Guy Mees

Belgian | 1935 - 2003

Guy Mees was a Belgian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1935. His work is currently being shown at Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sofie Van de Velde have featured Guy Mees's work in the past.Guy Mees's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 11 USD to 14,195 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2013 the record price for this artist at auction is 14,195 USD for Untitled, 1960, sold at Bernaerts Auctioneers in 2020. Guy Mees has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Art Viewer in March 2025. The artist died in 2003.

Artist's alternative names: G. Mees

At Auction

Notable Lots

Original draft version for catalogue of exposition at Galerie Micheline Szwajcer - Guy Mees

Original draft version for catalogue of exposition at Galerie Micheline Szwajcer ,1988

By Guy Mees

+20%

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Untitled ,2002

By Guy Mees

Sans titre

By Guy Mees

-73%

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled, 2002

By Guy Mees

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'Directions', 1969 ,1969

By Guy Mees

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Untitled

By Guy Mees

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Current Exhibitions

Words are very Unnecessary

Sofie Van de Velde

Antwerp | Belgium

Mar 29,2025 - May 04,2025

Past Exhibitions

These Circumstances

Fondation CAB Brussels

Brussels | Belgium

Mar 13,2024 - Jun 29,2024

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Sofie Van de Velde

Antwerp | Belgium

May 16,2024 - Jun 16,2024

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Articles

Art Viewer 20/03/2025

Lisa Ivory鈥檚 paintings point to an evolving story with a seemingly clear narrative arc yet the stories do not easily yield to identifications and sympathies.

ArtDaily 25/02/2022

The 2022 edition of Art Basel this June will bring together 289 leading international galleries to present the highest quality artworks across all media 鈥� from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works 鈥� by artists ranging from early 20th-century Modern pioneers...

ARTnews 24/02/2022

Art Basel has announced the 289 galleries that will take part in its upcoming edition in the Swiss city, which is scheduled to run June 16 to June 19, with preview days on June 14 and June 15.

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Coverage

鈥� ..A leading figure of the Belgian postwar avant-garde, Mees is known for his radical and poetic approach to space, form, and material... 鈥�
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David Zwirner, London

鈥� ..Guy Mees' photographs, videos, and above all his fragile works of paper characterize formal rigor combined with sensitivity and delicacy... 鈥�
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Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz

鈥� ..It was during this period that Mees developed his breakthrough series "Verloren Ruimte" ("Lost Space"), 1960鈥�1967, which comprised wall-mounted monochromatic panels and freestanding neon objects, both... 鈥�
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David Zwirner, London

鈥� ..Mees imbues these open structures with a sense of weight and tactility, thereby emphasising their relationship with external factors such as negative space, light, architecture, and even the body of the... 鈥�
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David Zwirner, London

鈥� ..Despite their industrial materials, these works are inherently fragile鈥揳n overarching characteristic of Mees's oeuvre... 鈥�
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David Zwirner, London