Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (born 1960) is a

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. Born in Aalst,

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, he now lives and works in

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, Belgium.

Work

Patrick Van Caeckenbergh has secluded himself from the outside world and as a hermit critically studies the world and his own life. He creates illusive

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and bizarre

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of figures and phenomena within an imaginary and fabulous realm. He starts with ordinary, everyday things and creates some sort of magical assemblages by restructuring and reorganizing them. More than being an artist or a philosopher, Van Caeckenbergh is a tinkerer: he manipulates, mends and experiments with his material. Instead of being created in a mechanical and technical fashion, his work comes into being within a dynamic, natural process, characterized by coincidence and obscurity.

Exhibitions

Van Caeckenbergh had a solo-exhibition "Stil Geluk. Een keuze uit het werk 1980-2001" in the

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in 2002. His work was included in many group exhibitions, such as the Taipei Biennial (2014); the 5th Biennale of Lyon (2000); "Acracadabra" in the

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(1999); "

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1" in

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(1996); "Hors - Limites. L'art et la vie 1952-1994" in

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(1994); and La

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di Venezia (1993). In 2005, the Musée des Beaux-arts de

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(Carré d'Art) organised a solo-exhibition. In 2006, Van Caeckenbergh's maquettes were on view at Zeno X Gallery,

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and in 2007, an exhibition was held in La Maison Rouge,

De Pantoloog (danke Schön)

In the Museum Voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent Van Caeckenbergh created his installation titled 'De Pantoloog (danke Schön)' with a selection of his own work. The work of Patrick Van Caeckenbergh was installed amid the permanent collection as part of the rehanging of the galleries in 2017. It will be on display until 2022. The artist donated "The Cigar Box" - his workplace along with its contents - as one of his most important works to the museum.

Art market

Van Caeckenbergh has been represented by

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in Antwerp since 1987 and

Lehmann Maupin David Maupin is an American art dealer. With Rachel Lehmann, he opened the Lehmann Maupin gallery in SoHo, Manhattan, in October 1996. Before opening Lehmann Maupin, Maupin was the director of Metro Pictures. Early life and education Born in Cal ...

in New York since 2014.Alanna Martinez (September 11, 2014)
Belgian Artist Patrick Van Caeckenbergh Joins Lehmann Maupin
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References

External links

Zeno X Gallery - Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
works, biography and cv 1960 births Living people People from Aalst, Belgium Belgian contemporary artists 20th-century Belgian sculptors 21st-century Belgian sculptors {{Belgium-sculptor-stub