art ghent [ cc de ververij ronse ]
ART GHENT, the pop-up project by Ben Benaouisse
moved to CC DE VERVERIJ [RONSE]
21|05|2021 - 06|06|2021
friday 16h00 - 20h00
saturday + sunday 10h00 - 17h00
Ben was so kind to invite me to show my artwork again
showing an evolution from the FRAME series
[ditching the cardboard
just working with the stretchers frames and metal hardware]
and the REKTO VERSO works shown earlier at Zebrastraat
some of the artists on view:
Ben Benaouisse, Kristof Lemmens, Katrin Bosmans, Jorge Manilla, Steffie Van Cauter, Sijs Ovaere , Diégo Joosten, Hilde Nijs, Wim Nival , Vero Federica Rigole, Malika Es-Saidi, Geert Carlu, Philippe Badert, Rik Goethijn, Cecilia Jaime, Vincent Laute, Dirk Rodet, Marie-Antoinette Janssens , Erik Haemers, Bert Drieghe, Marijs Kempinck, Jan Vindevogel, Stien Mignauw, Paul Van Hoorick, Eddy Joseph De Buf, Luc Rogiest, Ronny Broeckx, Jonas Nachtergaele,
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artwork photo by Lee Wei Swee + location photos Inge Decuypere
ART GHENT is a shop for artists that curator-artist Ben Benaouisse founded in early 2021 in a vacant temping agency office in the Brabantdam in Ghent. During the month of April, he will also be residing in S.M.A.K. with this multi-faceted visual arts project.
ART GHENT unites ‘Economy’ with ‘New Poetry’ as a potential response to the unprecedented circumstances in which artists and society find themselves today. Practically, this translates into the development of commercial and artistic activities, such as the organisation of exhibitions, the sale of artworks, the discussion of portfolios and the development of experimental projects and collaborations.
Unlike commercial galleries, Ben Benaouisse does not take a percentage on the sale of artworks. Artists only enter into a personal commitment with ART GHENT that is posted and explained on the public ‘interim wall’. Besides purchase and sale, exchange agreements are possible. Artists can also donate their work, after which the profit goes entirely to ART GHENT. In this way, the shop accumulates a reserve with which to continue its activities and further shape the ‘total performance’.
