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Raoul De Keyser: new publication

FRIENDS IN A FIELD

Published by Mu.ZEE Ostend, 2023

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Raoul De Keyser at Mu.ZEE, Ostend

FRIENDS IN A FIELD: CONVERSATIONS WITH RAOUL DE KEYSER

Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
December 17, 2022 - May 21, 2022

ZENO X GALLERY - Raoul De Keyser at Mu.ZEE, Ostend

Raoul De Keyser at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
April 5 - September 8, 2019

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Raoul De Keyser at S.M.A.K., Ghent

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S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
September 22 - January 27, 2019

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Raoul de Keyser at S.M.A.K., Ghent

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S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
October 21, 2017 - February 18, 2018

ZENO X GALLERY - Raoul de Keyser at S.M.A.K., Ghent

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Raoul De Keyser
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Raoul De Keyser, 1930–2012 (BE)

Taking his surroundings and personal life as a starting point, Raoul De Keyser investigated the material and technical possibilities of painting. From the early 1960s he built a highly personal body of work that is exceptionally difficult to categorize; he successfully reconciled a number of apparent contradictions such as figuration vs abstraction and the physicality of paint vs the ephemerality of the image. His work explored the fundamentals of painting while referring to his personal life and close environment.

In the 1960s De Keyser translated impressions of everyday surroundings – a garden hose, soccer stocking, door handle – into a simplified figuration as a way to conduct research on line, surface and colour. At the time already he consciously engaged with the spatial implications of the painterly medium. There is a clear relation to be noted between the disappearance and flattening of space in the image plane and De Keyser’s growing interest in literally placing the work in the exhibition space.
In the 1970s, De Keyser continued his research into the subjects and techniques of the previous decade, but in a way that was subtler and seemingly more systematic, often working in series. He increasingly took the process of painting itself as the subject of his work; scratching the paint, but also the space left for hesitations and ‘errors’ are common practices explored by De Keyser. The guiding principle here is a motif that can be used in several ways: the research into both the pictorial space and the material and process-related conditions of painting.
De Keyser’s work of the 1980s is characterized by new subjects, greater spatial, painterly and technical complexity, and a more exuberant use of colour. The roughly brushed surfaces, however, have little to do with the ubiquitous (neo-) expressionism, but rather with his decade-long struggle with paint and the canvas.

Raoul De Keyser had solo exhibitions at Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), The Renaissance Society (Chicago), Kunstmuseum Luzern (Lucerne), M HKA (Antwerp), Portikus (Frankfurt), Kunsthalle Bern, Inverleith House (Edinburgh), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin), FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), Kunstverein St. Gallen, Serralves Museum (Porto), De Pont (Tilburg), Whitechapel Gallery (London) and Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Deurle).

Raoul De Keyser participated in documenta IX in 1992 and the Venice Biennale in 2007. His work featured in group shows at The Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of Art (Osaka), Bozar (Brussels), SFMOMA (San Francisco), Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art (London), Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), Museo Fortuny (Venice), M WOODS (Beijing), Mu.ZEE (Ostend), Marta Herford and Whitechapel Gallery (London).

Raoul De Keyser joined the gallery in 1988.

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Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, Marina Rheingantz, Salman Toor, Luc Tuymans, Jack Whitten
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Soul Mapping
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 16.09 - 28.10 2023
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, Marina Rheingantz, Salman Toor, Luc Tuymans, Jack Whitten
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Soul Mapping
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 16.09 - 28.10 2023
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, Marina Rheingantz, Salman Toor, Luc Tuymans, Jack Whitten
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Soul Mapping
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 16.09 - 28.10 2023
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, Marina Rheingantz, Salman Toor, Luc Tuymans, Jack Whitten
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 16.09 - 28.10 2023
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Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, Marina Rheingantz, Salman Toor, Luc Tuymans, Jack Whitten
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Soul Mapping
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Raoul De Keyser
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Friends in a Field: Conversations with Raoul De Keyser
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Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium | 17.12 2022 - 21.05 2023
Raoul De Keyser
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Friends in a Field: Conversations with Raoul De Keyser
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Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium | 17.12 2022 - 21.05 2023
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Friends in a Field: Conversations with Raoul De Keyser
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Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium | 17.12 2022 - 21.05 2023
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Friends in a Field: Conversations with Raoul De Keyser
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Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium | 17.12 2022 - 21.05 2023
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Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear. Biënnale van de Schilderkunst 8
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Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium | 26.06 - 02.10 2022
Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear. Biënnale van de Schilderkunst 8
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Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium | 26.06 - 02.10 2022
Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear. Biënnale van de Schilderkunst 8
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Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium | 26.06 - 02.10 2022
Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear. Biënnale van de Schilderkunst 8
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Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium | 26.06 - 02.10 2022
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Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Raoul De Keyser, John Körmeling, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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40 Years Zeno X Gallery - the eighties
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 05.02 - 19.03 2022
Raoul De Keyser, John Körmeling, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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40 Years Zeno X Gallery - the eighties
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 05.02 - 19.03 2022
Raoul De Keyser, John Körmeling, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 05.02 - 19.03 2022
Raoul De Keyser, John Körmeling, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 05.02 - 19.03 2022
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Raoul De Keyser, John Körmeling, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a series of exhibitions that shed light on the different decades of the gallery. From 5 February, '40 YEARS Zeno X Gallery: The Eighties' presents the four artists who joined the gallery in the 1980s: John Körmeling (1981), Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (1982), Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (1986) and Raoul De Keyser (1988). Early works enter into dialogue with recent works created specially for the exhibition. In the early years, the gallery’s main focus was on architecture and installation art.

Patrick Van Caeckenbergh first showed Teddie (1989) at his Wunderbar exhibition in the gallery in 1989. This early installation problematizes the word ‘huidskleur’ (skin colour). For Van Caeckenbergh, the label ‘vleeskleur 374’ (flesh tint 374) on a pot of light-pink paint reveals the one-sided Eurocentric way of looking at skin colour. The teddy bear is like an explorer, showing off his conquests on a typical billboard from the 1980s. The bear looks cuddly but is actually a dangerous animal: Teddie ‘loves’ the different types of people, but also wants to oppress and dominate them.

Le Secrétaire (collection de peaux) (2018–2022) [The Secretaire (Skin Collection)] is a desk drawer containing a collection of ‘skins’. Van Caeckenbergh collected the skins over the past five years by cutting rectangular shapes out of porn magazines. He always selects rectangles that no longer contain any references to the human body; censorship is a form of therapy that allows him to deal with the ‘gruesome’ visual reality of pornography. He then presents the ‘skins’ as stamps or on a staff. The image of the human tendon shows that all bodies, regardless of skin tone, look the same on the inside.

For Het Muziekbos (Het Weeftapijt) (2021) [The Musical Forest (The Woven Carpet)], Patrick Van Caeckenbergh cut up a photographic print of an investment forest and interwove it with a colour fan from a paint shop. The colours refer to the different types of birds. To the right of the woven carpet is an overview of the birds and their (phonetic) sounds. The work is a tribute to French composer and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen, who saw colours when he heard certain sounds or musical chords (synaesthesia).

John Körmeling presented Wortelmodellen (1983) [Root Models] during his first exhibition at Zeno X Gallery in 1983. The iron tubes represent the measurements 1 to the square root of 7. In this series of Wortelmodellen, the ribs and diagonals are always roots times a single unit. To this day, this measuring system is a starting point for Körmeling’s architectural projects, which include the bicycle shed fiets&stal in Scheveningen and the work Minimaal Meten (2021) [Minimal Measuring]. Körmeling’s designs and realizations look for correspondences between art and architecture, but also urban planning and design, and always with a sense of perspective and humour.

In Fruitstad (2021) [Fruit City], each piece of fruit is given a number of windows or a door, turning the fruit basket, by definition, into a city. In this exhibition, Körmeling also presents models of realized projects, such as Vogelobservatie platform [Birdwatching Platform] in Texel and Veiligheidspaviljoen [Safety Pavillion] in Knokke (in cooperation with Compagnie-O Architecten). His design for a glass bridge in Venice was not realized. He created the sculpture Huis Buiten de Schaduwgrens (1989) [House Outside the Shadow Line] for a fund-raiser on behalf of children who require constant sunlight.

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven held her first exhibition at Zeno X Gallery in 1982. To celebrate forty years of collaboration, a large solo exhibition, Placenta Saturnine Bercail, featuring old and new work, is being held at the gallery in Borgerhout. At Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South, she shows the early work Ectoplasma (1991), part of a series of four works on doors. Each work in this series depicts a kind of striptease: half hidden behind a door set ajar, duplicated by a mirror, or open like a fan. In the work Duality – Theorem (2015–16), Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven explores the tension between word and image. She places different layers of material on top of each other, just like in her recent images of women on Plexiglas.

Raoul De Keyser was the first painter to join Zeno X Gallery in 1988. Both Untitled (Le miroir de ...) (1988) [The Mirror of...] and Untitled (1987) date from the early years of the collaboration. Taking the surrounding reality as his starting point, De Keyser investigates the material and technical possibilities of painting. For instance, many of his paintings are inspired by the chalk lines of the football pitch he can see from his studio. This recognizable motif, which also appears in Untitled (Le miroir de...), is further reduced to single, double or crossed lines that relate to the pictorial space in constantly changing constellations. Colour becomes a subject in its own right in his work, as seen in Untitled (1987). The visible brushstrokes break through the monochrome and bring tension, tactility and sensitivity to the work.

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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 17.11 2021 - 22.01 2022
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 17.11 2021 - 22.01 2022
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 17.11 2021 - 22.01 2022
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Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South | 17.11 2021 - 22.01 2022
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De Keyser’s drawings and watercolors are a crucial part of his oeuvre. They offer an intimate glimpse into the artist’s thought process and work method. The drawings are only rarely conventional studies: they are often a reaction to his own paintings, but they can also stand on their own. 

De Keyser’s works from the 1970s are characterized by his exploration of materials (pencil, chalk, watercolor, ink, graphite, gesso, etc.), types of paper, and techniques (such as scratching, rubbing and smudging). The work process itself gradually became the subject of the oeuvre, with hesitations and ‘mistakes’ increasingly being admitted into the works.

The chalk line, as in Untitled (1980), became a multipurpose motif for investigating both the pictorial space and the material and procedural aspects of painting. From 1985 onwards, the chalk line was doubled, as in the well-known Hallepoort series (1987–88) where the works on paper have a counterpart on canvas. Natural elements were also an important source of inspiration in the 1970s and 1980s, such as the wooded sand hill that De Keyser cycled past every day in Zandvlo (1976–89) and the use of the color green in Untitled (1980–89).

In the 1990s De Keyser revisited earlier motifs, such as the ‘monkey puzzle’ tree from his garden in Untitled (1996) and Untitled (1988–91). We also see more monochrome, abstract works that have been 'disrupted', such as Rug(1992) and Aus Der Kabinet (1991). Rug is one of the two works on paper that Raoul De Keyser exhibited at the 1992 Documenta, curated by Jan Hoet. In the 2000s the artist moved further and further away from the recognizable, his works seemingly becoming more detached. 

Raoul De Keyser was born in Deinze in 1930 and lived there his entire life. In 1964 he began developing a highly personal oeuvre that is extremely difficult to categorize. He reconciles a number of apparent contradictions, such as figuration versus abstraction and the tactility of paint versus the ephemerality of the image. His work explores the fundamentals of painting while also referring to his personal life and surroundings. De Keyser adopted the principles of Nieuwe Visie (New Vision) and Fundamental Painting in the 1970s and used them to develop his own idiom, which brought him international recognition.

Zeno X Gallery has represented Raoul De Keyser since 1988. His first institutional solo exhibition in Asia will take place next autumn (2022) at M Woods in Beijing. Major solo exhibitions in the past have been held at Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (2019), S.M.A.K. in Ghent (2018), Inverleith House in Edinburgh (2015), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2009), Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (2009), The Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin (2009), FRAC Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand (2008), Kunstverein Sankt Gallen (2005), Museu Serralves in Porto (2005), De Pont in Tilburg (2004), Whitechapel Gallery in London (2004), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle (2002), The Renaissance Society in Chicago (2001), Kunstmuseum Luzern (1999), M HKA in Antwerp (1997), Portikus in Frankfurt (1991) and Kunsthalle Bern (1991), among others. De Keyser has also featured in major international group exhibitions such as Documenta IX (1992), curated by Jan Hoet, and the Venice Biennale (2007), curated by Robert Storr.

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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany | 05.04 - 15.09 2019
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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany | 05.04 - 15.09 2019
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Raoul De Keyser: Oeuvre
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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany | 05.04 - 15.09 2019
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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany | 05.04 - 15.09 2019
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S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium | 22.09 2018 - 27.01 2019
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S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium | 22.09 2018 - 27.01 2019
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S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium | 22.09 2018 - 27.01 2019
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S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium | 22.09 2018 - 27.01 2019
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S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium | 22.09 2018 - 27.01 2019
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Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Yun-Fei Ji, Johannes Kahrs, Grace Schwindt, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Works on Paper I
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 24.02 2018
Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Yun-Fei Ji, Johannes Kahrs, Grace Schwindt, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 24.02 2018
Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Yun-Fei Ji, Johannes Kahrs, Grace Schwindt, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 24.02 2018
Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Yun-Fei Ji, Johannes Kahrs, Grace Schwindt, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 24.02 2018
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Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Yun-Fei Ji, Johannes Kahrs, Grace Schwindt, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Tegendraads
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.01 - 25.02 2017
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.01 - 25.02 2017
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Tegendraads
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.01 - 25.02 2017
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Raoul De Keyser was born in 1930 in Deinze, and lived there his entire life. From 1963-1964 he develops a personal oeuvre that unfolds through several stylistic periods. In this way, his early paintings from the sixties can be seen as exponents of the ‘Nieuwe Visie’ (New Vision), in which impressions of everyday surroundings are translated through a simplified figuration. Objects like a garden hose, soccer stocking or door handle appear repeatedly in the work and are used by De Keyser to conduct research on line, surface and color. In contrast to Pop Art, which will often thematize the American consumer culture, De Keyser consciously chose the more quiet and intimate imagery of the Flemish village - with or without the new signs of modernity. Raoul De Keyser, however, was not only influenced by figurative painting, but also by the American post-war abstraction such as Post-painterly abstraction, Color Field and Hard-edge painting. In this way, he quite literally refers to the American artist Al Held in the iconic work Baron in Al Held-Veld (Baron in Al Held Field) (1964-1966).

In the sixties, Raoul De Keyser already consciously engaged with the spatial implications of the painterly medium. There is a clear relationship to be noted between the disappearance and the flattening of space in the image plane and De Keyser’s growing interest in literally placing the work in the exhibition space. Between 1966 and 1971, he creates a variety of wooden frames onto which a canvas is stretched which is then painted on, called Linnen Dozen (Linen Boxes). The work Linnen Doos II (Linen Box II) (1966-1967), shown in this exhibition, has not been exhibited since 1970. The Linnen Dozen themselves are also regularly depicted in his works, as is the case in Untitled from 1971. The three-dimensional painting is also given form in the Slices: paintings that are set on the floor and lean against the wall, which can be seen as side-sections of the Linen
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In his works of the 1970s, he continues his research into the subjects and techniques of the previous decade, yet now in a more subtle and seemingly more systematic manner. He often works in series, such as for instance in works as Zeilen Heuvels (Sails Hills) or the quadriptych Tegendraads (Against-the-grain) (1978). Increasingly, he takes the process of painting in itself as the subject in his oeuvre; the scratching in the paint, but also the space left for hesitations and ‘errors’ are common practices explored by De Keyser. The guiding principle here is a multi-usable motif: the research into both the pictorial space and the material and process-related conditions of painting.

The Keyser’s work of the 1980s is characterized by new subjetcs, greater spatial and painterly/ technical complexity and a more exuberant use of color. Tornado (1981), Knauw (Bite) (1983-1984) and Hellepoort 8 (Hell Gate 8) (1985) are clear examples of this development. The roughly brushed surface, however, has little to do with the ubiquitous (neo) Expressionism, but rather with his decade-long struggle with the paint and the canvas.

Zeno X Gallery has represented Raoul De Keyser since 1988. In the fall of 2018, there will be a traveling retrospective of his work which will open at the S.M.A.K. in Ghent. Previously, De Keyser has had solo exhibitions at the Inverleith House in Edinburgh, the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, the Musée de Rochechouart, the Museu Serralves in Porto, the Kunstverein St. Gallen, the Kunstmuseum Bonn, and others. De Keyser also took part in Documenta IX, curated by Jan Hoet, and the Venice Biennale in 2007. In 2012, Zeno X Gallery organized a homage-exhibition to commemorate the life and work of Raoul De Keyser.

 

Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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Zeno X Gallery | 06.05 - 27.06 2015
Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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Zeno X Gallery | 06.05 - 27.06 2015
Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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Zeno X Gallery | 06.05 - 27.06 2015
Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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Zeno X Gallery | 06.05 - 27.06 2015
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Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
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Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14.02 - 12.04 2015
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Raoul De Keyser: Paintings 1967–2012
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Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14.02 - 12.04 2015
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Raoul De Keyser: Paintings 1967–2012
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Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14.02 - 12.04 2015
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Raoul De Keyser: Paintings 1967–2012
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Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14.02 - 12.04 2015
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curator: Paul Nesbitt

Michaël Borremans, Raoul De Keyser, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Mark Manders, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery | 12.11 - 20.12 2014
Michaël Borremans, Raoul De Keyser, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Mark Manders, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery | 12.11 - 20.12 2014
Michaël Borremans, Raoul De Keyser, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Mark Manders, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery | 12.11 - 20.12 2014
Michaël Borremans, Raoul De Keyser, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Mark Manders, Bart Stolle, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Zeno X Gallery | 12.11 - 20.12 2014
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Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, Naoto Kawahara, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jockum Nordström, Grace Schwindt, Jenny Scobel, Bart Stolle, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Jack Whitten, Cristof Yvoré
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Opening New Space
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.04 - 25.05 2013
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, Naoto Kawahara, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jockum Nordström, Grace Schwindt, Jenny Scobel, Bart Stolle, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Jack Whitten, Cristof Yvoré
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Opening New Space
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.04 - 25.05 2013
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, Naoto Kawahara, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jockum Nordström, Grace Schwindt, Jenny Scobel, Bart Stolle, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Jack Whitten, Cristof Yvoré
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Opening New Space
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.04 - 25.05 2013
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, Naoto Kawahara, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jockum Nordström, Grace Schwindt, Jenny Scobel, Bart Stolle, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Jack Whitten, Cristof Yvoré
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Opening New Space
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.04 - 25.05 2013
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Opening New Space
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Hommage
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Zeno X Gallery | 19.12 2012 - 26.01 2013
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Hommage
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Zeno X Gallery | 19.12 2012 - 26.01 2013
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Hommage
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Zeno X Gallery | 19.12 2012 - 26.01 2013
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Zeno X Gallery | 19.12 2012 - 26.01 2013
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Hommage
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Airy
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Zeno X Gallery | 08.09 - 09.10 2010
Raoul De Keyser
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Zeno X Gallery | 08.09 - 09.10 2010
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Zeno X Gallery | 08.09 - 09.10 2010
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Zeno X Gallery | 08.09 - 09.10 2010
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Zeno X Gallery | 08.09 - 09.10 2010
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Watercolours
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 11.10 2009
Raoul De Keyser
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Watercolours
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 11.10 2009
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Watercolours
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 11.10 2009
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Watercolours
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 11.10 2009
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Watercolours
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Raoul De Keyser: Watercolours
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Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal | 14.03 - 03.05 2009
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Raoul De Keyser: Watercolours
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Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal | 14.03 - 03.05 2009
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Raoul De Keyser: Watercolours
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Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal | 14.03 - 03.05 2009
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Raoul De Keyser: Watercolours
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Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal | 14.03 - 03.05 2009
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Raoul De Keyser: Watercolours
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Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal | 14.03 - 03.05 2009
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Raoul De Keyser
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Meeting
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Zeno X Gallery | 14.03 - 19.04 2008
Raoul De Keyser
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Meeting
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Zeno X Gallery | 14.03 - 19.04 2008
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Meeting
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Zeno X Gallery | 14.03 - 19.04 2008
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Meeting
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Zeno X Gallery | 14.03 - 19.04 2008
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Meeting
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Zeno X Gallery | 14.03 - 19.04 2008
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Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 17.02 2007
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 17.02 2007
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 17.02 2007
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 17.02 2007
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Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 17.01 - 17.02 2007
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Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jenny Scobel, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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25 years Zeno X Gallery
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.10 - 02.12 2006
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jenny Scobel, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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25 years Zeno X Gallery
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.10 - 02.12 2006
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jenny Scobel, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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25 years Zeno X Gallery
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.10 - 02.12 2006
Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jenny Scobel, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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25 years Zeno X Gallery
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.10 - 02.12 2006
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Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Raoul De Keyser, Jan De Maesschalck, Marlene Dumas, Kees Goudzwaard, Yun-Fei Ji, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Jenny Scobel, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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25 years Zeno X Gallery
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Zeno X Gallery | 18.10 - 02.12 2006
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Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Shopping the Stars
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Zeno X Gallery | 11.12 1998 - 06.02 1999
Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Shopping the Stars
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Zeno X Gallery | 11.12 1998 - 06.02 1999
Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Shopping the Stars
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Zeno X Gallery | 11.12 1998 - 06.02 1999
Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Shopping the Stars
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Zeno X Gallery | 11.12 1998 - 06.02 1999
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Raoul De Keyser, Marlene Dumas, John Körmeling, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cristof Yvoré
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Shopping the Stars
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Zeno X Gallery | 11.12 1998 - 06.02 1999
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Raoul De Keyser, Désirée Dolron, Fabrice Hybert, Mark Manders
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Raoul De Keyser - Mark Manders - Fabrice Hybert - Désirée Dolron
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Zeno X Gallery | 26.10 - 03.12 1995
Raoul De Keyser, Désirée Dolron, Fabrice Hybert, Mark Manders
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Raoul De Keyser - Mark Manders - Fabrice Hybert - Désirée Dolron
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Zeno X Gallery | 26.10 - 03.12 1995
Raoul De Keyser, Désirée Dolron, Fabrice Hybert, Mark Manders
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Raoul De Keyser - Mark Manders - Fabrice Hybert - Désirée Dolron
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Zeno X Gallery | 26.10 - 03.12 1995
Raoul De Keyser, Désirée Dolron, Fabrice Hybert, Mark Manders
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Raoul De Keyser - Mark Manders - Fabrice Hybert - Désirée Dolron
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Zeno X Gallery | 26.10 - 03.12 1995
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Raoul De Keyser, Désirée Dolron, Fabrice Hybert, Mark Manders
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Raoul De Keyser - Mark Manders - Fabrice Hybert - Désirée Dolron
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Zeno X Gallery | 26.10 - 03.12 1995
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Raoul De Keyser
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Leervluchten
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 16.10 1994
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 16.10 1994
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Leervluchten
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 16.10 1994
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Leervluchten
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 16.10 1994
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Leervluchten
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Zeno X Gallery | 10.09 - 16.10 1994
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Bleu de Ciel
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Zeno X Gallery | 16.09 - 24.10 1992
Raoul De Keyser
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Bleu de Ciel
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Zeno X Gallery | 16.09 - 24.10 1992
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Bleu de Ciel
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Zeno X Gallery | 16.09 - 24.10 1992
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Bleu de Ciel
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Zeno X Gallery | 16.09 - 24.10 1992
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Bleu de Ciel
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Zeno X Gallery | 16.09 - 24.10 1992
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Dalton
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Zeno X Gallery | 24.02 - 05.04 1991
Raoul De Keyser
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Dalton
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Zeno X Gallery | 24.02 - 05.04 1991
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Dalton
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Zeno X Gallery | 24.02 - 05.04 1991
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Dalton
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Zeno X Gallery | 24.02 - 05.04 1991
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Dalton
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Zeno X Gallery | 24.02 - 05.04 1991
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Guillaume Bijl, Raoul De Keyser, Gerald Domenig, Marc Goethals, John Körmeling, Tom Puckey, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Matthias Wagner K.
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 23.11 - 23.12 1989
Guillaume Bijl, Raoul De Keyser, Gerald Domenig, Marc Goethals, John Körmeling, Tom Puckey, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Matthias Wagner K.
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 23.11 - 23.12 1989
Guillaume Bijl, Raoul De Keyser, Gerald Domenig, Marc Goethals, John Körmeling, Tom Puckey, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Matthias Wagner K.
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 23.11 - 23.12 1989
Guillaume Bijl, Raoul De Keyser, Gerald Domenig, Marc Goethals, John Körmeling, Tom Puckey, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Matthias Wagner K.
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Zeno X Gallery | 23.11 - 23.12 1989
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Guillaume Bijl, Raoul De Keyser, Gerald Domenig, Marc Goethals, John Körmeling, Tom Puckey, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Matthias Wagner K.
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Works on Paper
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Zeno X Gallery | 23.11 - 23.12 1989
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Raoul De Keyser
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Luwte
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Zeno X Gallery | 15.09 - 14.10 1989
Raoul De Keyser
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Luwte
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Zeno X Gallery | 15.09 - 14.10 1989
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Luwte
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Zeno X Gallery | 15.09 - 14.10 1989
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Luwte
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Zeno X Gallery | 15.09 - 14.10 1989
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Luwte
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Zeno X Gallery | 20.10 - 20.11 1988
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Zeno X Gallery | 20.10 - 20.11 1988
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Zeno X Gallery | 20.10 - 20.11 1988
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Zeno X Gallery | 20.10 - 20.11 1988
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Zeno X Gallery | 20.10 - 20.11 1988
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Selected solo exhibitions

2022
Raoul De Keyser: Replay Again, David Zwirner, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China
Raoul De Keyser: March 7, 1990, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
2019
2018
Raoul De Keyser in Print: Zeefdrukken, Lithografieën, Linosneden, Etsen, CC Strombeek, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
2015
2013
Raoul De Keyser: 1964 - 1970, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium
2009
Raoul De Keyser: Replay Paintings 1964 - 2007, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Artist in Residence. Raoul De Keyser, MSK, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2008
Raoul De Keyser, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2005
Raoul De Keyser, Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Raoul De Keyser, Kunstverein St.Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
2004
Raoul De Keyser, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Raoul De Keyser, Musée de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
2002
Surplace, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
2001
Raoul De Keyser, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, United States of America
Raoul De Keyser / Luc Tuymans, S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
1999
Raoul De Keyser: 1991-1998, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
1997
Raoul De Keyser: Schilderijen 1995, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
1995
Raoul De Keyser, DAAD (daadgalerie), Berlin, Germany
1991
Raoul De Keyser, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Raoul De Keyser, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1989
Raoul De Keyser, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
1987
Raoul De Keyser, Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1986
Raoul De Keyser, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Raoul De Keyser, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
1980
Raoul De Keyser, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1978
Raoul De Keyser, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1974
Raoul De Keyser, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1970
Raoul De Keyser, KMSKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Raoul De Keyser, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Raoul De Keyser, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Raoul De Keyser, Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Selected group exhibitions

2023
2022
Project Paleis, een eeuwfeest, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Van Coo naar Kunst, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
2020
Be Modern, From Klee to Tuymans, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Schöne Sentimenten, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Salon de Peinture, M H KA, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
2016
The Campaign for Art: Contemporary, SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States of America
All Means are Sacred, M WOODS, Beijing, China
2015
The Gap, Selected Abstract Art from Belgium, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, United Kingdom
M WOODS Collection Exhibition , M WOODS, Beijing, China
The Importance of Being…, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proportio, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
The Importance of Being…, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2014
2013
Wall Works, Arbeiten mit der Wand seit den 1960er Jahren, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2012
Lines of Thought, Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom
2010
Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Contemporary Collecting: The Donna and Howard Stone Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America
Ambigu - Contemporary Painting Between Abstraction and Narration, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Babel, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Robbrecht and Daem: Pacing Through Architecture, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Celebration. Ouverture nouvel espace, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2009
A Story of the Image: Old and New Masters from Antwerp, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
2008
The Hands of Art, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
The Hands of Art, S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
2007
Von Bill Viola bis Aernout Mik: Werke aus der Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
A travers le miroir (le secret), FRAC Auvergne / Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie d'Aurillac, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Venice Biennale: Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind, Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
De Cirkel, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
2006
Vous êtes ici, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2004
Karel Appel. Onderweg - Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen/Karel Appel on the Road: A Journey through Arts in the Low Countries by Rudi Fuchs, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Edge of the Real, a painting show, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2002
Painting on the Move, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Schilderijen, tekeningen, grafiek. Schenking Wijnand Sengers, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2001
The Beauty of Intimacy, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Museum unserer Wünsche / The Museum of our Wishes, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2000
Mixing Memory and Desire, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
1999
De Opening, S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Trouble Spot. Painting, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp / NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
La Consolation, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
1998
1997
Arte del ‘90. La pittura fiamenga e olandese da Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, Mondriaan ai contemporanei, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
1996
Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1994 en 1995, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
1995
1994
Unbound. Possibilities in painting, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1993
As Long As It Lasts, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Der Zerbrochene Spiegel - The Broken Mirror, Messepalast, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Kunst in België na 1980, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels, Belgium
1992
Last Exhibition by Galerie Zwirner, Galerie R. Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Modernism in painting, PMMK, Ostend, Belgium
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
Selectie Belgische Kunstenaars voor Documenta IX, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
1990
Ponton Temse, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Beeldenstorm 1990, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
1989
1986
Initiatief 86. Keuze Kasper König, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium
Guillaume Bijl, Jan Vercruysse, Lili Dujourie, Raoul De Keyser, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1981
België - Nederland, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1980
Piet Stockmans, Raoul De Keyser, Hugo Duchateau, Urbain Mulkers: gezamelijk werk, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Beervelde 1966 - nu, De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
België - Nederland. Knooppunten en parallellen. Kunst na ‘45, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1979
Biënnale van de Kritiek, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1973
, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
1971
XI Biennale of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1966
3 Vlaamse Schilders, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands

Public collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, United States of America
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, United States of America
De Pont, Museum for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
M WOODS, Beijing, China
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States of America
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America
Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium
Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, United States of America
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
RMFAB Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, United States of America
SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States of America
S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Stiftung Kunstmuseum, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Press

“De internationale taal van Raoul De Keyser”
De Tijd, article by Koen Van Boxem
January 2023

“Raoul De Keyser internationaal omringd in nieuwe tentoonstelling: ‘Hij vertoefde graag in goed gezelschap'”
De Morgen, article by Sofie Van Hyfte
January 2023

“Raoul De Keyser zet de lijnen uit. De school van De Keyser”
De Standaard, article by Geert Van der Speeten (p.5)
December 2022

“Raoul De Keyser. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium”
Artforum, vol.57, no.6, article by Barry Schwabsky (p.168)
February 2019

“Raoul De Keyser: Less Is More”
Frieze, no.200, article by Mitch Speed
December 2018

“Painters Love Raoul De Keyser. Now the Market is Catching Up”
Artsy.net, article by Scott Indrisek (online)
November 2017

“Passages – Raoul De Keyser (1930-2012)”
Artforum.com, article by Rebecca Morris (online)
January 2013

“Schilderijen moeten hun plan trekken. Schilderijen liegen en verdoezelen. Schilder Raoul De Keyser krijgt overzichtsexpo in De Loketten van het Vlaams Parlement”
De Morgen, article by Eric Rinckhout (p.49-54)
19 March 2011

“Ambiguity abounds. Raoul De Keyser used to be a sports commentator. Now he makes abstract paintings about Kansas gunslingers”
The Guardian, article by Adrian Searle (p.16)
April 2004

Raoul De Keyser
Books
Archief / Archives Raoul De Keyser

A & S Books on Architecture and Arts
Ghent, Belgium, 2017
60 pages, ISBN 9789076714509

A & S Books on Architecture and Arts<br />Ghent, Belgium, 2017<br />60 pages, ISBN 9789076714509
Raoul De Keyser: de dingen die ik zie / The Things I See

Ludion
Antwerp, Belgium, 2012
48 pages, ISBN 9789461170101

Ludion<br />Antwerp, Belgium, 2012<br />48 pages, ISBN 9789461170101
Raoul De Keyser: Replay

Hatje Cantz
Ostfildern, Germany, 2009
159 pages, ISBN 9783775724890

Hatje Cantz<br />Ostfildern, Germany, 2009<br />159 pages, ISBN 9783775724890
Raoul De Keyser: Works on Paper 1964 - 1979

Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Ghent, Belgium, 2009
151 pages, ISBN 9789081180801

Museum voor Schone Kunsten<br />Ghent, Belgium, 2009<br />151 pages, ISBN 9789081180801
Raoul De Keyser: Aguarelas / Watercolours

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Cologne, Germany, 2009
80 pages, ISBN 9783865606280

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König<br />Cologne, Germany, 2009<br />80 pages, ISBN 9783865606280
Raoul De Keyser

FRAC Auvergne - Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain
Auvergne, France, 2008
96 pages

FRAC Auvergne - Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain<br />Auvergne, France, 2008<br />96 pages
Raoul De Keyser: Sherry & Porto

De Muyter N.V.
Deinze, Belgium, 2007
32 pages, ISBN 9789081048569

De Muyter N.V.<br />Deinze, Belgium, 2007<br />32 pages, ISBN 9789081048569
Raoul De Keyser: Retour 1964 - 2006

Ludion
Ghent, Belgium, 2007
255 pages, ISBN 9789055447091

Ludion<br />Ghent, Belgium, 2007<br />255 pages, ISBN 9789055447091
Raoul De Keyser

Cornerhouse Publications
London, United Kingdom, 2004
176 pages, ISBN 0854881360

Cornerhouse Publications<br />London, United Kingdom, 2004<br />176 pages, ISBN 0854881360
Raoul De Keyser: Paintings 1980 - 1999

Ludion / CERA Holding
Ghent, Belgium, 2000
224 pages, ISBN 9055442860

Ludion / CERA Holding<br />Ghent, Belgium, 2000<br />224 pages, ISBN 9055442860
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