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ZENO X GALLERY Raoul De Keyser Hommage ZENO X GALLERY Frank Demaegd Raoul De Keyser Hommage December 19, 2012 – January 26, 2013 Wednesday until Saturday: 2 – 6 pm Closed: December 22, 2012 – January 1, 2013 Preview: Sunday December 16: 11 am – 1 pm Antwerpen – Naar aanleiding van het heen gaan van Raoul De Keyser, kijkt Zeno X Gallery terug naar een bijzonder oeuvre. Voor de tentoonstelling Hommage werd werk uit diverse periodes samengebracht. Hiermee willen we onze dankbaarheid betuigen voor een boeiende samenwerking die net geen kwart eeuw omslaat. Raoul De Keyser betekent veel voor ons. In totaal realiseerde hij tien indrukwekkende solotentoonstellingen in de galerie. Zijn werk is internationaal erkend door talrijke verzamelaars, curatoren en musea. Hij had solotentoonstellingen in the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB); Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Kunstmuseum Bonn (DE); De Pont, Tilburg (NL), Kunsthalle Bern, Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum Luzern (CH); Fundacao Serralves, Porto (PT) and The Renaissance Society in Chicago (US). In 1992 werd hij door Jan Hoet geselecteerd voor Documenta IX in Kassel. In 2007 volgde een uitnodiging van Robert Storr voor de Biennale van Venetië, gecureerd door Bice Curiger. Zijn werk maakt onder meer deel uit van de collectie van the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum Ludwig in Köln, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, De Pont Stichting in Tilburg. Raoul De Keyser hield ervan om vanuit het raam in zijn atelier de omgeving te observeren. In zijn vroege schilderijen reduceert hij de werkelijkheid tot herkenbare basisvormen die geaccentueerd worden door een zware contour. Er ontstaat een intens onderzoek naar de grenzen tussen figuratie en abstractie. Later introduceert hij zijn fascinatie voor voetbal. Vooral de manier waarop een man het voetbalveld wit kalkt inspireert hem voor het structureren van een schilderij zoals Krijtlijnen HV (1976-1977). Witte lijnen delen het groene oppervlak op in groene zones. De zichtbare penseelstreken zijn het resultaat van gecontroleerde handelingen. In Dal, dat in 1992 te zien was tijdens Documenta, gooit hij druppels verf tegen het doek aan. De beweging van het schilderen wordt steeds meer zichtbaar. Zo krast hij in Overflow (2011) zelfs zijn penseel doorheen de materie. Ook bij een monochroom als Untitled (1987) manifesteren zich duidelijke penseelstroken. Bij Z (1990) ontwaart zich een dynamisme dat bevestigt dat een monochroom schilderij geen monotonie impliceert. Raoul De Keyser schildert vaak heel zuinig. Onderliggende kleurlagen worden zichtbaar doorheen het craquelerend oppervlak. Terwijl hij in Blinddoek (1988) onderliggende verflagen subtiel laat doorschijnen, beslist hij bij Untitled (1974-1988) het werk veertien jaar later donker te overschilderen en in de rechter bovenhoek een witte wolk verf aan te brengen. Het corrigeren van bestaande werken is hem niet vreemd. Voor Raoul De Keyser is een schilderij meer dan een plat vlak, het is eveneens een object. Hij houdt ervan het canvas zelf over het kader te spannen. Dit gebeurt intuïtief waardoor vooral kleine schilderijen als Again (2010) teder overkomen. In de late jaren zestig en de vroege jaren zeventig, schildert hij zeven linnen dozen. Deze worden centraal in de ruimte opgesteld waardoor de kijker er als bij een sculptuur om heen kan. Het toekennen van een titel, gebeurt telkens volgens zijn eigen logica. Groningen ‘70 (1976), Bern-Berlin-hangend (1993) en Blau voor München (Arbeit in Blau) (1993) verwijzen elk naar bestaande plaatsen. Soms is de associatie heel eenvoudig en verwijst het naar de plek waarvoor het werk tot stand kwam of waar het eerst te zien was. Z (1990) is bijvoorbeeld gemaakt voor een tentoonstelling in de galerie en bevat bijgevolg de eerste letter van Zeno X. Titels als Fire (2012) en Passage (2010) zeggen iets meer over het ritme en de energie in het werk maar nooit dringt zich een eenduidige observatie en interpretatie op. Zeno X Gallery Leopold De Waelplaats 16, 2000 Antwerp T +32 216 38 88 E [email protected] www.zeno-x.com ZENO X GALLERY Frank Demaegd Raoul De Keyser Hommage December 19, 2012 – January 26, 2013 Wednesday until Saturday: 2 – 6 pm Closed: December 22, 2012 – January 1, 2013 Preview: Sunday December 16: 11 am – 1 pm Antwerp – For the first time an artist represented by Zeno X Gallery has passed away. We regret the loss of Raoul De Keyser (1930-2012), with whom we are working since 1988. He means a lot to all of us. It has been a pleasure organizing several solo exhibitions at the gallery and to support him internationally. With this show, Hommage, we want to make a tribute to this exceptional artist. It is our way to thank him and to honour the beautiful oeuvre he has realized. Raoul De Keyser could look for hours outside the window, focusing on some lines or forms he captured in nature. In his early paintings he investigates the tension between figuration and abstraction. He reduces a doorhandle or garden hose to its basic form and accentuates the contours. Later he introduces his fascination for football. Particuliarly the way a man paint the white lines on the field, inspires him for structuring paintings such as Krijtlijnen HV (1976-1977), where white lines divide the green surface. The visible brushstrokes are the result of controlled and determined movements. With a modest gesture, drips of paint have been splashed on the canvas of Dal (1992), a work that was made for Documenta IX. In Overflow (2011) he even scratches and digs into the paint. By working very physical with paint and brushes a monochrome becomes more than a flat and silent surface. Raoul De Keyser brings texture, dynamism and rhythm in monochromatic paintings such as Untitled (1987) and Z (1990). He works very economical. Thin layers of paint are superimposed and unveil underneath laying colours. In Blinddoek from 1988 the crackling paint makes underneath lying layers and colours visible. On the sides a tension between colours and non-colours appears. Raoul De Keyser wasn’t afraid of revising a work many years later. Untitled (1974-1988), originally a larger piece, has been reduced in size and got a new and smaller frame. A dark colour came above the existing painting. The white painted space in the corner completed the work. His paintings also have the quality of an object. In the late sixties, early seventies he painted seven linen boxes, which are presented as a sculptural object where one, can walk around. He always preferred to stretch the canvas over the wooden frame by himself. Especially in the smaller works this gives an intimate impact on the work. Most of his titles stimulate an undetermined observation and interpretation. The way he connects an abstract painting to a suggestive title is very personal, part of his own logic. Groningen ‘70 (1976), Bern-Berlin-hangend (1993) and Blau voor München (Arbeit in Blau) (1993) all refer to an existing place. This can be related to an exhibition for which he made the work or to places he visited. Z (1990) was made for an exhibition at the gallery and contains the first letter of Zeno X. Titles as Fire (2010) and Passage (2010) are more related to a certain movement and energy. Raoul De Keyser had solo exhibitions at international museums and institutes such as the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB); Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Kunstmuseum Bonn (DE); De Pont, Tilburg (NL), Kunsthalle Bern, Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum Luzern (CH); Fundacao Serralves, Porto (PT) and The Renaissance Society in Chicago (US). De Keyser has been selected to participate at major group exhibitions, such as Documenta IX and the Venice Biennal 2007. His work is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum Ludwig in Köln, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, De Pont Stichting in Tilburg and many others. Zeno X Gallery Leopold De Waelplaats 16, 2000 Antwerp T +32 216 38 88 E [email protected] www.zeno-x.com .
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