Melsbroek
Melsbroek Air Base is a Belgian Air Component facility in Steenokkerzeel, northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is located on the northern side of the same site as Brussels Airport, with which it shares runways and ground and air c ...
, Belgium) is an artist,
industrial design
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er, and founder of the "probability reality", a new art trend in
contemporary art
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. His works consists of paintings,
monumental sculpture
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, monumental installations,
conceptual architecture Conceptual architecture is a form of architecture that utilizes conceptualism, characterized by an introduction of ideas or concepts from outside of architecture often as a means of expanding the discipline of architecture. This produces an essentia ...
and new concepts on naval design and
computer art
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.
Education
Aguila studied visual and monumental art at the Higher Institute for Arts and Sciences in St Lucas,
Brussels
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under such artists as Jos De Maegd and Maurits Van Saene. During the last year of his
art education
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Aguila came to the conclusion that rather than focus on color, priority should be given to strong compositional elements and the contact the painting had with the environment, extending the composition of the work to the three-dimensional environment.
Aguila discovered industrial design as a student of Professor Elno (1920–1998). He studied industrial design first at L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels and then at Academy for Industrial Design in
Eindhoven
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Pirelli
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Brussels, Verbrughe (furniture), and Munar Antwerp, Belgium. For one of his package designs, Gielens was awarded the Howard Design Award. In the same period he also worked as the Industrial Design advisor at Febelhout, which is the Belgian Federation of Belgian, wood-using industries, Brussels (Belgium). In 1972, with Belgian architect,
Bob Van Reeth
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Biography
Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher ...
, he designed his residence in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1974, Aguila was invited to exhibit his paintings at the
University of Ghent
Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.
Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...
. The former conservator of the Museum for Modern Art in Brussels, Mrs. Phil Mertens, became interested in Aguila's painting, and recognized him as the leader of a new direction in
contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
, coined, "Multidimensional Transparent Art".
Aguila later was invited to work as a teacher and lecturer at Cool international school in Brussels 1977–1980, and from 1977–1999 at Universidad Las Colinas in
Elche
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s, using very light structures and materials.
Building and art design
The social facet of this cultural artistic movement, is present all over and the aggregation of the multiple facets and disciplines gives birth to a living monumental work of art called "A Creation of the free will",“A Creation of the free will” /ref> started 1977 and ongoing until at present. This monumental work of art is composed of multi disciplinary works of art, sculpture, installations, design, philosophy and architecture. In July 2001, Gielens was awarded the "Premio Juanito Laguna la trayectoria artistic" for the totality of his oeuvre by the Volpens-Stessens foundation in
Buenos Aires
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De Standaard
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nl.icon, Flemish Newspaper, October 28, 1978, "Kreatieve Geesten" (Creative minds)
* Lode Willems, Knack (magazine), Knack Magazine nl.icon, weekly Flemish magazine, October 1978, Gewoon alert (simply alert)
* Gazet van Antwerpen nl.icon, Flemish newspaper, October 1978, "Vlamingen stichten krachtcentra in Spanje en de Franse Pyreneeën" (Flemish people found power points in Spain and the French Pyrenees).
* Wouters Bres nl.icon, October 1978, "Stad van de mens"" (City of men)
* Italy, March 2008
* Create Culture * Coroflot
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1937 births
Living people
Belgian artists
Industrial designers
People from Steenokkerzeel