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Geert Goiris
Artist's Name: Geert Goiris
Preferred medium: photography
birth year: 1963
Nationality: BE
City: Anvers, Belgien

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Goiris' photographs depict architectural structures, melancholic rooms and ethereal landscapes. All of the images are straight photographs and reflect Goiris' focused ability to locate singular moments. An unusual element is often present, obstructing the expected and invoking curiosity. In "Toijska", an everyday sink is filled with water, only the water is frozen and a tiny ice sculpture has been created from this basic element. In "Albino", a white wallabee sits quietly in lush green grass, while the darkness in the picture's background seems to creep in slowly from behind. Mysterious circumstances also play a role in other works. In "Wittgenstein's View", an empty room bathes in a blinding light. The abandoned table and chairs evoke a sense of wonder and loss. The specific place becomes metaphorical, the scene transforms from the 'real to the ideal'. The combination of alienated landscapes, undistinguished interiors and portraits made using very long exposures as in "9 minutes silence, Brussels", results in a vague but tense and treathening atmosphere. Goiris' use of light also adds to the ethereality of his images. By using long exposure times and carefully constructing each photograph, the subjected landscapes and figures become transcendent and luminous. In "Curonian", soft netting captures the cascades of light, limpid and mesmerizing. In "Blast #3", a fiery ball of light begins to overtake its surroundings. (Zach Feuer Gallery)

important exhibitions from Geert Goiris

Exhibition Location City Country Date
THE EYE IS A LONELY HUNTER: IMAGES OF HUMANKIND 4. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg Mannheim DE 09.09.2011
Manifesta 7 Trentino - Alto Adige / Südtirol 2008 Manifesta Trentino Bozen IT 19.07.2008
Adam McEwen Fresh Hell / Carte Blanche Palais de Tokyo Paris FR 20.10.2010
Transformed Land / Terre Transformée Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian - France Paris FR 18.10.2011
The State Of Things. Brussels/Beijing Palais des Beaux-Arts (bozar) Brüssel BE 18.10.2009
Croiser des mondes Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume Paris FR 04.10.2005
LE SILENCE Une fiction Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM) Monaco MC 02.02.2012
Geert Goiris Zach Feuer Gallery New York US 21.07.2005
POP-UP, artistic links Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene Brüssel BE 21.06.2012

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