“In the Shadow of Trees” | Hangar Brussel

“In the Shadow of Trees” | Hangar Brussel

Hangar proposes, in the context of PhotoBrussels Festival 06, a large exhibition: In the Shadow of Trees. The exhibition brings together twenty photographic projects (including the three winners of the Prize*).

Standing alone in the landscape, or surrounded by or competing with its peers in the forest, forming a distant or close part of human activities, the tree is a highly pertinent subject in contemporary photography. The variations of forms and light that the tree expresses so well, in essence, the raw materials of photography, did not escape the pioneers of this medium in the 19th century either. Throughout the history of art, the tree has been used as an explicit symbol of life, growth, seasonal death, and resilience. 

Crucial place of trees in life 

While the tree, the world’s largest living organism, sometimes surviving for thousands of years, is often the emblem of a particular region or culture, it is also a state of mind. The images revealed by the lens make it possible to gain an idea of the artist’s character and emotions. It is precisely that extraordinary diversity that the Hangar aims to reflect through In the Shadow of Trees, an exhibition that brings together twenty or so photographic projects. The show also aims to shine a light on the crucial place that trees occupy in life and the influence they have on the survival of humankind. Indeed, in 2022 we can no longer ignore the ecological and environmental underlying all artistic work.

On the one hand, In the Shadow of Trees invites us to capture the flow of energy that emanates from these artistic projects and the way in which they affect our mood, attitude, and desires. While on the other, the exhibition calls on us to become aware that every individual on this planet Earth, lives in some way in the shadow of trees…

To this Hangar curation are added the three winners of the call for projects, the Prize*.

Selected artists

--Terje Abusdal (NO)
--Pablo Albarenga (UY)
--Mustapha Azeroual (FR/MA)
--Olaf Otto Becker (DE)
--Jelle Brandt Corstius & Jeroen Toirkens (NL)
--Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukacs (NL)
--Edward Burtynsky (CA)
--Mitch Epstein (US)
--Arguine Escandon (ES) & Yann Gross (CH)
--Eric Guglielmi (FR)
--Nicolai Howalt (DK)
--Kim Jungman (KR)
--Jaakko Kahilaniemi (FI)
--Pascal Maitre (FR)
--Beth Moon (US)
--Enrique Ramirez (CL)
--Bruno V. Roels (BE)

Prize laureates

--Benjamin Deroche (FR)
--Yutao Gao (CN) 
--Kira Krasz (HU)  

https://www.hangar.art/

Datum:
21 januari 2022 / 26 maart 2022

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