Still Life? - PBF04 / Wim Wauman
15 November to 21 December 2019
The photographic work of Wim Wauman comes from a simple and deep astonishment of still lives, as they are. There is, in his images, a subtle game of pictorial conventions and photographic traditions.
The artistic quest of Wim Wauman is, as he says, inspired by the alchemist’s attempt to produce gold: a metaphor for creating something durable and valuable. This idea of the process of transformation lies at the heart of his artistic practice.
As a playful creator, he composes visual puzzles - images or installations - charged with wayward interpretations and subtle contradictions. Through an intuitive, visual and reflective process, he tries to fully use and increase different skills. Each artwork offers a challenge and is seen as an exercise of intellectual and artistic craftsmanship.
In the theatre of practice, where making is connecting, every certainty is turned into a question. Material is not known for what it is, but by what it does, specifically when mixed with other materials, treated in particular ways, or placed in specific situations.
