Joachim Koester, My frontier is an endless wall of points (after the mescaline drawings of Henri Michaux), 


Joachim Koester (°1962, Denmark) shows a mass of turbulent moving lines in his 'psychedelic documentary' about the drawings from Henri Michaux. Koester is attracted by the human body and its 'terra incognita', its subconscious. The Belgian artist Michaux (°1899 - 1984) tried to write in a pure visual way without the use of written language or meaning, influenced by mescaline and other mind-expanding substances. He wanted to explore a world that may not be possible to capture in words. 



Joachim Koester, My frontier is an endless wall of points (after the mescaline drawings of Henri Michaux), 




Joachim Koester, Maybe One Must Begin with Some Particular Places, 
Smak, Gent, till 2013, March 10




Steven Baelen doesn't speak about his drawings as sketches, but calls them notes. They are no study's, neither finished, but appear as autonomous work. He notes the environment, especially his studio. It is filled with a lot of stuff. Life continues and apparently nothing changes.



© Steven Baelen,Watou,charcoal on wall, 2009



Baelen tries to catch moments in time. He obliges himself to build empty spaces in order to counteract the fullness of his surroundings. The white space functions as a punctuation mark and helps the viewer to enter the space.






Book launchartist book "Der Raum im Verzug", made in collaboration w/ Akademie der Künste, with a text by Hubertus von Amelunxen, Elaine Lévy Project, Brussels
2012, December 20 - 22






Tinus Vermeersch creates a universe with laws and proportions different from the world we know. Sometimes the drawings seem to refer to a lost civilization from the past. Archeology and original cultures inspire Vermeersch. He uses several archetypes. 
The characters are often performing an unclear act. An absurd and surrealistic layer shines through the image. 







Colourful objects float in front of a grey space. They remain of hair covering dark empty spaces. The microscopic small details don't enlarge the meaning of the forms; they are undefinable. 
The drawing represents a process. The sidebar is filled with some pencil lines. The viewer has an analytical insight in the colours used for the collection. The forms seem to belong to a bigger unit. It looks like one part is missing.



© Tinus Vermeersch, Tegumen XIII, 2011, tempera on paper, 60 x 80 cm


Land-schapes in Gallery Hopstreet, Brussels
November 10 - December 22, th - sa, 2 - 6 pm