Folded : Whites - Ilke Cop invites Hyster-x
wo 21 sep
|PILAR VUB
The painter Ilke Cop presents her solo expo Folded: Whites. She invited some members of Hyster-x to write about her paintings, sculptures and installations. Come see the expo and the literary show!
Tijd en locatie
21 sep 2022, 20:00
PILAR VUB, Bd de la Plaine 2, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
Over het evenement
Literary event
Yasmin van 't veld, Stefanie Huysmans Noorts, Uschi Cop, Margot Timmermans, Zindzi Tillot Owusu en Melanie Asselmans write about the works presented in the expo. They bring their creations on the stage of PILAR.
EXPO
In the months leading up to Folded : Whites, Ilke Cop moved her studio to Pilar's exhibition space. The works she produced here were therefore created in relation to the space. Flowing fabrics and round shapes contrast with the sleek architecture. The artist limits her color palette for this exhibition to green and white. White as an echo of the white box of the exhibition space, an often challenged, yet cherished concept in contemporary art. But choosing white means much more: “White is a luxury, a privilege,” Cop says, “it expects a certain sterility and care and that's not something that everyone can afford.” The link to the issue of white privilege, a common theme…