Guy Mees (1935-2003)

Two works from the archive are currently showcased at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. The current exhibition ‘It’s all right, don’t think twice’ is an ode to the abstract, conceptual and ephemeral artist from the gallery. Early work by Guy Mees interacts with the architectural division of the room by ordening chrome beams on the ground. In contrast with this early and rough work, a soft works from his ‘ballerina series’ at the end of his oeuvre is showcased. Two thin chalk papers float over each other. It reminds you of a skirt which is poetically enriched with flowers. Still on view until Sunday, June 16th. ––– Slide 2: Guy Mees Untitled, 1998 watercolor on paper, 2 sheets (red, pink) 50 x 80 cm Slide 3: Guy Mees NO ARTWORK, 1970 unpolished chrome 8 x 90 cm, 8 x 80 cm, 8 x 70 cm, 8 x 60 cm, 8 x 50 cm, 8 x 40 cm, 8 x 30 cm, 8 x 20 cm, 8 x 10 cm Installation images by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde ––– Gallery Sofie Van de Velde ‘It’s all right, don’t think twice’ South Gallery (Vlaamsekaai 74, 2000 Antwerp) Until June 16, 2024 @gallerysofievandevelde

Various works are currently displayed in ‘These Circumstances’ at Fondation CAB, Brussels. Several generations of artists go in dialogue about themes like image and reality, the unlimited pictorial space, construction and deconstruction. This exhibition runs until June 29, along the work by Willy De Sauter, Johanna von Monkiewitsch, Katinka Bock, Greet Billet, Manon de Boer and Céline Mathieu. Thank you to Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and Fondation CAB to make this possible. ——— Fondation CAB, Brussels ‘These Circumstances’ Until June 29, 2024 @fondation_cab @gallerysofievandevelde

Currently on view in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) until August 18th. In the current exhibition ‘Jef Verheyen. Window On Infinity’, a Lost Space work made out of lace and blue neon light is on view. In the retrospective exhibition highlighting the notion of light in the oeuvre of Jef Verheyen, his work is enriched by the work of many other artist. It is an honor to see a work by Mees selected to elaborate the oeuvre of Verheyen. ‘Jef Verheyen. Window On Infinity’ Royal Museum of fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) Until 18.08.2024 ——— Guy Mees Lost Space, 1965 Lace, blue neon, wood Loaned by Gallery Ronny Van de Velde ——— @kmska_museum @galerie_ronny_van_de_velde @jefverheyenarchive #contemporaryart #guymees #jefverheyen

Last days to visit the duo exhibition ‘Eucalyptus’ at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. Various works are on view together with work by Johanna von Monkiewitsch. ‘Eucalyptus’ exhibition is on view until Sunday May 5th. ——— Image 2: ‘Eucalyptus’, 1976 - 1978 pastel and pencil on paper (green, red, blue, pink) 125 x 161 cm Image 3: ‘Spring Morning’, 1976 - 1978 pastel on paper (green, yellow, white grey) 126 x 162 cm Image 4: Lost Space, 1991 blue paper, green and purple metallic paper clippings 70 x 235 cm Image 5: Lost Space, 1990 dark blue paper clippings 50 x 124 cm Image 6: Lost Space, 1992 red satin paper clippings 174 x 30 cm Image 7: Lost Space, 1988 ultramarine blue paper clippings 30 x 124 cm Image 8: Untitled, 1990 pastel on black & white photograph 52,5 x 35 cm Image 9: Untitled, 1990 pastel on black & white photograph photo: 26 x 17,5 cm paper: 71,5 x 51 cm ——— @gallerysofievandevelde @johannavonmonkiewitsch Installation view by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

Lost Spaces can be found at the Miart art fair this week. Various works can be found in booth A30 presented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, showcased along Bernd Lohaus, Charlotte Posenenske, Christopher Colm Morrin, Kees Goudzwaard, Leon Vranken and Willy De Sauter. @gallerysofievandevelde @miartmilano

‘Eucalyptus’ Guy Mees / Johanna von Monkiewitsch 30.03.2024 - 05.05.0204 Currently on view in Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Gallery South. The duo-exhibition ‘Eucalyptus’ relates Mees’ work to Von Monkiewitsch as both emphasise spatial interventions. @johannavonmonkiewitsch @gallerysofievandevelde ——— Installation views by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

We are pleased to announce the opening of ‘Eucalyptus’ in Gallery Sofie Van de Velde at Gallery South, a duo exhibition showcasing work by Guy Mees and Johanna von Monkiewitsch. Both Mees and von Monkiewitsch emphasize with their work a relation to spatial interventions. While Mees uses a line to break the architectural space, von Monkiewitsch evokes a spatial choreography by the usage of light in her work. ‘Eucalyptus’ Opening 30th of March 13h until 18h Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Gallery South Vlaamsekaai 74 2000 Antwerp @johannavonmonkiewitsch @guy_mees ——— Guy Mees Eucalyptus, 1976-78 pastel and pencil on paper (green, red, blue, pink) 125 x 161 cm Johanna von Monkiewitsch 17.04.2015/14:04, 2024 Pigment print folded and framed 166 x 125 x 5 cm unique work 1+1AP #gallerysofievandevelde #antwerpartgallery #antwerpcity #conteporaryart #sharingarthusiasm #guymees #johannavonmonkiewitsch

Installation view of Guy Mees’ presentation on Art Basel. A joined booth between @gallerysofievandevelde and @danielmarzona on Art Basel Feature

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & Galerie Daniel Marzona present a solo booth from Guy Mees on Art Basel Feature. The presentation concentrates on the early works and rather playful approach to contemporary art. @artbasel booth H7 @gallerysofievandevelde @danielmarzona

'Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly & Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon' in @gallerysofievandevelde . Curated by Dirk Snauwaert Singular within the evolution of formalism, Mees’s body of work, a fundamental or minimal kind of painting, is the culmination of his consistent search for, and transgression of, the limits and rules of abstract art, as well as all manner of painterly conventions. Text: Dirk Snauwaert #guymees #gallerysofievandevelde #antwerpartgallery #antwerpcity #sharingarthusiasm

Currently on view: 'Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly & Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon' in @gallerysofievandevelde . Curated by Dirk Snauwaert Even as the twentieth anniversary of Guy Mees’s death approaches, his visually and sensorily exuberant cut-outs remain a highly intriguing body of work. How best to view them? As the definitive departure from classical painting or as spatial-architectural interventions? And what to make of their overarching title, Verloren Ruimte (‘Lost Space’)? Mees defined these works in his extremely pared-down and delicate way, as abstract strips of coloured paper pinned directly to the wall, with the imperfections of the jagged edges and seams left exposed, as if such details would in any case be outshone by the colours and rhythm. The field and plane in which they move is not bounded by a frame, however, as if they were the ultimate end result of the search for the ‘unbounded’ pictorial space initiated by Spatialism in the 1950s. Text: Dirk Snauwaert #guymees #gallerysofievandevelde #antwerpartgallery #antwerpcity #sharingarthusiasm

Opening today: 'Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly & Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon' in @Gallerysofievandevelde . Curated by Dirk Snauwaert