PRESS RELEASE
BRAVE NEW, OLD WORLDS
From 29/08/2013 until 22/09/2013
Church Sint-Nicolaas, Apostelplein 9100 Sint-Niklaas Belgium
Through my fascination for the work of Goya, who expressed his criticism in his etchings and Black Paintings about his contemporaries, memories, testimonies of the war between Spain and France in the 18th and 19th centuries and the 19th century spirit of intolerance, I detect parallels with my own time. 200 years later, the human condition has barely improved. War is pervasive and spreads across our planet like a local wildfire, but with terrible consequences. Like biblical catastrophes, mankind destroys its environment, its habitat, its existence, its fellow man. One only needs to collect images to reinforce this vision, on which an installation of my paintings has been assembled.
Many unique images, many of which are not on display, are included in my book, a special art publication printed in a limited quantity, accompanied by an essay by Bart Vandenabeele, Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy at Ghent University. Despite the content, durable images that introduce an important aspect of our era, the 21st century.
© Gabriëlla Cleuren 2013
About the book :
http://www.gabycleuren.com/publications/1576/
More works on Brave New Old Worlds can be admired online :
http://www.gabycleuren.com/types/Brave_New_Old_Worlds/works/
Information on the location of the exhibition :