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A Waxy Pith exhibition.

23 APRIL – 14 MAY 2011
OPENING: SATURDAY 23 APRIL 18-23H

Presenting an installation by by Vadim Vosters

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In the work of Vadim Vosters, darkness is a unifying force, rendering all in its grip equal in stature. Light creates visibility, its edge defining the unseeable. Beyond that edge are things we cannot identify, although we perceive that they are there. In his paintings and installations, Vadim Vosters explores these delicate aspects of darkness and light in great depth.

In the installation SMOKE-FILLED ROOM, the darkness serves as a mental space; the viewer peers into the architecture as if through a foggy window. Light appears as an unnatural force, piercing the murky air in precisely defined beams. This mix of physical elements evokes an elusive environment, conjures-up a strangely cinematic scenario in which the viewer inadvertently plays a key role.

The room we enter is a space of interaction, suddenly filled with our own shadows, placing us effectively inside the architecture and on stage within the installation. Life and activity permeate the scene by way of our animated human silhouettes. A café interior is invoked by a painting and made multidimensional through the use of projected images, eluding us in a desirable way.

Sitting in this dark room one is inclined to contemplate while seeking out the visible within the enveloping space. Hindered visibility creates room for thought, the dim, hazy environment yielding introversion. Communication thus becomes highly personal, bouncing between oneself and one’s shadow, oneself and the setting, lacking any interpretation.

Hovering somewhere between viable and entirely imaginary, these physically-sound surroundings within which one enters impose an abandonment of conscious manoeuvring and visual acuity, replacing them with something far more personal and unusually real.

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A significant adjunct to SMOKE-FILLED ROOM is the presentation of a limited edition of privately brewed beer, bottled with a label specific to the exhibition, signed by the artist on the occasion of

the opening. Beer, a drink with an especially tender history in Belgium, universally signifies social exchange, an important aspect of this installation. Imbibing a Vadim Vosters beer while being actively projected into the scenography is inversely proportional to consuming a fragment of the installation.

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Vadim Vosters lives and works in Brussels. He studied at Art academies in Ghent and in Helsinki, graduating in Mixed Media. He has had solo exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Japan, and exhibited in many places in Belgium and Germany, as well as
in Amsterdam and in New York. In addition, his work was shown at the International Photo Festival in Knokke in 2009and last year at the Ensor Museum in Ostende. He exhibited at
De Markten in Brussels in Marchand is working on four upcoming exhibitions in Belgium
and Germany. Works by Vadim Vostersare in public collections in Belgium and in numerous private collections throughout Belgium and Germany.

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LOCATION: 6 Rue de la Fourche (Grand Place) | 1000 Brussels | Belgium

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