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

Narcisse Tordoir

Zonder Titel , 1977
Painting , 165 x 270 cm
latex on canvas, mixed media

This work represents a defining moment in the oeuvre of Narcisse Tordoir. The artist constantly calls his own artistic practice into question. For 'Untitled', he takes on 'painting' itself. The collection, treatment and reworking of elements from daily life, and giving them their own spot on the canvas formed its basis. Tordoir treated found objects with black latex paint, thus neutralizing the respective elements into forms that he manually copied onto canvas. By placing the original objects right alongside, a reality and a representation of that reality are simultaneously created.