XL SIZE MATTERS - Invitation

XL – SIZE MATTERS

Group exhibition

28/11/2017

27/01/2018

Gallery FIFTY ONE

Opening reception: Saturday, Nov. 25th 2020 from 2 – 6 pm

Gallery FIFTY ONE is pleased to announce its new exhibition ‘XL – Size Matters’, a groupshow that focuses on the investigation of the necessity of large-scale formats in the practice of several artists. A drawer or painter feels the need or urge to open up her or his gesture as to develop the language required for the idea to come to life. May it be abstract or figurative, the scale of the action is dictated on the spot, merely during the process itself. Some works cry for sweep, others demand intimacy or even modesty in scale. The same can be noticed for sculptures. Their scale is an essential part of their ‘meaning’, of how they reach the spectator, totally intended so by the sculptor.

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Paul Kooiker - Sunday, 2011
Paul Kooiker - Sunday, 2011
Dirk Zoete - Fragile setting and elephant, 2011
Dirk Zoete - Fragile setting and elephant, 2011

Artists on view XL – SIZE MATTERS

Daido Moriyama, Paul Kooiker, Simon Chaput, Seydou Keïta, William Klein, Dirk Zoete, Arpaïs Du Bois, Harry Gruyaert, Malick Sidibé and Michael Wolf.

Seydou Keïta - Untitled, 1956-57
Seydou Keïta - Untitled, 1956-57
Malick Sidibé - Pose avec ma fleur, 1978
Malick Sidibé - Pose avec ma fleur, 1978
Michael Wolf - #85, Transparent City, 2007
Michael Wolf - #85, Transparent City, 2007
Harry Gruyaert - USA, Las Vegas, Stardust Casino, 1982
Harry Gruyaert - USA, Las Vegas, Stardust Casino, 1982
Daido Moriyama - How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987
Daido Moriyama - How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987
William Klein - Wings of the Hawk, 42nd Street, New York, 1955
William Klein - Wings of the Hawk, 42nd Street, New York, 1955
Simon Chaput - Waterfall 16, 2009
Simon Chaput - Waterfall 16, 2009