Exhibit 170 years photography: the art of the photo archive
Historic
overview of photographic techniques and processes from the daguerreotype to ink
jet printing with original historic objects and contemporary alternative works
by renown international artists from the collection Atelier pH7, plus a
personal exhibit of the artistic work of half a century of Roger Kockaerts,
Belgian artist and visual media restorer.
From
5 to 27 November 2009 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel GalerY, Pleinlaan2, 1050
Brussels.
Contemporary
works by: Christina ANDERSON (USA), 3-color gum over cyanotype; Gary AUERBACH
(USA), platinum-palladium; Louis-François BACOU (FR), silver gelatin,
platinum-palladium ; Philippe Berger (BE), carbon; Sabrina BIANCUZZI (FR),
silver gelatin; Diana BLOOMFIELD (USA), platinum-palladium; Pascal BONNEAU
(FR), platinum-palladium ; Jean DAUBAS (FR), Van Dyke Brown ; Jack
FULTON (USA), Ink Jet; Eve GONDRY (BE), Polaroid transfer; Roger KOCKAERTS
(BE), silver gelatin, cyanotype, platinum-palladium; Chia LÖFQVIST (SE),
3-color gum ; Pierre-Louis MARTIN (FR), mordançage ; Jeffrey MATHIAS
(USA), platinum-palladium ; Philippe MEDARD (FR), Van Dyke Brown ;
Michel MEDINGER (LU), cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown ; Christian NZE (FR),
platinum-palladium ; Rinus ORTELEE (NL), daguerreotype ; Francis
SCHANBERGER (USA), cyanotype ; René SMETS (BE), daguerreotype, salted
paper, ambrotype, silver gelatin,cyanotype, oilprint, carbon, platinum,
heliogravure, gum, bromoil, Sury powder process; Hamish STEWART (GB), 3-color
gum ; Johan SWINNEN (BE), silver gelatin; Martin VAN KAMPEN (NL), Van Dyke
Brown; Karel VAN GERVEN (BE), salted paper; Bruo VERMEERSCH (BE), oilprint;
Carl WEESE (USA), platinum-palladium; Sam WANG (USA), platinum-palladium.
This
event is organized at the occasion of the publication (in dutch) of ‘The
art of the photo archive’ by Roger Kockaerts and Prof. dr. Johan
Swinnen - ‘De kunst van het foto-archief’ – 480 p., ISBN 979
90 5487 540 6 by VUB press, Brussels.
The
last 10 years, Atelier pH7 has organized more than 60 exhibits. Most of the
artists represented in the present exhibit showed their work at Atelier pH7,
situated in Brussels, the capital of united Europe. Please consult our general
conditions to exhibit at http://www.permadocument.be/texte/LE/LE-cond.html ,
and suggest us your body of work for a personal show at Atelier pH7.
With
our warmest
greetings,
Roger
Roger Kockaerts
Atelier pH7
7 rue des Balkans
B-1180 Brussels
www.permadocument.be