Sergio De Beukelaer
Sergio De Beukelaer
Sergio De Beukelaer
(°1971, BE)
Lives and works in Deurne, Belgium.
The work of Sergio De Beukelaer looks simple but combines a variety of paradoxes. For example, De Beukelaer uses numerous codes of post-modernistic art from the 1960s and 1970s, such as abstraction, geometry , monochrome, and the “hard edge” technique. But he does so with an irony and playfulness that cannot be reconciled with the attitude of minimalists and fundamental painters. As part of this eclectic approach, classical-modern boundaries are pushed back, without there being any “post-modern” criticism of his predecessors from minimal-,pop-,op-,and concept art.
Apparent contrasts, such as figuration and abstraction, flat and spatial, word and image, painting and sculpture,both contaminate and fertilise one another. In the concept of the “fat.canvas”, a three-dimensional painting,the artist leaves the field of classical painting and conquers the painting the space. The shapes, colours and dimensions of De Beukelaer’s works are tempting, but behind the power of these compact images, a surprising impact lurks on closer inspection.
(Johan Pas)
Artworks
Exhibitions w/ Sergio De Beukelaer
Fairs w/ Sergio De Beukelaer
News
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Sergio De Beukelaer part of Antwerp's collection of art in public space.
11.02.2023 -
Sergio De Beukelaer & Carole Vanderlinden for Pass 2021
14.08.2021–03.10.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer — Prize for Culture Deurne 2021
03.06.2021 -
'Lost In Translation'
10.04.2021–09.05.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer in De Standaard
21.03.2021–22.03.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer in Feeling
21.03.2021–22.03.2021 -
Insight with Sergio De Beukelaer, talking about his solo exhibition at Museum Hof Van Busleyden
13.03.2021–21.03.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer in De Tijd
06.03.2021–07.03.2021 -
(sweatshirt.), Sergio De Beukelaer for 'Numbered By'
06.01.2021–19.03.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer in De Morgen
05.12.2020–06.12.2020 -
Sergio De Beukelaer at CC Mechelen
30.11.2020–21.03.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer, artist book & unique multiple
30.10.2020–03.01.2021 -
Sergio De Beukelaer at NO POP - NO UP Curated by Jan Hoet Junior
19.09.2019–29.09.2019 -
PLUS-ONE Gallery at Independent
08.11.2018–11.11.2018 -
Philippe Van Cauteren - letters to artists
06.12.2017 -
Sergio De Beukelaer soloshow On.Titled at PLUS-ONE Gallery
17.07.2017 -
Sergio De Beukelaer - Open Studio
04.09.2016 -
Sergio De Beukelaer about painting
10.06.2016–10.06.2017 -
Sergio De Beukealer - Antwerp Art Weekend
20.05.2016–22.05.2016 -
Sergio De Beukelaer - Middelheim Museumcafé MIKA
29.04.2016 -
Sergio De Beukelaer - Art Integration Mercado
01.03.2016