For the second edition of FAÇADE, a series of monumental works in the public space taking over the scaffolding at the site of the future KANAL-Centre Pompidou museum, artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (AMVK) pays homage to the city.

Weerstand en (schijnbare) willekeur zijn terugkerende thema’s binnen het oeuvre van Belgische kunstenaar Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven. West presenteert jaarlijks een doorlopende overzichtsexpositie over kunstenaars voor wie het leven en de kunst onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden zijn.

Since 1974, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven has been making drawings that emerge from her subconscious. She refuses to find logical meaning in her mindmaps. However, the drawings do enable her to make her perceptions and dreams more tangible. Kalligraphie was the first series of works Van Kerckhoven made upon her return home to Antwerp in 2007, following her residency at DAAD in Berlin and a stay in Shanghai.

Just like an artist. A bird moves between heaven and earth. It is a symbol of freedom and an enlightened mind. The bird is traditionally a messenger and observes with keen eyes. In mythology, the phoenix represents an eternal cycle of life and death. In ancient Rome, the will of the gods could be read from the flight of birds. The raven was, according to the Koran, the first teacher of man and the canaries in the coal mine have already done many heroic deeds. In short, these winged creatures deserve a worthy place.

Affiniteiten#5 is de vijfde editie van het jaarlijks terugkerende tentoonstellingsproject over kunstenaarskoppels die samen leven maar niet samen werken. Vernissage op zondag 19 februari 2023 van 15u tot 18u.