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Dirk BraeckmanT.H.-R.P.-232023ultrachrome inkjet print on canvas stretched on aluminium frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanU.B.-V.C.-222022ultrachrome inkjet print on canvas stretched on aluminium frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanL.J.-L.S.-222022ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)60 x 40 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.C.-A.M.-212021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanX.C.-C.X.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanF.A.-L.L.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanZ.T.-Y.N.-212021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanM.B.-E.B.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanL.O.-P.Z.-192021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanU.S.-R.B.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.M.-E.N.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanFERNWEH2021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Vague memories2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , As I recall2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanH.G.-H.K.-192019gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support in aluminium frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer, I heard2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE.B.-T.H.-18 #12018gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanZ.Z.-T.T.-17 #42017gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm (unique)
Dirk BraeckmanH.M.-D.B.-172017ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanP.K.-S.J.-16 #22016gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.H.-V.B.-162016ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 10 + 1 AP)60 x 40 cm
Dirk BraeckmanB.O.-D.F.-172017gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanU.M.-V.P-162016gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm (unique)
Dirk BraeckmanT.I.-A.B.-152015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanC.I.-O.M. - 15 - 20152015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P042 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm (unique)
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 038 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 030 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 027 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 017 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (edition of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanZ.B.-L.B.-13 - 20132013gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanI.W.-H.N.-122012gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanI.C.-F.V.-112011ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5)60 x 40 cm
Dirk BraeckmanF.R.-B.U.-082008gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanHinge #12006ultrachrome inkjet print on Fuji photo rag paper mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)49 x 36 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-M.I.-052005gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman10-01-04-052004ultrachrome inkjet print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)110 x 82 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-I.K.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 10 + 1 AP)57 x 43 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.D.F.-V.N.1-032003gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.D.F.-B.E.-032003gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.D.F.-S.B.1-032003gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanI.P.-E.E.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanC.R.-B.X.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanF.R.-K.D.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanH.B.-V.E.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.P.-L.E.-981998gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanS.C.-G.E.-981998gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanT.B.-S.A.-971997gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanG.C.-G.E.-971997gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanZ.D.-L.O.-971997gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)80 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanB.E.-L.Y.-961996gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanS.O.-H.O.-961996gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanT.A.-A.N.-961996gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 5 + 1 AP)80 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanV.R.-P.A.-961996gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanL.O.-N.Y.-941994gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE.P.-S.V.-931993gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE-101-921992gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)80 x 80 cm
The artist created his largest mural to date in the city of Mortsel (Antwerp): Blind Spot is comprised of 48 m² panels of dark aluminium, measuring 2 m by 24 metres in length. The artwork commemorates the bombing of 5 april 1943.
(image © Patrick De Roo)
DÉBOIRES DE L'ÂME
Emile Verhaeren Museum, Sint-Amands, Belgium February 26 - April 6, 2023
ÉVIDENCES POSSIBLES
Published by FRAC Auvergne, 2023
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France January 27 - June 4, 2023
L'ART DANS LES CHAPELLES
Chapelle Sainte-Noyale, Pontivy, France July 8 - September 18, 2022
The work U.M.-V.P.-16 (2016) has entered the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This is the first acquisition of the artist’s work by the museum, made possible by The Photography Council.
A site-specific artwork is installed at the Ghent University Library, where it enters into a dialogue with the iconic architecture of Henry van de Velde.
NADIR
Laarne Castle, Laarne, Belgium March 13 - May 22, 2022
THOUGH IT’S DARK, STILL I SING
ANNA BARRIBALL - DIRK BRAECKMAN
KINDL - Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany March 22 - July 2, 2020
DIRK BRAECKMAN
House of Art, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic May 8 - June 9, 2019
FOCUS: DIRK BRAECKMAN
The Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States of America
Museum M, Leuven, Belgium February 2 - April 29, 2018
BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium February 1 - April 29, 2018
Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy May 13 - November 26, 2017
Dirk Braeckman, b. 1958 in Eeklo (BE), lives and works in Ghent (BE).
Dirk Braeckman creates enigmatic and tactile black-and-white photographs that obscure their subject in order to emphasize materiality of the print. The subjects of his work are mundane, often banal even: curtains, empty room corners, seascapes, female nudes and abandoned hotel rooms. His images are intriguing and suggestive, raising more questions than they answer. Braeckman’s dark room is a field of experimentation where the artist manipulates the negative, working with light, rephotography and chemicals, but also revealing influences of chance and time. Freedom and spontaneity become essential notions in his creative process. Braeckman expands the photographic medium to the point where it becomes akin to the practice of the painter or sculptor.
Braeckman’s archive is a disorderly and inexhaustible source of images which the negatives disappear into for an indefinite period of time after the shoot. This interval between the moment of shooting and the moment of selection is crucial: time separates the image from its original context and from the anecdotal nature of the moment. The ensuing distance is essential for the artist to be able to select the ‘right’ image, an image which he can continue to work on in his studio.
Dirk Braeckman has had solo exhibitions at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum M (Leuven), Bozar (Brussels), Le Bal (Paris), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), De Pont (Tilburg), Fotohof (Salzburg), KINDL (Berlin), Kunsthalle Erfurt, De Appel Art Centre (Amsterdam) and FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand).
Dirk Braeckman represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 2017. He participated in the São Paulo Biennial in 2021. His work has featured in group shows at Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Haus der Kunst (Munich), WIELS (Brussels), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Lille), Kunst Haus Wien (Vienna), FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), National Art Museum of China (Beijing), Fotomuseum Winterthur, M HKA (Antwerp), Marta Herford and Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf).
Dirk Braeckman joined the gallery in 1999.
Zeno X Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a series of exhibitions that shed light on the different decades of the gallery. From April 2 onwards, '40 YEARS Zeno X Gallery: the nineties' presents the seven artists who joined the gallery in the 1990s: Luc Tuymans (1990), Marlene Dumas (1993), Mark Manders (1994), Cristof Yvoré (1994), Anton Corbijn (1996), Dirk Braeckman (1999) and Johannes Kahrs (1999). The show brings historical works into dialogue with recent pieces created specially for this exhibition.
Zeno X Gallery is pleased to present Dirk Braeckman’s seventh solo exhibition at the gallery, entitled FERNWEH.
This loan word from German, which has no literal translation in English, means something like a desire to be far from home, to travel and explore new places. ‘Fern-weh’ translates literally as ‘distance-pain’. It is the opposite of ‘Heim-weh’ or ‘home-pain’, i.e. homesickness.
As always, an exhibition by Dirk Braeckman is a snapshot in time, one that provides a view of the recent evolutions in his practice. He continues to build on his existing oeuvre and relies on experimentation to keep exploring the boundaries of photography. Inevitably, the exceptional circumstances of the past year have had an influence on his new work.
The absence of travel, the lack of spontaneous encounters and the longing for new places are clearly tangible. ‘Being on the road’ is an important part of life for him and as such is inextricably linked to his practice. Since life has, by necessity, played out indoors over the past few months, the locus of creation has also shifted from outside to inside, more specifically to the archive and the studio.
Braeckman’s archive is an inexhaustible and disorderly source of images into which the negatives disappear for an indefinite time after the moment of shooting. This interval between the moment of shooting and the moment of selection is crucial: time separates the image from its original context and from the anecdotal nature of the moment. The ensuing distance is essential for the artist to be able to select the ‘right’ image, an image with which he can continue working in his studio. Rummaging through the archive became an alternative way of travelling, one which made him look at the old recordings through fresh eyes. Moreover, by re-photographing old images, he discovered the possibility of considering the archive as a world in itself and to use it as a basis for new recordings.
Dirk Braeckman also spent more time than usual in his studio, where experimentation remains as central as ever. To construct and rework his images, he makes use of everything within reach, in addition to the traditional chemicals. Digital techniques further expand the possibilities for experimentation. The trick is to keep the balance and not lose sight of the objective.
Like the title of the exhibition, Dirk Braeckman’s images are in a sense also untranslatable. Although the subjects seem familiar – landscapes, interiors, human figures – his photographs are not documents that try to capture a certain reality. On the contrary, Braeckman’s images refute the notion of photographs as evidence. By making the manipulation of the image visible but also by revealing its ambiguous nature, the artist emphasizes the lie of the image and exposes the multitude of possible interpretations. Braeckman’s images raise questions, but offer no answers.
Last year Dirk Braeckman was invited to participate in the São Paulo Biennial, which will take place later this year. In 2020 the artist had a duo exhibition at KINDL in Berlin; and in 2019 both The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas and the House of Art in Ceské Budejovice in the Czech Republic held solo presentations of his work. In 2017 Braeckman represented Belgium at the Venice Biennial. He has had other solo exhibitions at Museum M in Leuven, BOZAR in Brussels, Le Bal in Paris, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Kunsthalle Erfurt, De Appel in Amsterdam, De Pont in Tilburg and many others.
His work has entered various museum and private collections around the world, including FOMU and M HKA in Antwerp, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Mu.ZEE in Ostend, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, MAC’s Grand-Hornu in Mons, Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, Museum De Pont in Tilburg, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk, and Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne.
Dirk Braeckman and Zeno X Gallery have walked the same path together for twenty years already. Today it leads us to a sixth solo exhibition with Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp: Dear deer ,.
Predominantly known for his analogue images on baryte paper, one would almost expect Braeckman to shun digital photography. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the artist has long sought a way to embrace the best of both analogue and digital photography. This quest for a synergy of both now culminates in his latest exhibition. In some of the new works he has added colour during the analogue development process.
For Braeckman, what is irreplaceable is the element of touch, the intuitive movement and coincidence when he handles his camera and develops and influences a negative. Staying true to the analogue process of manipulating images, printing them by means of digital technology has enabled him to intensify his creativity.
For Dear deer , he has combined both work of his own and reworked existing footage from the State Archives of Belgium, as a pilot study, in an indistinguishable and confounding way. Braeckman often looks at places, objects, subjects and existing images that we neglect, abandon or define as the periphery of our conformist society. The images he creates do not correspond with the transparency we mostly associate with the medium of photography, i.e. that they reveal, witness and/or present something in the way we know it. Similar to a painter, he transforms and translates the images he works with, creating often unfathomable images. From reflections, unusual croppings and different manipulations of the same negative to the works’ enigmatic titles – the artist’s broad oeuvre reminds us, at any given time, that what we are looking at might not be what it seems.
The artist does not recollect images from a nostalgic sentiment, but juxtaposes the neglected, the overlooked, in a collage-like manner that transcends time. This comes close to Walter Benjamin’s idea of the ragpicker, whom Benjamin observed in Baudelaire’s work and adopted as a metaphor for the poet who, in a similar vein, catalogues and collects everything society has thrown away, everything it has lost, everything it has scorned, everything it has crushed underfoot.
In 2019 Dirk Braeckman had solo exhibitions at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas and at House of Art in Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic. He represented Belgium at the Venice Biennial in 2017. Other solo exhibitions include Museum M in Leuven, BOZAR in Brussels, Le Bal in Paris, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Kunsthalle Erfurt, De Appel in Amsterdam, De Pont in Tilburg and many more.
His work can be found in several museum collections, among which FOMU and M HKA in Antwerp, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Mu.ZEE in Ostend, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, MAC’s Grand Hornu in Mons, Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, Museum De Pont in Tilburg, Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk, and Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne.
Following his acclaimed solo exhibition at Le Bal in Paris at the end of 2014, Dirk Braeckman (b.1958 Eeklo), to our great pleasure, returns to Antwerp with yet another new exhibition. It is only a year ago that he filled two rooms in the gallery with a selection of new works. This exhibition, along with his exhibition at Le Bal, was a catalyst for a series of special works. The singular image makes its entrance into his oeuvre in a very prominent manner. It marks the artist’s return to a working process he developed during the eighties, which he here reworks and perfects.
The exhibition 1/1 centres on the singular image. One of his most decisive underlying motives has to do with painting, a medium that has long intrigued him and that has strongly influenced his work. He also has, in this sense, more affinity with sculpture than with photography. Dirk Braeckman is a creator of images who uses photography as a means rather than as an end in itself. From this perspective, the return to the singular work – whether in series or not – seems a logical step in the move away from the basic property of the photographic medium, that is, of reproducibility. Even when he makes editions, there are clear nuances between each of his prints.
Even though Braeckman uses analogue photography to create images, he does not adopt a reactionary attitude toward the digital image. He does not eschew new developments but prefers the materiality that is characteristic of the analogue development of a silver gelatin print. The work is presented in a very direct manner. The use of a glass barrier is systematically avoided so as to strengthen the evocative tactility of the work. Diane Dufour, director of Le Bal, says the following on the black and white images of Dirk Braeckman:
“La sensualité exacerbée de ce monde inerte renvoie la tactilité du tirage photographique lui-même, magnifiée par un papier mat et un raffinement extrême des nuances de gris. Toutes les nuances de gris. Gris perle, gris charbon, gris argent, gris lézard, gris platinium, gris phénix, gris ardoise, gris Lisbonne, gris horloge, gris lune … la palette infinie du monochrome.’ ‘The heightened sensuality of this inert world is reflected in the tactility of the photographic print itself, enhanced by a matte paper and an extreme refinement in the shades of grey. All shades of grey. Pearl grey, charcoal grey, silver grey, lizard grey, platinum grey, phoenix grey, slate grey, Lisbon grey, clock grey, moon grey... the infinite palette of the monochrome.”
Dirk Braeckman’s conceptual framework is inscrutable but follows an internal logic. Despite the chaos, the spontaneity and the desire for freedom in the creation, contingency remains a controlled phenomenon. The creation unfolds in five stages that are carried out in one movement, although there is often a lot of time between them. There is the recording, the development of the negative, the selection of the negatives, the processing of the negative and, finally, the manipulation of the print, achieved through a constant interplay between inside and outside, day and night, light and dark. Braeckman lets himself be carried away by life, by the people he meets and the places he visits. He always travels with his camera at hand and is very aware – in a spontaneous manner – of what he perceives. In the photographs he makes, the human being is often absent. He is a witness of that which man has realized yet abandoned, temporarily or for good. Later, the film rolls, the developed or digitized negatives disappear in his archive. Occasionally, he browses through it and takes to the darkroom with a number of negatives. The darkroom has become a laboratory where he scratches negatives, adds dust to them, adds chemicals to the printing process and uses different light sources so as to paint with light in an even more intense manner than before. He often abandons the principles of photography, using overexposure or slowing down processes to the point where the image shows through the paper, leaving a mysterious impression. The subject in the picture is always subordinate to the final work, and his images are never connected to one another, neither in time nor in space. Throughout the years, there have been recurring themes such as curtains, corners of rooms, reflections, and nudes. These are always subjective impressions of a reality. Nothing is staged. Dirk Braeckman’s works are not documents, they are photographic paintings that suggest, intrigue and leave an impression. As author and critic Luc Sante puts it: “They are like time bombs ticking away.”
Currently there is work of Dirk Braeckman on view in the exhibition ‘De Zee - Salut d’honneur Jan Hoet’, for which he also realized the campaign image and recorded a special video with The Van Jets. Recently, the group exhibition ‘The Importance of Being ...’ opened in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana with work by Braeckman. The exhibition will travel to the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Buenos Aires, the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University in Sao Paolo.
In 2014, his installation ‘Anonymous / Dirk Braeckman / Schwarzschild’ travelled to different places, including the S.M.A.K. in Ghent. There were also works on view in ‘Capita Selecta’ in the Broelmuseum in Kortrijk, ‘Passions Secrètes, Private Flemisch Collections’ in Le Tripostal in Lille, ‘Biennale of Painting: The touch of the painter’ at the Roger Raveelmuseum in Zulte-Machelen and ‘De Vierkantigste Rechthoek’, curated by Tom Barman at the Kunsthal Kade in Amersfoort. 2014 ended with a unique solo exhibition at Le Bal in Paris.
Braeckman already had solo exhibitions at Museum M in Leuven (BE), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle (BE), S.M.A.K. in Ghent (BE), De Appel in Amsterdam (NL), De Pont in Tilburg (NL), Kunsthalle Erfurt (DE) and Fotohof Salzburg (AT). Permanent works are presented in the Concertgebouw in Bruges and the Ghent courthouse. Work by Dirk Braeckman is included in the following public collections: the Artothèque in Annecy (FR), the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (FR), the Centro Fotografia de la Universidad Salamanca (ES), De Pont in Tilburg (NL), the Fondation Nationale d’Art Contemporain in Paris (FR), the Fotomuseum in Antwerp (BE), FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk (FR), FRAC Rhône-Alpes in Villerbanne (FR), the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague (NL) MAC’s Grand Hornu (BE), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (FR), the Musée d’Art Contemporain et Moderne in Strasbourg (FR), the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi (BE), the San Francisco Museum of Art (US), the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne (CH), the Musée Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône (FR), M HKA in Antwerp (BE), Mu.ZEE in Ostend (BE), the Royal Palace in Brussels (BE), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels (BE), S.M.A.K. in Ghent (BE) and the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (NL).
curator: Diane Dufour
Zeno X Gallery has the pleasure to announce a new solo exhibition by the Belgian artist Dirk Braeckman (°1958, Eeklo). Twentyseven.one.seven brings a new ensemble of works in which his quest for abstraction, tactility and uniqueness is expressed in an even more pronounced manner than before. This is manifested not only in the finished work, but forms part of the creation process itself, for which his dark room is transformed into a field of experimentation in which the artist manipulates the paper, working with the materiality of the picture, revealing influences of chance and time. The artist avoids images that are over-reasoned and opts for the unpredictable. Freedom and spontaneity therefore become essential notions in his creative process. He always carries a camera with him, not only during his travels but also when he wanders around in Ghent, where he lives and works.
Braeckman is never searching for images, he simply notices things and finds images in what surrounds him. Even if, sometimes, there are long periods of time – months, sometimes years – before he prints the images, his state of mind remains the same as in the moment when he first took the picture. Both these stages in the creation of his work are equally important to the artist. Although he has made a number of digital images for this exhibition, his focus nevertheless remains on the analogue image. For twentyseven.one.seven, he manipulates the print and modifies it to the extent where there can be only one final image: no other prints can be made from the same negative to resemble it. The artist questions one of the main characteristics of the medium, its reproducibility, by creating a unique image. It is no secret that Braeckman also painted during his studies. He is not a photographer in the full sense of the word; instead he seeks out the boundaries of other disciplines. Photography, for him, is a tool rather than a goal in itself.
“In his most recent works, Braeckman bridges the gap to his artistic beginnings on various levels: In the middle of the 1980s he started with the creation of unique photographic images. He definitely had the intention to undermine the medium’s conventions, such as, for example, its reproducibility. But the connection to rather expressive painterly techniques from that time is not so obvious anymore. Nowadays, Dirk Braeckman expands the photographic medium to the point where it becomes rather akin to the practice of a sculptor. In an often physically demanding way he works in the dark room with the chemicals and other items found in his studio, such as dust and other rather unexpected materials. What is particularly remarkable is his use of one of the most basic elements in the photographic process, the light: it can certainly be said that Dirk Braeckman is manipulating and essentially sculpting the light. He transcends this technical framework by creating unique images: to do so he even appropriates parts of his own oeuvre, for example by repeatedly using the same negative. The result is a series of ‘original versions’ with which he expands his visual universe toward the inside. By establishing work of such paradoxical characteristics, Braeckman takes a further and highly contemporary step in his practice, which is unceasingly devoted to a highly personal deconstruction of the photographic medium.” (Martin Germann)
Braeckman’s work is highly subjective and evades the conventions of documentary photography, yet remains highly autobiographical. Even though his images are often deprived of human figures, his own personality and thoughts are very present. In his work we can distinguish several themes: female nudes, curtains, empty corners in rooms, walls, abandoned hotel rooms, etc. His images are intriguing and suggestive. They raise more questions than they answer.
Currently his installation Anonymous / Dirk Braeckman / /Schwarzschild is on view at S.M.A.K., Ghent. Jan Hoet invited Braeckman a few months ago to create the campaign image of a new large-scale urban exhibition entitled ‘The Sea’ in Ostend, in collaboration with Philippe Van Den Bossche. Works of the artist will also be on view in this exhibition. Braeckman has also been commissioned to make works for A.F. Vandevorst, Louis Vuitton and Queen Paola.
Braeckman has had solo exhibitions at Museum M in Leuven (BE), De Appel in Amsterdam (NL), Kunsthalle Erfurt (DE) and Fotohof Salzburg (AT). His work was part of several group exhibitions such as Upside Down at the Cultural Centre in Strombeek (BE), BAZAAR Belgium in the Central for Contemporary Art in Brussels (BE), De Pont in Tilburg (NL), Antoine Watteau BOZAR Brussels (BE), Sint-Jan in Ghent (BE) and Robbrecht & Daem: Pacing through Architecture at the Whitechapel Gallery in London (GB). Works of Braeckman are permanently on view at the Concertgebouw in Bruges and the Ghent courthouse.
Work of the artist can be found in the following public collections: Artothèque in Annecy (FR), Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (FR), Centro Fotografia de la Universidad Salamanca (ES), De Pont in Tilburg (NL), Fondation national d’art contemporain in Paris (FR), Fotomuseum in Antwerp (BE), FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk (FR), FRAC Rhône -Alpes in Villerbanne (FR), Haags Gemeentemuseum (NL), MACs Hornu (BE), Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (FR), Musée d’Art Contemporain et Moderne in Strasbourg (FR), Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi (BE), Musée de l’ Elysée in Lausanne (FR), Musee Niepce in Chalon-sur-Saône (FR), MUHKA in Antwerp (BE), Mu.ZEE in Ostend (BE), Royal Palace in Brussels (BE), Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels (BE), and SMAK in Ghent (BE).
Photo: Ludovic CombeCourtesy FRAC AuvergneInstallation view
Photo: Aurelien MoleCourtesy Ville de PontivyInstallation view
Cristof YvoréUntitled2012oil on canvas100,5 x 125 cm
Luc TuymansThe Cry1989oil on canvas37 x 45 cm
Luc TuymansDolls I2022oil on canvas102,5 x 66,5 cm
Luc TuymansDolls II2022oil on canvas102,5 x 67,5 cm
Luc TuymansDolls III2022oil on canvas103 x 82,5 cm
Anton CorbijnAllen Ginsberg, New York1996lithprint (edition of 20 + 2 AP)69 x 68 cm
Anton CorbijnWilliam S. Burroughs, Lawrence1993lithprint (edition of 20)68 x 69 cm
Anton CorbijnNaomi Campbell, London1994pigment print on Hahnemühle fine art paper, mounted on aluminium (edition of 5)142 x 142 cm
Mark MandersUnfired Clay Head2015 - 2016painted epoxy, wood, stainless steel, glass43,2 x 31 x 31 cm
Cristof YvoréLe tapis d'Edward1993oil on canvas33,5 x 31 cm
Johannes KahrsGirl with Yellow Wig2005oil on canvas63,0 x 56,4 cm
Johannes Kahrsuntitled (zu bett gehen)2021oil on canvas45,2 x 80 cm
Johannes Kahrsuntitled (zu bett gehen)2020oil on canvas45,2 x 80 cm
Marlene DumasPornoblues19936 watercolours on pape
Mark MandersFox / Mouse / Belt1993painted bronze, belt (edition of 3 + 2 AP)15 x 120 x 40 cm
Marlene DumasBaudelaire (double)2020oil on canvas40 x 30 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X GalleryInstallation view
Photo: Cedric VerelstCourtesy Kasteel van LaarneInstallation view
Photo: Pierre le HorsCourtesy the artist, GRIMM, New York and Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Photo: Pierre le HorsCourtesy the artist, GRIMM, New York and Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpk
Dirk BraeckmanB.O.-Y.E.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.D.-B.R.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.N.-W.S.-212021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanF.W.-H.P.-212021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanI.R.-A.M.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanF.M.-B.A.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE.C.-A.F.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanS.W.-R.P.-202021ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5)90 x 60 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - AntwerpInstallation view
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy De Pont Museum, TilburgInstallation view
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , I hope2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , I remember2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Did you get2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , When we walked2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Constant2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Yesterday we2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , As I lie2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , I enjoyed2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Some recent2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , Send my2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanDear deer , How long2019digital print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support in stainless steel frame (edition of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE.V.-S.E.-182018gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium180 x 120 cm
Luc TuymansPigeons2018oil on canvas
Kees GoudzwaardFieldnotes2018oil on canvas 150 x 300 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.E.-S.C.-182018gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium (edition of 3)180 x 120 cm
Kees GoudzwaardSketch2018oil on canvas120 x 90 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (Rite)201736 x 41,4 cm
Dirk BraeckmanO.C-A.T /7- 20182018gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium (edition of 5)90 x 60 cm
Luc TuymansThe Return2018oil on canvas228,1 x 166 cm
Kees GoudzwaardFour Blue Lines2018oil on canvas180 x 220 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (Passers-by)2018acrylic on paper79,8 x 58 cm
Jan De MaesschalckHow he became a foundling2018acrylic on paper42 x 31 cm
Jan De MaesschalckThe Young Giant and His Disciples2017acrylic on paper65 x 60,5 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, AntwerpInstallation view
Photo: Rik VannevelInstallation view
Photo: Rik VannevelInstallation view Marina Rheingantz
Photo: Rik VannevelInstallation view Dirk Braeckman
Photo: Rik Vannevelinstallation view Marina Rheingantz
Dirk BraeckmanP.T.-B.R.-17 #22017gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support120 x 80 cm (unique)
Kim JonesUntitled2008acrylic and ink on board50,8 x 76,2 cm
Kim JonesUntitled2008acrylic and ink on board50 x 76 cm
Mark MandersFalling Dictionaries2018offset print and acrylic on paper, chicken wire, aluminium
Marlene DumasThe Politics of Recognition / Onze Vaders1991ink on pape
Michaël BorremansThree Degrees2017pencil and ink on paper14,1 x 21,1 cm
Philip MettenC-1022017collage on paper53,5 x 49,5 cm
Philip MettenC-1012017collage on paper57,5 x 46 cm
Philip MettenC-1082017collage on paper54 x 50,6 cm
Philip MettenC-0572016collage on paper9,4 x 9,3 cm
Philip MettenC-1052017collage on paper20,9 x 20,4 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghDen Beggaard2018mixed media52 x 110 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2017acrylic on paper69,8 x 43,1 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2010acrylic on paper69,5 x 47 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled201322k gold and gouache on paper25,5 x 18,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled201622k gold and gouache on paper14 x 9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled201722k gold and ecoline on pape
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016gouache on paper31 x 27,5 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2013tempera on paper25,4 x 34,7 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2017tempera on paper26 x 32,2 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2015tempera on paper20,5 x 28,4 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2012tempera on paper34 x 23,7 cm
Jack WhittenLooking For Bin Laden #8 (Second Set)2008toner on rice paper61 x 82,6 cm
Jack WhittenSpace Flower #42006acrylic, pastel, powdered Mylar on rice paper20,3 x 19,1 cm
Jack WhittenSpace Flower #22006acrylic, pastel, powdered Mylar on rice paper21 x 19,1 cm
Luc TuymansUntitled2017graphite on pape
Jockum NordströmBjörnen sover (the Bear is sleeping)2017collage, watercolour and pencil on paper97 x 71 cm
Jockum NordströmSjukhusparken (Hospital park)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper72 x 104 cm
Jockum NordströmSent by Hand2008graphite on paper45 x 60 cm
Jockum NordströmStage Whisper2008graphite on paper42 x 30 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - Antwerp
Photo: Sarah BruyninckxCourtesy BOZAR, Centre of Fine Arts, BrusselsInstallation view
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy the artist and Zeno X GalleryInstallation view
Susan HartnettOct. 8 2011 #3, Blue-joint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettNov. 25 2011 #2, Blue lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettOct. 18 2011 #2, Blue-joint grass (calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmCat Dog Cat2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper40 x 50 cm
Jockum NordströmConsultation2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper52 x 65 cm
Jack WhittenLoop #24 (Spiral)2012acrylic on canvas20,3 x 20,3 cm
Jockum NordströmLies about the Truth2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper50 x 40 cm
Jack WhittenFeedback Loop I (for Cy Twombly)2012acrylic on canvas160 x 261 cm
Jockum NordströmDistress2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper65 x 45 cm
Susan HartnettJan. 18 '03, Mar. 21 '07, River receives sleety snow2007pastel, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite, cryaon, crushed shell on pape
Jack WhittenLoop #23 (Spiral)2012acrylic on canvas20,3 x 20,3 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P023 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P021 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanC.I.-O.M. - 15 - 20152015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Jockum NordströmParklife2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper65 x 45 cm
Jockum NordströmStjärntydare / Astrologist2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper45 x 31 cm
Dirk BraeckmanL.T.-X.P.-14 2014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanKB 891 024 / 3 / 142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanKB 891 024 / 5 / 142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanKB 891 024 / 7 / 142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanT.O.-N.E.-14 2014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanT.F.-V.B.-142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P023 c - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - L007 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print, mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium60 x 90 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - L034 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium60 x 90 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P015 b - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P004 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P012 d - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P012 b - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P017 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P089 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese silk paper, stretched on aluminium90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P008 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanT.O.-N.E.-14 2014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (2 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanB.J.-D.U.-122012gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Photo: Martin ArgyrogloCourtesy the artist and Le Bal, ParisInstallation view
Dirk BraeckmanV.H.-A.W.-132013gelatin slver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 010 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 010 / 20142014gelatin silver prints mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 011 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 012 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 013 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 014 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 016 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 017 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 021 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 40 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 022 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 023 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 024 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 025 / 20142014gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 028 / 2014 (Hommage to Cristof)2014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 029 / 20142014gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)60 x 90 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 030 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 031 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print on Japanese paper mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 032 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 033 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print on matte paper mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame (1 of 5)90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 035 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 037 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 038 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 040 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 041 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print on matte paper mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 044 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 045 / 20142014ultrachrome inkjet print mounted on aluminium support in aluminium frame (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 043 / 20142014gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk Braeckman27.1 / 21.7 / 026 / 2014 / b2014solarised gelatin silver print mounted on Japanese paper, aluminium support and frame90 x 60 cm
Yun-Fei JiThe Dead Are also Moving2007mineral pigments and ink on rice paper89,5 x 97 cm
Yun-Fei JiMarshal Peng Dehuai and His Hungry Ghosts2007mineral pigments and ink on rice paper81,5 x 173,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenKunstmanen (Artificial Moons)2008mixed media on paper27 x 36 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenToo Much Love Too Much2008mixed media on paper27 x 36 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenIn een Saturnische Wereld (In a Saturnian World)2009mixed technique on paper43,5 x 35,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenElan saturnienne (Saturnine Momentum)2008 - 2011mixed technique on paper43,5 x 35,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenObservations saturniennes (Saturnine Observations)2008 - 2011mixed technique on paper43,5 x 35,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenConfusion saturnienne (Saturnine Confusion)2011mixed technique on paper43,5 x 35,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenTortures saturniens (Saturnian Tortures)2011mixed technique on paper43,5 x 35,5 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.E.-R.C.-082008ultrachrome inkjet print (edition of 5)30,7 x 23 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.E.-R.D.-082008ultrachrome inkjet print (edition of 5)30,3 x 23 cm
R.E.-R.F.-082008ultrachrome inkjet print (edition of 5)30,3 x 23 cm
Kim JonesFurka1991 - 2006 - 200730,5 x 45,6 cm
Kim JonesWeather Control1975 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph30,5 x 45,6 cm
Kim JonesMonkey1990 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph45,6 x 30,5 cm
Kim JonesDancers1975 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph45,6 x 30,5 cm
Kim JonesUntitled (Chicago)1981 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph45,6 x 30,4 cm
Kim JonesApe Wars1980 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph40,6 x 60,6 cm
Kim JonesUntitled1984 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph40,6 x 60,6 cm
Photo: Peter Cox
Photo: Cassander Eeftinck SchattenkerkCourtesy De Appel, AmsterdamInstallation view
John KörmelingBetter City, Better Life, Happy Street - Het Interieur is Buiten2006pencil on paper30,0 x 42,5 cm
John KörmelingHet Nederlands Paviljoen 2010, Happy Street2006pencil on paper30 x 52 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghOntwerp voor Fluitketel (Design for Singing Teakettle)1999collage58,5 x 35 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghZelfportret (Self-portrait)1999collage56 x 38 cm
Raoul De KeyserUntitled1987oil on canvas48 x 30 cm
John KörmelingGlass Bridge, Ponte dell'Academia, Venice1985scale model: glass, plexi dome, marble and blue limestone21,5 x 65,0 x 21,0 cm
Marlene DumasGive the People What They Want1992oil on canvas40 x 30 cm
Luc TuymansDer Diagnostische Blick IV1992oil on paper57 x 38 cm
Yun-Fei JiThe Water Buffalo2006mineral pigment on rice paper33 x 32,8 cm
Anton CorbijnBjörk, Los Angeles1994gelatin silver print handprinted on oriental Seagull paper (edition of 20)68 x 69 cm
Mark MandersFragment from Self-Portrait as a Building1986 - 1992painted bronze, mixed media (1 of 3)variable dimensions
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenHomo Bulla1983 - 1984acrylic on plexi, mounted on steel plate100,3 x 201,5 cm
Patrick Van CaeckenberghSchildpad (Turtle)1990turtle shell, mixed media15 x 20 x 30 cm
Michaël BorremansThe Resemblance2006oil on canvas2 x (36 x 42 cm)
Michaël BorremansWeight200535mm, 9'44", continuous loop (edition of 3 + 1 AP)35,5 x 27,5 x 4 cm
Miriam CahnKrieg1998oil on canvas(90,5 x 56,8) + (105 x 60,5) cm
Raoul De KeyserDisaster2006charcoal, oil and gesso on canvas56 x 48 cm
Raoul De KeyserFlow2006oil on canvas36 x 30 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2002acrylic on paper27,3 x 36 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2003acrylic on paper27 x 35,7 cm
Stan DouglasRookery, Burnaby2001C-print (edition of 7)125 x 171 cm
Marlene DumasTina2006oil on canvas110 x 130 cm
Marc GoethalsUntitled1986oil on canvas18 x 24 cm
Kees GoudzwaardScreen2006oil on canvas120 x 80 cm
Mary HeilmannJohngiorno1995oil on canvas196 x 146 cm
Arturo HerreraUntitled (Dia Collage)1998mixed media on paper30,5 x 22,8 cm
Yun-Fei JiTwo Men with Bags2006mineral pigment on rice paper50,5 x 39,5 cm
Kim JonesUntitled (war drawing)2005 - 2006pencil on paper63,6 x 96,3 cm
Johannes Kahrsuntitled (origine du monde)1997charcoal and pastel on paper118 x 84 cm
Johannes KahrsMik's hand2005oil on canvas52 x 62 cm
John KörmelingMeeting point2005scale model, metal11 x 38 x 20 cm
Bernd LohausUntitled1984wooden crate with silver paper44,5 x 35 x 6 cm
Mark MandersFragment from Self-Portrait as a Building1993mixed media(12 x 90 x 15,5 cm) + (24,5 x Ø11,5 cm) + (12,5 x Ø10 cm)
Arno Nollendoped at anna's Barcelona2002colour photograph (edition of 5)45,5 x 30 cm
Arno NollenTrainingsjasje2004colour photograph (edition of 5)45 x 30 cm
Avery PreesmanUntitled2000wood, concrete95 x 70 x 45 cm
Gert Robijns26 x 26 alphabet1985mixed media32,5 x 110 x 130 cm
Jenny ScobelMackerel Sky2006graphite, watercolour and wax on gessoed wood107 x 61 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood161 x 41 x 53 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood160 x 70 x 31 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1989wood160 x 49 x 48 cm
Maria SerebriakovaUntitled1992book sculpture with house20 x 37 x 25 cm
Maria SerebriakovaLandscape2006oil on wood45 x 35 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-121)black and white photograph16,8 x 12,4 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-133)black and white photograph17,9 x 7,9 cm
Miroslav TichyUntitled (inv.nr.4-6-199)gelatin silver print27,2 x 19,6 cm
Luc TuymansImperméable2006oil on canvas224 x 94 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenRewritten, It Was Later to Become2005digital print, plexi and Forex41 x 75 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenChippendale (Angel in the House)2005digital print, plexi and Forex35 x 75 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenRewritten, It Was Later to Become2005Lambda print integrated in plexi lightbox41 x 75 x 14,5 cm
Cristof YvoréUntitled2006oil on canvas68,5 x 86 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp25 years Zeno X Gallery - installation view
Dirk BraeckmanT.P.-B.X.-022002ultrachrome inkjet print on canvas stretched on aluminium frame (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-F.A.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-P.G.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-B.G.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-E.D.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-H.Z.-042004gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 10)60 x 40 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-N.R.-052005gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3 + 1 AP)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-M.V.-052005gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)106 x 160 cm
Dirk BraeckmanN.P.-F.G.-052005gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (edition of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanV.H.-G.E.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanV.F.-V.F.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5 + 1 AP)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.F.-T.A.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanM.C.-I.M.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanG.C.-A.R.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support80 x 120 cm (unique)
Dirk BraeckmanA.R.-S.V.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanA.P.-D.E.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanE.H.-E.H.-012001gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanS.D.-W.E.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanR.P.-B.X.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanD.I.-D.U.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanB.O.-D.U.-002000gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Dirk BraeckmanM.F.-G.D.-991999gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)120 x 180 cm
Dirk BraeckmanH.S.-N.Y.-94-991999gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Dirk BraeckmanH.S.-N.Y.-94-991994 - 1999gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium support (1 of 5)120 x 80 cm
Artothèque, Annecy, France Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France Centro de Fotografia de la Universidad, Salamanca, Spain De Pont Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands FoMu Foto Museum, Antwerp, Belgium Fondation Nationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk, France FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium M WOODS, Beijing, China MAC’s Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland Musée Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium RMFAB Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium Royal Palace, Brussels, Belgium Rubell Family Collection, Miami, United States of America S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
“Dirk Braeckman. GRIMM / New York” Artforum, article by Jeffrey Kastner (online) April 2022
“Journey to Far Horizons and Distant Landscapes with Dirk Braeckman” Elephant, article by Ravi Ghosh (online) February 2022
“Dirk Braeckman: Capturing Quietness” www.ocula.com, article by Tess Moldan (online) March 2021
“Topfotograaf Dirk Braeckman: “Moet ik wel de kunstenaar uithangen?” www.demorgen.be, article by Stef Selfslagh (online) March 2021
“Dirk Braeckman Breaks the Darkroom Rules” www.glasstire.com, article by Barbara Koerble (online) March 2019
“Dirk Braeckman: Found in the Dark” Elephant, article by Katya Tylevich (online) May 2018
“Interview with Dirk Braeckman” FK Magazine, interview by Ieva Raudsepa (online) May 2017
“The Loneliness of the Darkroom” www.aperture.org, article by Wilco Versteeg (online) May 2017
“L’oeuvre au noir” Victoire, no. 226, article by Gilles Berchet December 2011
“Skinning Architecture: The Generic Tactility of Dirk Braeckman” A-Prior N-7, no.7, article by Steven Jacobs 2002
FRAC Fonds Régional d'Art ContemporainClermont-Ferrand, France, 2022189 pages, ISBN 9782907672368
Koenig BooksLondon, United Kingdom, 2017191 pages, ISBN 9783960981152
MER. Paper KunsthalleGhent, Belgium, 201652 pages, ISBN 9789492321435
Le Bal & Xavier BarralParis, France, 201564 pages, ISBN 9782365110686
Pandora PublishersAntwerp, Belgium, 201364 pages, ISBN 9789053253618
Roma PublicationsAmsterdam, Netherlands, 2011384 pages, ISBN 9789077459676
ToohcsmiGhent, Belgium, 2003ISBN 9077363029
A Prior - Office for Artistic ProductionBrussels, Belgium, 2002256 pages
LudionGhent, Belgium, 200188 pages, ISBN 9055443786
LudionGhent / Amsterdam, Belgium, 1998ISBN 9055442410