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Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenTheory of Elasticity1995acrylic, silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi49,5 x 45,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenResistir (Resist)1991silkscreen paint and plastic foil on Trovicel, mounted on wood with iron hinges2 x (190 x 90 x 4,4 cm)
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenZwevend (Floating)1999monoprint, silkscreen paint and felt-tip on PVC50,1 x 38,8 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenSoit Autofister Resortiron2021collage, acrylic, digital prints on paper and plexi, mounted on wood101 x 149,8 x 5,2 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven55. Problematiek (Problematic)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi25 x 21 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenKennis Septaal (Knowledge Septal)1998acrylic, spray paint on plexi24,4 x 17,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenPremiere Celu Garnitures2021collage, laserprint, spray paint, acrylic and digital print on plexi and PVC, mounted on wood100 x 149,8 x 5,3 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenMeesteres, Ik Dorst (Mistress, I Crave)1992pencil, silkscreen paint and monoprints on plexi
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenAanbid Eerst Mij (Adore me First)1992pencil, silkscreen paint and monoprints on plexi27,2 x 37,1 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe Abstract Isn't Sexually Stimulating2001computer animation (edition of 3 + 1 AP)2'58" continuous loop
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenLacazreto Onnet Coppeau2021collage, magazine pages, acrylic on plexi, mounted on wood99,8 x 149,8 x 5,2 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven95. Ondersteunen (Support)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven96. Fascinerend (Fascinating)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,6 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven88. Verscherping (Sharpening)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven84. Negatieve Evolutie (Positive Evolution)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven91. Beperking (Restriction)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven90. Waakzaamheid (Wakefulness)1996silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi29,5 x 20,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenDudoute Toaster Absolu2021newspapers, acrylic and digital print on plexi, mounted on wood100 x 149,7 x 5,2 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenHelv Apgueong Comprendra2021collage, spray paint, acrylic on plexi mirror, digital print on plexi, mounted on wood100,2 x 135 x 5,2 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe Word Became Flesh (a Door to Nowhere)1991silkscreen paint and plastic foil on Trovicel, mounted on wood with iron hinges202 x 82,5 x 4,4 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe Required Particular1995acrylic and silkscreen paint on plexi51,5 x 44,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenKilling Younger Selves2010double-sided digital prints on plexi, gesso, mirror102,5 x 133,5 x 5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenSchijn / Spanning / Strijd / Tragiek / Val (Appearance / Tension / Battle / Tragedy / Fall)1992engraving, silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi5 x (21 x 25 cm)
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenHow Postmodernism...2008digital UV-hardened print on collage, mounted on PVC sheet100 x 100 x 0,1 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenTo Dismantle All This?2008digital UV-hardened print on collage, mounted on PVC sheet100 x 100 x 0,1 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenWhose Unabomber?2008digital UV-hardened print on collage, mounted on PVC sheet100 x 100 x 0,1 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe Failure of Symbolic Thought2007digital UV-hardened print on collage, mounted on PVC sheet100 x 100 x 0,1 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven18. Equilibrium1996acrylic and silkscreen paint on PVC29,6 x 25 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenFreestyle Backpackeuse Tremblement2021table cloth, acrylic, digital print on plexi, mounted on wood100 x 135 x 5,2 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenSpiegel (Mirror)1987plastic foil and photocopy on Darvic with iron200 x 200 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenDrie Bewegingen (Three Movements)1993silkscreen paint and felt-tip on plexi(28,6 x 19,6) + (28,1 x 20,4) + (28,4 x 18,9) cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenEngrammen2021dry and oil pastel, pencil and coloured pencil on paper150 x 114 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenL.F. Céline2021dry and oil pastel, pencil and coloured pencil on paper150 x 114,7 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenOnder Invloed van (Under the Influence of)2021dry and oil pastel, pencil and coloured pencil on paper150 x 97,5 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenAlter Ego1991silkscreen paint, felt-tip and plastic foil on Trovicel, mounted on wood with iron hinges200 x 80 x 4,44 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenDe Hersenen = aan het Veranderen (The Brain = Changing)1997 - 1998acrylic and silkscreen paint on PVC3 x (25 x 13,2 cm)
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven2 Meettoestellen (2 Measuring Devices)1998silkscreen paint and acrylic on PVC2 x (25 x 13,5 cm)
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenPrinciple Cybernetica 3. Tisiphone1991acrylic, silkscreen paint and plastic foil on Trovicel, mounted on wood244 x 122 cm
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven26. Intikken (Type In)1996acrylic and silkscreen paint on PVC29,2 x 25 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenA - X + B = 122020computer animation (edition of 3 + 1 AP)33'
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenGoddelijke Proportie (Divine Proportion)2021dry and oil pastel, spray paint, pencil, coloured pencil and gesso on plexi179,7 x 150,1 x 1 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenAdhesie IV (Adhesion IV)1976Chinese ink, felt-tip and coloured pencil on paper27 x 36 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenNa het Einde van de Wereld (After the End of the World)1975Chinese ink, felt-tip and coloured pencil on paper36 x 27 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenFantasie en Escapisme (Fantasy and Escapism)1994ink and coloured pencil on paper27 x 36 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenProcessie (Procession)1994ink and coloured pencil on paper27 x 36 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenL'espace figuratif moderne (the Modern Figurative Space)2008ink, oil pastel, felt-tip and pencil on paper30 x 30 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenWe Cast Our Eyes to the Sea2008ink, oil pastel, felt-tip on paper30 x 30 cm
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenArthur Danto2005Lambda print integrated in plexi lightbox40 x 75 x 14,5 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - AntwerpInstallation view
Zeno X Gallery presents the retrospective exhibition Placenta Saturnine Bercail by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (b. 1951 in Antwerp). Historical and new works illustrate her forty-year collaboration with Zeno X Gallery. A substantial publication presenting an overview of all her exhibitions in the gallery with images from the archive will be released to coincide with this exhibition.
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven has collected a large database of images of women in various stages of undress. The poses, gazes, attributes and camera angles are usually very stereotypical. These clichés are occasions for her to connect the underlying meanings of the images with other, sociopolitical dimensions of society. Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven likes to look for the tension between word and image. Since images of women are regularly used to sell certain goods, Van Kerckhoven got the idea to also sell abstract ideas or concepts by juxtaposing them with images of women: “As my alter ego ‘HeadNurse’, I took ninety-six female images from my database and connected them with words from texts on internal self-organization, thermodynamics and knowledge representation. Through the systematic use and reuse of images of women – from the first nude magazines to the sexual revolution– I activated a five-step alchemical process, starting from thinkers in the baroque to Nietzsche.”
The exhibition gathers several historical works that have previously been shown at Zeno X Gallery. In 1991 Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven presented her fifth solo exhibition entitled Met Onderandere een Hard Lichaam (With Among Others a Hard Body). In that exhibition she presented a series of four works on doors, of which three are to be seen in this show, namely The Word Became Flesh (a Door to Nowhere), Resistir and Alter Ego. The fourth work, entitled Ectoplasm, will soon be on show at Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South as part of the fortieth anniversary of Zeno X Gallery. ‘I made a mental striptease starting from photos that my then boyfriend took of me in 1977. Each of those works is a different interpretation of how you expose yourself: half hidden behind a crack, doubled by a mirror, or open like a fan.’
It is striking that the themes that Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven addresses in her historical works are still the subjects that characterize her recent works: working in an intuitive and unconventional way, she explores topics such as science, language and artificial intelligence. In doing so, she creates a universe of her own, in which the oppositions between chaos and order, logic and mysticism, eroticism and technology are eliminated. She brings together the most disparate elements by combining images from the surrounding visual culture with references to elements from the symbolism of numbers and colours or findings on role patterns and other power mechanisms in society. She has also remained faithful to certain choices in terms of materials. Plexiglas is still one of the materials with which Van Kerckhoven prefers to work; to her, plastic, the synthetic, is a metaphor for the malleability of life. Reflections, symmetries and doublings are used to reveal visual information in a different way.
Some time ago, Van Kerckhoven received strange emails in which random words were listed in columns. The words were placed in threes by algorithms and she used these combinations as titles of the new works, such as Dudoute Toaster Absolu or Premiere Celu Garnitures. The title of the exhibition, Placenta Saturnine Bercail, was also generated by artificial intelligence, yet it has a specific meaning for her:
“Placenta: all the work I make starts from my womb
Saturnine: Saturn is the planet of artists
Bercail: an old French word for stable. This is how I see the security that being connected to a mother gallery gives.”
On March 30 2022 Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Antwerp.
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven has had solo exhibitions at the Fridericianum in Kassel (2018), M HKA in Antwerp (2018), Kunstverein Hannover (2017), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach (2016), Kunstverein München (2015), Mu.ZEE in Ostend (2012), The Renaissance Society in Chicago (2011), FRAC des Pays de la Loire in Carquefou (2009), Kunsthalle Nürnberg (2009), Wiels in Brussels (2008), Kunstmuseum Luzern (2008), Kunsthalle Bern (2005), and others. Her work has also featured in exhibitions such as Manifesta 7 and has been displayed at Marta Herford, ICA Philadelphia, The Artist’s Institute in New York, Shanghai Art Museum, FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais in Dunkirk and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.