, but also a closing of an era and at the same time a reflection of our contemporary obsession with the unending game between reproduction and original.

••• With the support of the Flemish Government

Friday Evenings

Every Friday evening for 9 weeks, Kunsthal Gent will host a program centered around one or more artists, a collective or organization. From an artist talk, debate or book presentation to a performance, documentary or film evening.

The events are partly related to Kunsthal Gent's artistic program and have grown out of the courses of artists with whom we currently collaborate, such as the evenings with Eleni Kamma (in collaboration with Hans Bryssinck and KASK Performance students), Dieter Durinck and Ben Benaouisse.

However, much of Vrijdagavonden's program comes about in dialogue and collaboration with local partners and artists. For this series we collaborated with, among others, Lochness, School of Love, Martina Petrović & Robert Monchen (In de Ruimte) Filip Van Dingenen and Hélène Meyer (Piloot).

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Programma Friday Evenings

17.03 — Ghosts of the Monastery
Film evening about the carmelite monastery.

24.03De Nieuwe Organisatie
Ben Benaouisse looks back after four months at Kunsthal Gent.

31.03Deep Hanging Out
A pot-luck evening with School of Love: reflecting together on non-romantic love.

07.04Nessy Xtreme
Lochness transforms Kunsthal Gent's old chapel into a modular platform. Break a leg!

14.04Where Do We Go From Here
A public three-course dinner in which Martina Petroviç talks to Robert Monchen (In De Ruimte) about his experience with off-spaces.

21.04Casting Call: Introducing Meta-Pierke
Together with KASK performance students, Eleni Kamma presents a new video. A costume by Jivan Van der Ende.

28.04White Balls on Walls
Being more inclusive? More difficult than expected! A documentary by Sarah Vos, i.c.w. the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

05.05Travelogue of De Lieve
Video by Filip Van Dingenen and Hélène Meyer about a parade of troubadours along De Lieve. With debriefing.

12.05Boekpresentatie 'Bootleg Paintings'
Posture Editions presents Dieter Durinck's new book.

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