SUPER DEMOCRACY - The Senate of Things

Three cultural institutions enter into a dialogue with the Belgian Senate during the exhibition SUPERDEMOCRACY, which is on display throughout October. BPS22 in Charleroi, BOZAR in Brussels and M HKA in Antwerp provide a cultural dimension to the Senate’s current issues.

1.10.2017 - 31.10.2017

Liliane Vertessen

image: (c) M HKA, Collectie M HKA, Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Blue Feathers, 1978
Collage , 81 x 61 cm

Influenced by her studies and the growing importance of photography in the art world, Liliane Vertessen stages tableaux vivants and one-person happenings. By using herself as the model, playing various roles and hiding in clichés of ‘the woman’, Vertessen never reveals her own identity.

Vertessen captures her private performances in photographs and assembles them with objects, such as the blue feathers in this work.