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artists & participants
Etel Adnan,
Ellen Altfest,
Stijn Ank,
Farah Atassi,
Rachel Baes,
Antonio Berni,
Forrest Bess,
Thomas Bogaert,
Bram Bogart,
Silvia Bonotto,
Kasper Bosmans,
Emile Claus,
George Condo,
Walter Dahn,
Raoul de Keyser,
Valerius de Saedeleer,
Gustave de Smet,
William Degouve de Nuncques,
James Ensor,
Lionel Esteve,
Henri Evenepoel,
Liam Everett,
Tatjana Gerhard,
Jef Geys,
Jane Graverol,
Denise Green,
Fadia Haddad,
Sanam Khatibi,
Carla Klein,
Octave Landuyt,
Moshekwa Langa,
Lode Laperre,
Le Corbusier,
Rene Magritte,
Maki Na Kamura,
Ernest Mancoba,
Johan Nobell,
Constant Permeke,
Charlotte Posenenske,
Jan Schoonhoven,
Gustave van de Woestyne,
Albijn van Den Abeele,
Frits van Den Berghe,
Vincent van Gogh,
Joe van Rossem,
Carole Vanderlinden,
Bart Vandevijvere,
Colin Waeghe,
Rik Wouters
press release
"I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it." William Faulkner
The Biennale of Painting is in its fifth edition. The three regional museums of the Lys region join hands again to bring together paintings from the last hundred and fifty years. Contemporary painting plays a prominent role in this project as well. This edition focuses on the longing for the Unknown and Exotic versus the certainty of the personal, and local, environment.
The 2016 edition carries the somewhat surprising subtitle Yoknapatawpha. The name’s origin can be attributed to American writer William Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County province, the setting for most of his novels such as The Sound and the Fury, and Absalom, Absalom! This fictional land bears a striking resemblance to Faulkner’s native Mississippi region, Lafayette County, a point he acknowledged during his career.
At the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, the work of two artists from the museum's own collection, James Ensor and Albijn van den Abeele, provides the commencement for a painterly discovery that involves numerous artists from different generations and continents. While Albijn Van den Abeele, from Sint-Martens-Latem, always sublimated his own familiar surroundings into his painting, James Ensor longed for his own exotic world.
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Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens : Ellen Altfest - George Condo - Walter Dahn - James Ensor - Liam Everett - Tatjana Gerhard - Denise Green - Maki Na Kamura - Johan Nobell - Albijn Van den Abeele
Roger Raveelmuseum : Etel Adnan - Stijn Ank - Farah Atassi - Rachel Baes - Antonio Berni - Forrest Bess - Thomas Bogaert - Bram Bogart - Raoul De Keyser - Valerius De Saedeleer - Gust De Smet - Lionel Estève - Henri Evenepoel - Jef Geys - Tatjana Gerhard - Jane Graverol - Fadia Haddad - Le Corbusier - Ernest Mancoba - Constant Permeke – Charlotte Posenenske - Jan Schoonhoven - Frits Van den Berghe - Carole Vanderlinden - Bart Vandevijvere - Vincent Van Gogh - Rik Wouters
Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek : Silvia Bonotto - Kasper Bosmans - Emile Claus - William Degouve de Nuncques - Sanam Khatibi - Carla Klein - Octave Landuyt - Moshekwa Langa - Lode Laperre - René Magritte - Gustave Van de Woestyne - Joe Van Rossem - Colin Waeghe