Geert
Goiris
(Belgium,
born in 1971, live in Antwerpen)
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expedition in the north of Chile, 2005
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Geert
Goiris is a frequent traveller, always in search of unusual places and powerful,
strange and beautiful " scenes " to use for the composition of his photographies.
The uncanny character of the situations he interested in is usually due to the
hand of man. He speaks himself of " traumatic realism ", and his images are charged
with a mysterious poetic value. Although everything is real in his shots, they
could also be regarded as mental landscapes, where reality tends towards a sort
of ideal. While usually resorting to an average format, he can also produce very
big printings, the size of a wall, thus provoking in the spectator a mental projection
into the magnificence of the image.
solo
shows (selection)
2005 Zach
Feuer Gallery, LFL, New York / 2004 Galerie
Art : Concept, Paris, France / The world as we know it, Prospekto Gallery,
Vilnius / Recent Views, Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Gordes / 2003
Lost in Space, Roger Vandaele Editie, Anvers / Standing on Ice,
Karavanserai Museum, Tbilisi / 2002 Possibilities, Netwerk Galerij,
Aalst / Frequentie, Lokaal 01/ 2001 Van Wijngaarden Galerie, Amsterdam
/ Surrounded, Galerie Václavy Spály, Praha / Kontor in Der Schneiderei,
Köln / 2000 Reconstruction, Museum for Photography, Anvers group
shows (selection)
2005 Buenos días Santiago - una exposición
como expedición (curateur attitudes), Museo de arte contemporáneo, Santiago
de Chile / 2004 STUK, Leuven / Undercurrent, Platform Garanti Contemporary
Art Center, Istanbul / Academia Belgica, Rome / Manifesta 5, San Sebastian / Broelmuseum,
Kortrijk / 2003 W 139, Amsterdam / Kaap Helder, Den Helder / Palais des
beaux-arts, Bruxelles / Balabanov house, Plovdiv / Provinciale prijs Beeldende
Kunst, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Anvers / Karavanserai Museum, Tbilisi / 2002 Sint-
Lukasgalerij, Brussels / Caermersklooster, Gand / Museum for Contemporary Art,
Anvers / Staal / Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot Hooghuis, Arnhem / 2000 De ladder
van Pontormo, Gand / Short-circuits: Contemporary photography from Flanders,
Tallinn, Estonia / W 139, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
/ VLAM, Netwerk 2, Aalst / Hortus Panoramicus , Groenenberg / Tours et taxis,
Bruxelles / Fotofestival, Herten / 1999 ruimte IN/OUT, Anvers / 1998
Museum Van Humbeek-Piron, Leuven |
