Sanguine / Bloedrood

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    During the cultural city festival Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens Inspires, the M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, juxtaposes the spirit of the baroque masters with the vision of contemporary top artists. With the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood (Blood Red), curator Luc Tuymans aims to overwhelm the visitor by placing key works from the baroque of, among others, Francisco de Zurbarán and Caravaggio, in dialogue with works by classical contemporary masters, such as On Kawara and Edward Kienholz, as well as new works by contemporary stars such as Zhang Enli, Takashi Murakami, Michaël Borremans, Sigmar Polke and Tobias Rheberger. 

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    Thierry De Cordier

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    °1954
    Born in Oudenaarde, BE
    Lives in Ostend, BE

    Thierry De Cordier (b. 1954) creates depth in his paintings through the use of dark tones. Yet also as a sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, writer and maker of installations his tone remains bleak. To counteract the hopelessness of existence, he creates references in his work to literary contexts – through ironic titles and handwritten captions – telling of a nostalgic desire for peace, simplicity and beauty. In his texts he reflects on his distrust in today's society and the inability to escape progress. Philosophically speaking, the essence of his oeuvre is deeply rooted in the earth, although it is in spirit somehow detached from it, lost as it were, in a romantic, literary cloud.

    Text: Hans Willemse
    Translations: Michael Meert

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    MER GROSSE, 2011

    Thierry De Cordier
    Chantoir, 1996

    Thierry De Cordier
    Mes Écrits De Cuisine, ou : qqs. écrits 'en philosophique' du dimanche et outres poéteries... [My Kitchen Writings, or Some 'Philosophical' Sunday Writings and Other Poeticals], 1995

    Thierry De Cordier
    Écrits, ou les petites pensées d'un philosophe auto-didacte [Writings, or the Small Thoughts of a Self-Taught Philosopher], 1991

    Thierry De Cordier
    Hoofdbreker [Head-Breaker], 1988

    Thierry De Cordier
    Le Discours Alpin [The Alpine Discourse], 1987

    Thierry De Cordier
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