F**klore portrays the poetry and absurdity of the everyday, the known and the familiar, and invites us to consider the phenomenon of 'folklore' from an almost anthropological perspective.
Traditional customs, crafts and narratives are commemorated with love, mild irony and an open gaze, in artworks varying from tapestries and sand sculptures to installations on finch sitting and processions.
The exhibition features contributions from both domestic and foreign, and both established and up-and-coming artists. With humour and a (self-)critical eye, they raise questions about the value and constraints of traditions, about their ecological and social sustainability, about the unique and universal character of our idiosyncrasies and who ‘we’ are (and who we are not).
Including work from Mohammed Alani, Élodie Antoine, Bertille Bak, Kasper Bosmans, Elen Braga, Jean Brusselmans, Ignace Cami, Georges Counasse, Wim Delvoye, Gustave De Smet, Charlie De Voet, Laurent Geers, Jef Geys, René Heyvaert, Pieter Jennes, Eleni Kamma, Zhixin Angus Liao, Marcel Maeyer, Edward Messeyne, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas, Joost Pauwaert, Thomas Renwart, Kristof Santy, Delphine Somers, D.D. Trans, Charline Tyberghein, Dennis Tyfus, Edgard Tytgat, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Inès van den Kieboom, Filip Van Dingenen & David Shongo, Tinus Vermeersch, Leen Voet and Joseph Willaert.
F**klore is an exhibition by Abby in collaboration with co-curator Sam Steverlynck.
Begijnhofpark
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