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Valérie Mannaerts’ versatile oeuvre stems from a curiosity about the forms and properties of things. How does the organic relate to the inorganic?
How does sculpture relate to the pictorial plane? Through hybrid forms, she questions materiality and identity, drawing on feminist thinking. Her works are layered, amorphous and flexible. They resist a single interpretation and predetermined norms and boundaries. Her sculptures show that nothing is completely fixed: they play with transformationand constantlybalance between representation and abstraction.
In ‘Antennae’, Mannaerts reflects on 30 years of artisticpractice while also presenting new work. The title refers to the antennae with which insects explore their environment, but also serves as a metaphor for Mannaerts’ artisticsensibility: the ability to establish subtle and complex connections between her world, her work, and the viewer.
Across five rooms, a sharp and contemporary picture of Mannaerts’ artisticpractice unfolds. In the…
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Press Release
Valérie Mannaerts’ versatile oeuvre stems from a curiosity about the forms and properties of things. How does the organic relate to the inorganic?
How does sculpture relate to the pictorial plane? Through hybrid forms, she questions materiality and identity, drawing on feminist thinking. Her works are layered, amorphous and flexible. They resist a single interpretation and predetermined norms and boundaries. Her sculptures show that nothing is completely fixed: they play with transformationand constantlybalance between representation and abstraction.
In ‘Antennae’, Mannaerts reflects on 30 years of artisticpractice while also presenting new work. The title refers to the antennae with which insects explore their environment, but also serves as a metaphor for Mannaerts’ artisticsensibility: the ability to establish subtle and complex connections between her world, her work, and the viewer.
Across five rooms, a sharp and contemporary picture of Mannaerts’ artisticpractice unfolds. In the…














































































































































































































































