Tine Colen

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Tine Colen

Artists by Night

2014

Lokaal 01, Antwerpen

The starting point for Artists by Night was the text How to Be an Artist by Night by Raqs Media Collective: “When art students graduate from their academies, they usually end up as ‘no collar’ workers in the industry by day, and artists, by night, in their dreams.” The common thread that runs through all the artworks is the theme of “the daily handling of objects”—a “thinking in things.” These creations were not primarily made to fit into the art industry, but rather emerge from the artists’ daily activities and surroundings. The practice of Guy Mees also served as a point of reference and source of inspiration for the artists. In the 1980s, alongside his artistic career, Mees ran a painting business. His series of baseboard installations from that time arose from his work as a house painter and wallpaper hanger.

 

 

For this exhibition Tine Colen and Wouter Straetmans made paintings in the spray booth to apply lacquer to furniture at the Straetmans family business. The invitations were created by screen printing existing postcards and invitations in blue.

Pieter Jennes, Wouter Straetmans and Tine Colen invited Elisabeth Ida, V&S, Thomas Grodal, Frederik Verlinden, Frederik Lizen, Christine Clinckx, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Karina V.S. Karina, Bram Van Meervelde, Serge El Moussaoui and included works on loan from Guy Mees and René Heyvaert.

photos by Christine Clinckx

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After her training in the medium of painting, Tine Colen (1985) felt the need not to simply represent or imitate the world, but to be in the midst of things. Gradually, the following elements became characteristic of her work: The blurring of boundaries between art and functional objects by creating items that carry meaning and can sometimes be used / working with natural materials in a cyclical process, often defined by their temporary, seasonal nature, as well as human-made materials considered waste / seeking specific knowledge about plant usage through the study of ethnobotany and anthropology / a slow and labor-intensive making process, rooted in collective creation / generating value through the way objects are used, gifted, and passed on / using public space as a workshop, where the physical work sparks conversation, encounters, and change.

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