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Hans Op de Beeck– We Were the Last to Stay, 2022
2024
Site-specific installation, mixed media
Venue
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Lyon
Born 1969 in Turnhout, Belgium.
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
Hans Op de Beeck composes miniature or gigantic worlds, either empty or populated with anonymous beings. These spaces – between stillness and motion – offer moments of wonder and silence. For the Lyon Biennale, the artist is making an immersive, entirely grey installation that looks like a derelict campsite or a run-down urban park covered in ash. The title, We Were the Last to Stay, refers to the final inhabitants who remain in this community space when the dream of a shared life has lost its impetus and the once-animated place has sadly emptied. The petrified ensemble, like a ghost town, can be perceived as a huge memento mori – a reminder of the irretrievable passage of time and the vanity of human existence.
Also on view at Musée Gadagne.
Commission for the 16th edition of the Biennale de Lyon
With the support of Galleria Continua, Krinzinger Gallery, Wemhöner Collection, Pia Gazil, Carrion Génie Civil Maçonnerie, Mat-Eco Recyclage
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