Benjamin Monti is a young artist, living and working in Liège. He is represented by Galerie Nadja Vilenne. His work has been widely exhibited internationally. He recently had an exhibition at Le musée lanchelevici in La Louvière. Monti situates his own work “at the crossroads of text, graphic art and the fine arts."




 © courtesy Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Sans titre (méduse), encre de chine sur papier trouvé, 22,7 x 14,5 cm (2010)


Monti's work explores dialogues between drawing and text in the form of the graphic novel or private diary. His drawings can be seen as “suspended moments”, as fragments from stories in progress.A specialist at recycling images, he takes human beings, beast and plants out of their original context and inserts them back into the realm of the paper as strange, weightless figurants.






LECTURE
Sint Lucas Antwerp, Kerkstraat 45
2014, Wednesday March 19 
18:30, free entry


Andy Hope 1930



 © Andy Hope & Hauser & Wirth, Medley 6Acrylic on canvasboard, 60 x 60 cm / 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in (2011)




Hope is inspired by superheroes from the Golden and Siver Age of Comics. Futuristic objects as spaceships, laser beams and fantastic uniforms are part of his oeuvre. Flash Gordon, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are part of his world. 




© Andy Hope & Hauser & Wirth, Medley 14, Acrylic on canvasboard60 x 60 cm / 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in (2011)



© Andy Hope & Hauser & Wirth, Medley 11, Acrylic on Canvasboard, 60 x 60 cm / 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in (2011)