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Tag: Portfolio

Art Studio visits

Visiting Rinus Van de Velde’s larger-than-life Antwerp studio

Visiting Rinus Van de Velde’s larger-than-life Antwerp studio

We snoop around the Van de Velde's spacious Borgerhout studio filled with - perhaps unsurprisingly - plenty of light, concocted ideas and over-sized canvases.

Art Portfolio reports

“I always liked a good story”: the new mythology of Kasper Bosmans

“I always liked a good story”: the new mythology of Kasper Bosmans

In a candid interview, the young Brussels-based artist discusses making drawing and wood sculptures from a very early age, the importance of context and why success is really such a stupid word.

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Art Portfolio reports

The pertinent eclecticism of Dieter Ravyts

The pertinent eclecticism of Dieter Ravyts

Young contemporary artist Dieter Ravyts talks us through his vivid portfolio, from starting points to inspirations.

Art Portfolio reports

“There is NO reason for things to be as they are.” The world according to Aline Bouvy

“There is NO reason for things to be as they are.” The world according to Aline Bouvy

Ask us, the world needs more Aline Bouvy’s.

Art Portfolio reports

Photographer Frederik Vercruysse’s aesthetic abstraction

Photographer Frederik Vercruysse’s aesthetic abstraction

We talk early influences, interests and aesthetic abstraction with the Antwerp-based artist.

Art Portfolio reports

Clément Montagne

Clément Montagne

We take a look at the work Clément Montagne created in the context of our residency project, Dusangneuf Osangsett.

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Art Portfolio reports

Stephanie De Smet’s Inside green

Stephanie De Smet’s Inside green

Photographer Stephanie De Smet, Instagram's #insidegreen queen, reveals the ins and outs behind her iconic series.

Art Portfolio reports

Photographer Griet Van de Velde

Photographer Griet Van de Velde

We talk to photographer Griet Van de Velde about her artistic practice and the two men instrumental to her visual narrative.

Art Portfolio reports

Eliza Sys’s Los Angeles

Eliza Sys’s Los Angeles

We catch up with an old family member who's now based out in LA capturing its streets.

Art Portfolio reports

KASK graduate photographer Pauline Miko

KASK graduate photographer Pauline Miko

With her first Brussels solo show opening tomorrow, young Belgian photographer Pauline Miko talks memory, medium and mentors.

Art

Belgian photographer Lara Gasparotto at Berlin’s Kromus + Zink gallery

Belgian photographer Lara Gasparotto at Berlin’s Kromus + Zink gallery

With her solo show in Berlin opening on Friday, we catch up with Belgian photographer Lara Gasparotto

Art Portfolio reports

Den Eeveertig

Den Eeveertig

Straight out of our latest edition, Joke De Wilde's photographic journey alongside Belgium's E40.

Art Exhibition reviews

Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique

Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique

We preview veteran Brussels-based photographer Gilbert Fastenaekens' retrospective at Botanique.

Neighbourhood life

The pulse of a city: 25 visual tributes to Brussels

The pulse of a city: 25 visual tributes to Brussels

Art institutions, online radio, graphic design studio, independent magazine: this is how Creative Belgium sees Brussels.

Neighbourhood life

This is (our) Brussels

This is (our) Brussels

To mark the release of The Brussels Special, we take a trip down memory lane to pull-up some of our favourite Brussels features.

Art

A look at artist Gideon Kiefer’s recent work

A look at artist Gideon Kiefer’s recent work

Bringing our art special to a close, we review the intriguing drawings and collages of Belgian artist Gideon Kiefer.

Art

Antwerp-based photographer Mieke Verbijlen’s interiors

Antwerp-based photographer Mieke Verbijlen’s interiors

We continue our series of portfolio presentations with Antwerp-based photographer Mieke Verbijlen.

Art

A look at Belgium’s painting rising star Rinus Van de Velde’s latest work

A look at Belgium’s painting rising star Rinus Van de Velde’s latest work

With the month of August gearing up to be an art-infested one here at The Word, we begin with a portfolio presentation of one of Belgium's most promising up-and-comers, Rinus Van de Velde

Art

Rise and shine: Photographer Quentin De Wispelaere

Rise and shine: Photographer Quentin De Wispelaere

He’s barely 21 and only completing his first year of photography studies but Quentin De Wispelaere already has a CV worthy of the country’s hot shots. His first series Photos De Classe made it to semi-final at Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, American Tour was picked up by international editions of Vice magazine, and […]

Art

Photography: Benoit Grimalt, spontaneous and directed

Photography: Benoit Grimalt, spontaneous and directed

Born in Nice, Benoit Grimalt spent 15 years in Paris shooting for various magazines before migrating to Brussels a year ago, where he’s now based. Now working on more personal projects, such as the book Do You Know Syd Barrett? – in which he documented everyday scenes and landscapes of Cambridge, where Pink Floyd’s founding […]

Art

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Photography: fashion snapper Ismaël Moumin

With an eye for details, creative settings and pretty girls, it was only normal that we called upon Ismaël Moumin to shoot our upcoming Fashion Special showstoppers. The 26-year-old self-taught photographer, who graduated from the digital art department of Brussels’ Saint-Luc in 2003, worked as a retoucher for photographers such as Marc Lagrange and Jochen […]

Art

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Photography: mother and daughter duo Memymom

We first got acquainted with Memymom’s work a while ago and were instantly intrigued by their puzzling compositions. Lisa De Boeck and Marilène Coolens’ strange scenarios feature flesh, intertwined limbs and bodyparts that seem to spring out of nowhere, the result being at times dreamy, at others bone-chilling. For the red album (out 11th March), […]

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