SMAK

WOUTER FEYAERTS
PLAKKATEN
2 December, 2011 - 29 January, 2012

The young Belgian artist Wouter Feyaerts (1980, Brasschaat) almost completely fills the Kunst Nu space at S.M.A.K. with his 452 ‘placards’. The space is literally packed, insulated in a way that is almost claustrophobic. The placards are arranged in a dense grid structure, like a tiled wall.

Artist’s book
In the context of this exhibition Wouter Feyaerts had an e-mail correspondence with art critic Wim Van Mulders. The whole dialogue has been included as a crucial part of the artist’s book ‘Wouter Feyaerts. Plakkaten’, which was produced as a joint venture by S.M.A.K., Bluebird Conspiracy and the Transit Gallery.
The dialogue between Feyaerts and Van Mulders will be available online as from 29.01.2012.


finds AND losses
part AND whole
light AND dark
thinking AND doing
fruits AND vegetables
open AND closed
tender AND brutal
biting AND swallowing
give AND take
young AND old
inside AND outside
joy AND sorrow
milk AND honey
able AND want to
rich AND poor
order AND chaos
heart AND soul
work AND live
eating AND drinking
hard AND soft
tooth AND hand
high AND low
watching AND choosing
AND AND AND
it is always AND
and not OR, not even if it is
about making choices.

Wouter Feyaerts