Hedwig Brouckaert
Hedwig Brouckaert (* 1973 in Chile ) is a Belgian sculptor and illustrator.
Life
From 1992 to 1996 Hedwig Brouckaert studied sculpture at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming in Brussels . After postgraduate studies (1996–1999) at the Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten (HISK) in Antwerp , she studied “studio arts” at the University of California in Davis (California) from 2003 to 2005 . She lives and works in New York and Ghent .
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Until 2005 Hedwig Brouckaert was mainly active in the field of figurative sculpture. Her preferred sculptural subject was the human, especially female, body. In them she reflected on experiences of her own body, but also the influence of social discourses on physicality and body ideals on personal experience. In various materials, e.g. B. plaster , polyester and ceramics , she formed fragmented and anatomically absurdly composed female figures. These works show Brouckaert's engagement with the work of the German artist Thomas Schütte and with surrealism , especially the fetish-like dolls by Hans Bellmer .
In 2005 Brouckaert switched to the medium of drawing . In her “Magazine Drawings” she uses charcoal and carbonless paper to copy all the figures or certain motifs such as clothing, fabric samples, hairstyles, etc. from selected mass media such as magazines, women's magazines, advertising and mail-order catalogs. The superimposition of the countless lines creates highly complex, barely legible structures with only a few representational remains. The extensive elimination of the legibility of the originally figurative material results in an absurd, sometimes comical, usually unsettling overall impression. Brouckaert speaks of "a raw force, a kind of primitive energy in the pictures."
Since 2007, Hedwig Brouckaert has been expanding her graphic transformations from the source material conveyed by the mass media, both in real and digital space. Scans, wallpaper-like computer printouts for the wall and window installations made of vinyl foil, a typical material in the advertising industry, are created from her drawings.
The Belgian art critic Jan Van Woensel wrote about Hedwig Brouckaert's drawing concept: “The endless scribble of lines is more than artistic dedication. It's critical; it is emergence; it is the urge to deform information into something non-informative, inexplicable and infinite. "
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions:
- 2012 Uprooted –P, site-specific window installation, FLACC, Genk , B
- 2011 Cosmo.Sys, Jan Dhaese Gallery, Gent, B
- 2009 Mass Storage / 05-09, Margalef & Gipponi Gallery, Antwerp, B
- 2009 Mass Storage / 01-09, Galerie Jan Dhaese, Gent, B
Group exhibitions:
- 2012 Re / pro / ducing Complexity (with Nelleke Beltjens, Hedwig Brouckaert and Jorinde Voigt), Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders , Bergisch Gladbach , D
- 2011 Re / pro / ducing Complexity (with Nelleke Beltjens, Hedwig Brouckaert and Jorinde Voigt), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens , Deurle, B
- 2009 Exquisite Corpse / Nepartism, Core Gallery, London
- 2008 Mark / Judy (with Lucy Puls, Nelleke Beltjens, Richard Haley, Casey O'Connor), Block Gallery, Sacramento, California, USA
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brouckaert, Hedwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian sculptor and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chile |