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PATRIZIA GIAMBI

KAAT VAN DOREN

 De Wind Deed Het / curated by SUE SPAID / 28.06.2017- 17.09.2017 

artist-run space WINDOWBOX # 3  AS PART OF THE D'ART FESTIVAL, MECHELEN, BELGIUM

De Wind Deed Het (28 June to 17 September)

Windowbox's third exhibition "De Wind Deed Het" found inspiration in its second show, which treated artwork surfaces as skin, yet "skin" also protects oxygen as it fuels an organism's cells. Here, "wind" refers more broadly to air currents: energizing living bodies (elan vital), moving across instruments to produce sound, vibrating vocal cords to engender speech, repositioning objects in time and space, and shifting shadows. Most noticeably, the wind spawns unexpected events, such as seeds and debris transported to distant lands, windows blown open, and shadows dancing on walls. When faced with inexplicable outcomes, one might say "De Wind Deed Het."

"De Wind Deed Het" pairs Belgian painter/printer Kaat Van Doren with Italian conceptual artist Patrizia Giambi, two artists whose oeuvres are particularly moved by wind. This show also connects to D.ART 2017's theme of travel, sound, and nature. For those who travel for adventure, chance outcomes prove a key aspect of their experiences. Both artists play with words formed by shadows. In addition to playing a central role for both speech and music, wind annually de-leafs trees, while roaring storms often stretch branches past their breaking points. 

Since 2009, Van Doren has been perforating the surfaces of paper works such as A Verse with Characters. She sometimes even punctures her canvases, thus inviting shadows to form on the wall, while letting air circulate. Recent paintings, such as Dandelion, actually capture shadows darting across their surfaces, leaving repeat imagery to depict shadows in motion. Breath, Sign, Blow, her glass panel installation, conveys an attitude that quite frankly feels "out of breath." This sense of exhaustion, which induces either frustration or elation, echoes Giambi's nearby Pompino, a photo of actor Davide Mastrangelo performing her sculpture Pompino Rigenerativo di Aria Primaverile(Regenerative Blowjob of Spring Air), for which Giambi transformed a bicycle pump into a mechanically-operated blowhard! Positioned adjacent Pompino are her three blown glass objects that double as sound-producing instruments (performed twice during the opening) and Giambi's Brains (working during opening hours), whose bubbles are powered by air.

Also on view are six works from Van Doren's Waiting F(or) series. This phrase conveys both the real experience of expending time, as well as the anxiety resulting from "not knowing" some final outcome. The video presented here captures the wind flipping a sketch book's pages, recording shadows, including the aforementioned phrase, flitting across its pages. To create her "4-minute Cyanotype" books installed in the window, Van Doren perforated watercolor paper before making it light sensitive in the dark room. Sitting outside in the sun with the book for four minutes, she recorded shadows (of both perforations and her natural environment) dancing on its pages. Three large-scale light boxes from this series feature digitally-enlarged photographs, originally made by training a cameraobscura on snow drifts, blown about by the wind.

Dangling to the right is a new mobile comprised of Giambi's 1991 photos of paper sculptures displaying "chaise," "chair," "silla," and "sedia," whose shadows cast chairs. In the foyer, her video Woodpecker depicts a young woman taking advantage of a gust of air, as she speeds round and round on her skateboard. Billowing over the balcony, Super Pillow seizes the wind blowing down Guldenstraat.
                                                                                                                          Sue Spaid, Curator



Participant Bios:
Known in Italy primarily as an artist, Patrizia Giambi occasionally curates exhibitions for public institutions and offers art courses for students at the art academy. In addition to having had numerous solo exhibitions in Italy (Neon Gallery, Bologne (1991, 1993, and 1997); Melepere Arte Contemporanea, Verona, and Viafarini, Milano), she has exhibited in US galleries in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, as well as the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Since 1988, her work has been the subject of nine monographs, beginning with Prove Generali, whose introduction was written by Pierre Restany.

Since graduating from art school in 1993, Windowbox founder Kaat Van Doren has exhibited widely in Belgium. Her work is currently on view "Black" at C-mine in Genk. In September, her in situ installation Miroir Noir will be on view during "Manoeuvres," an exhibition of outdoor projects. In 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996 she had solo and two-person shows with Galerie Annick Ketele (1992-1998) in Antwerpen. Her work has also been included in shows organized by the Provinciehuis Antwerpen, Ravensteingalerij Brussel/Brussel 2000, Hedendaagse Kunst Belfort Brugge, and the traveling "Le Musée de Petit Format."

Philosopher Sue Spaid is perhaps best known for Sue Spaid Fine Art (1990-1995), a scrappy Los Angeles gallery. Before moving to Belgium in 2013, she was Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum (2010-2012) in Baltimore. In September, "Ecovention Europe: Art to Transform Ecologies, 1957-2017," accompanied by a new book, opens at Museum De Domijnen Hedendaagse Kunst in Sittard, NL. In 2012, Spaid received an Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Award, the US's #1 curating prize for funding exhibitions. In addition to having written over 60 catalog essays and ten contemporary art books, she curated the 2001 Pacific Northwest Annual and 2006 Mississippi Art Biennial, and has organized numerous exhibitions for US institutions such as the Armory Center for the Arts (1995 and 2000), Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibitions (1995), Santa Monica Museum of Art (1995), Contemporary Arts Center (1999-2002, 2012) in Cincinnati           

28.06.2017 Performance "SOSPIRI" by Patrizia Giambi / in collaboration with artists Maika Garnica and Charlotte Van Wouwe.

De Wind Deed Het (28 June to 17 September)   Windowbox's third exhibition "De Wind Deed Het" found inspiration in its second show, which treated artwork surfaces as skin, yet "skin" also protects oxygen as it fuels an organism's cells. Here, "wind" refers more broadly to air currents: energizing living bodies (elan vital), moving across instruments to produce sound, vibrating vocal cords to engender speech, repositioning objects in time and space, and shifting shadows. Most noticeably, the wind spawns unexpected events, such as seeds and debris transported to distant lands, windows blown open, and shadows dancing on walls. When faced with inexplicable outcomes, one might say "De Wind Deed Het."   "De Wind Deed Het" pairs Belgian painter/printer Kaat Van Doren with Italian conceptual artist Patrizia Giambi, two artists whose oeuvres are particularly moved by wind. This show also connects to D.ART 2017's theme of travel, sound, and nature. For those who travel for adventure, chance outcomes prove a key aspect of their experiences. Both artists play with words formed by shadows. In addition to playing a central role for both speech and music, wind annually de-leafs trees, while roaring storms often stretch branches past their breaking points.    Since 2009, Van Doren has been perforating the surfaces of paper works such as A Verse with Characters. She sometimes even punctures her canvases, thus inviting shadows to form on the wall, while letting air circulate. Recent paintings, such as Dandelion, actually capture shadows darting across their surfaces, leaving repeat imagery to depict shadows in motion. Breath, Sign, Blow, her glass panel installation, conveys an attitude that quite frankly feels "out of breath." This sense of exhaustion, which induces either frustration or elation, echoes Giambi's nearby Pompino, a photo of actor Davide Mastrangelo performing her sculpture Pompino Rigenerativo di Aria Primaverile(Regenerative Blowjob of Spring Air), for which Giambi transformed a bicycle pump into a mechanically-operated blowhard! Positioned adjacent Pompino are her three blown glass objects that double as sound-producing instruments (performed twice during the opening) and Giambi's Brains (working during opening hours), whose bubbles are powered by air.   Also on view are six works from Van Doren's Waiting F(or) series. This phrase conveys both the real experience of expending time, as well as the anxiety resulting from "not knowing" some final outcome. The video presented here captures the wind flipping a sketch book's pages, recording shadows, including the aforementioned phrase, flitting across its pages. To create her "4-minute Cyanotype" books installed in the window, Van Doren perforated watercolor paper before making it light sensitive in the dark room. Sitting outside in the sun with the book for four minutes, she recorded shadows (of both perforations and her natural environment) dancing on its pages. Three large-scale light boxes from this series feature digitally-enlarged photographs, originally made by training a camera obscura on snow drifts, blown about by the wind.   Dangling to the right is a new mobile comprised of Giambi's 1991 photos of paper sculptures displaying "chaise," "chair," "silla," and "sedia," whose shadows cast chairs. In the foyer, her video Woodpecker depicts a young woman taking advantage of a gust of air, as she speeds round and round on her skateboard. Billowing over the balcony, Super Pillow seizes the wind blowing down Guldenstraat.                                                                                                                           Sue Spaid, Curator       Participant Bios: Known in Italy primarily as an artist, Patrizia Giambi occasionally curates exhibitions for public institutions and offers art courses for students at the art academy. In addition to having had numerous solo exhibitions in Italy (Neon Gallery, Bologne (1991, 1993, and 1997); Melepere Arte Contemporanea, Verona, and Viafarini, Milano), she has exhibited in US galleries in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, as well as the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Since 1988, her work has been the subject of nine monographs, beginning with Prove Generali, whose introduction was written by Pierre Restany.   Since graduating from art school in 1993, Windowbox founder Kaat Van Doren has exhibited widely in Belgium. Her work is currently on view "Black" at C-mine in Genk. In September, her in situ installation Miroir Noir will be on view during "Manoeuvres," an exhibition of outdoor projects. In 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996 she had solo and two-person shows with Galerie Annick Ketele (1992-1998) in Antwerpen. Her work has also been included in shows organized by the Provinciehuis Antwerpen, Ravensteingalerij Brussel/Brussel 2000, Hedendaagse Kunst Belfort Brugge, and the traveling "Le Musée de Petit Format."   Philosopher Sue Spaid is perhaps best known for Sue Spaid Fine Art (1990-1995), a scrappy Los Angeles gallery. Before moving to Belgium in 2013, she was Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum (2010-2012) in Baltimore. In September, "Ecovention Europe: Art to Transform Ecologies, 1957-2017," accompanied by a new book, opens at Museum De Domijnen Hedendaagse Kunst in Sittard, NL. In 2012, Spaid received an Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Award, the US's #1 curating prize for funding exhibitions. In addition to having written over 60 catalog essays and ten contemporary art books, she curated the 2001 Pacific Northwest Annual and 2006 Mississippi Art Biennial, and has organized numerous exhibitions for US institutions such as the Armory Center for the Arts (1995 and 2000), Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibitions (1995), Santa Monica Museum of Art (1995), Contemporary Arts Center (1999-2002, 2012) in Cincinnati

Patrizia Giambi Brein, 1993 Aanhoudend schuimende massa zeepbellen. Elke drie uur bij te vullen. Vloeibare zeep, luchtpomp, asbak, aluminium, koper (30x30x25)

Kaat Van Doren Uit de serie ‘Waiting For’ Kunstenaarsboek,  2015 / 30 geperforeerde bladen  (25X18 cm)