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Look at me and see what I could not (yet) see. Gilbert de Bontridder
The Bonnefantenmuseum presents the exhibition Look at me and see what I could not (yet) see, of work by the Belgian painter Gilbert De Bontridder (1944 - 1996) and recipients of the Gilbert De Bontridder Award. Magda De Bontridder recently donated works by her husband to the Bonnefantenmuseum, and this year the Gilbert De Bontridder Award will be presented for the 20th time at the MAFAD. The occasion has prompted an exhibition that focuses on the artist after whom the award was named and on its recipients. In the exhibition, the recipients of the award enter into dialogue with the work of Gilbert De Bontridder.
The painter Gilbert De Bontridder, who was originally from Belgium, played a pivotal role in the social and cultural life of the Maastricht region, following his appointment as a teacher at the Academies of Fine Art Maastricht, in 1985. On his death in 1996, Gilbert De Bontridder left behind an oeuvre of paintings and collages, including some monumental works in Maastricht and its vicinity, and a series of publications and writings on painting. Besides being an artist, writer, organiser and curator, De Bontridder was also a gifted teacher at the academy. An incentive award was named after him in 1997, which is presented annually at the MAFAD. The Gilbert De Bontridder Award is intended as an incentive for graduate artists who operate on the borderline between practice and theory.
To celebrate the twentieth edition of the award (July 2017), the museum is introducing the public to painting developments in the oeuvre van Gilbert De Bontridder. It also invited eight recipients of the award, who prefer to operate as a collective, to collaborate with the deceased artist, as it were, with retroactive effect. These young artists have adopted fragments of his work and, through video, light and sound works, continue where De Bontridder's oeuvre left off twenty years ago.
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The Bonnefantenmuseum presents the exhibition Look at me and see what I could not (yet) see, of work by the Belgian painter Gilbert De Bontridder (1944 - 1996) and recipients of the Gilbert De Bontridder Award. Magda De Bontridder recently donated works by her husband to the Bonnefantenmuseum, and this year the Gilbert De Bontridder Award will be presented for the 20th time at the MAFAD. The occasion has prompted an exhibition that focuses on the artist after whom the award was named and on its recipients. In the exhibition, the recipients of the award enter into dialogue with the work of Gilbert De Bontridder.
The painter Gilbert De Bontridder, who was originally from Belgium, played a pivotal role in the social and cultural life of the Maastricht region, following his appointment as a teacher at the Academies of Fine Art Maastricht, in 1985. On his death in 1996, Gilbert De Bontridder left behind an oeuvre of paintings and collages, including some monumental works in Maastricht and its vicinity, and a series of publications and writings on painting. Besides being an artist, writer, organiser and curator, De Bontridder was also a gifted teacher at the academy. An incentive award was named after him in 1997, which is presented annually at the MAFAD. The Gilbert De Bontridder Award is intended as an incentive for graduate artists who operate on the borderline between practice and theory.
To celebrate the twentieth edition of the award (July 2017), the museum is introducing the public to painting developments in the oeuvre van Gilbert De Bontridder. It also invited eight recipients of the award, who prefer to operate as a collective, to collaborate with the deceased artist, as it were, with retroactive effect. These young artists have adopted fragments of his work and, through video, light and sound works, continue where De Bontridder's oeuvre left off twenty years ago.
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