Villerstraat 2, 1000 Brussel vrij-za-zo van 13.30u tot 18.30u gasten : AWA (vintage meubels) Marie Anne Ver Eecke (porselein) Jonathan De Cesare (tekeningen)
'T OUD NOTARISHUYS tapas-restaurant E. De Deynstraat 24, 9400 Ninove Meer info: http://www.toudnotarishuys.be/
OZZ BARCELONA concept store tot 30 september 2018 Carrer dels Banys Vells, 8, 08003 Barcelona, Spain www.ozzbarcelona.com
GALERIE PJEZ UNIK Verschillende werken permanent in collectie Kloosterstraat 112, 2000 Antwerpen http://www.pjezunik.com/
CC De Brouckere Torhout expo van 12 april t.e.m. 11 mei 2019 www.ccdebrouckere.be
Wim Adriaenssens (1968) is an artist/designer based in Belgium. He started his own design-studio in 1991: Groupe AWA. His activities and collaborations are countless: As a fashion-and furniture-designer, he tries to create designs which transcend time and give the environment of people a quiet atmosphere with the right amount of tension. His designs are influenced by Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto.
As a painter, Wim is a figurative painter, but knows how to use his materials in an almost abstract way, by looking at , for example, the ‘’gestes ‘’ of Alechinsky, using the possibilities of his arm and body to paint. Wim’s material research brought him in touch with Venetian Terpentine, an almost forgotten product to use with oil paint which he re-values in his work in a complete new way: not only as a medium , but as an independent ingredient .
Because of the use of this specific technique , his paintings are filled with energy and movement. An energy which he canalizes to express different feelings of a (male) body. His use of the canvas is very particular: even though it is an oil-painting, Wim only uses that part of the canvas which is interesting for him to tell his story. The rest is left blank and left with the spots his energetic brush-touch left behind during the process.
The blanks on the canvas show his admiration for Chinese painting. The principle of ’’Wu Wei ‘’(to generate a maximum impact with a minimum of force) becomes very real in his paintings.
Wim has a way of showing us a certain kind of melancholy in his works, without becoming melodramatic. His works are loaded with emotion, and at the same time decorative, because of his balanced and well-thought compositions.
His work has been rewarded with several awards in Belgium throughout the years. Contact: Wim Adriaenssens, Beekstraat 9, 1570 Vollezele (BE) . Mobile: 0032 478 96 10 37 E-mail: wim@awa.be
